We'd planned on driving through the mountains from Melbourne to Sydney, but we were rerouted by huge forest fires and so we went to Canberra, Australia's capital, which had two very interesting buildings.

The National Museum of Australia has lots of exhibits of all aspects of Australia. But what blind person can read the giant Braille on the outside of the building?

The courtyard at the National Museum.

The Kangaroo and Emu again, atop Parliament House in Canberra.

We're on the roof of the Parliament House. On the horizon you can see smoke from the forest fires.

On to Hawaii