The Olympic Torch for the games to be held in Beijing in August passed through Canberra today.   The capital is the only Australian city that the torch will be going to.  So we set off nice and early because the roads into the city center are all being closed off to through traffic. So Val (husband) and I are in my car and are following Varinia (daugher) my three grandaughers – Ayla, Demelza and Ce’Nedra, in her car. Well what a wild drive this turns out to be. I don’t think Varinia is aware that there are speed limits or that…

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