I had so much fun with last week’s panorama that I decided to go with the same format again this week.

The weather was vile with a cutting icy wind so instead of our regular cafe which has very little by way of wind-free tables we decided to try somewhere else with indoor seating. Our choice was A Bite to Eat at the Chifley shops. In Canberra most of the good and quirky cafes are hidden in otherwise unremarkable suburban shopping precincts. The Bite has a retro vibe with lots of anodised food molds on the wall and large laminex topped tables I could easily spread my book and paints out on. And the Persian Spice cake was really yummy too!