Power outage in Civic

lindt 24 May 2013 24 May 2013 2

A few of us were happily breakfasting at Cafe Garema this morning when the power on the whole block went out at about quarter to 8. Turns out that Actew were doing works in the area and had stuffed something up. From what we heard, power is expected back up around 10am.

Luckily we had gotten our coffees already and the chef was a champ who cooked our (extremely tasty) breakfast in the dark on gas 🙂

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2 Responses to Power outage in Civic

Mr Evil 10:06 am 26 May 13

c_c™ said :

You were brave for going there in the first place. Knowing what I know from former staff, I know to stay well away.

Nah, it’s perfectly safe – Canberra’s got it salmonella out of its system for the time being, and we all know that lightning never strikes 19 times……

c_c™ 6:30 pm 25 May 13

You were brave for going there in the first place. Knowing what I know from former staff, I know to stay well away.

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