Perhaps my memory is more faulty that I had realised but the only National I can recall that had "bleedin weather" was the one at the CAE south of Sydney in ?1980. That rain was really something (unless you're used to the tropics) but I've always found Canberra to be rather mild at Easter. A very late Easter (like a couple of years ago) can get a bit frosty at night, with no clouds to act as a blanket and stop the earth radiating its heat out into the infinite heat sink above the sky, but that also means the days are brilliantly sunny.

Perhaps I've lived on the New England too long.

Cheers, Rowan
And I'll see you there