Australian War Memorial Canberra

After Sydney we went to Canberra. Canberra is Australia's capital and its political heart-land. The city was planned in 1908 as the new seat of federal parliament to end rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne. Canberra was once little more than a sheep station on the edge of the Molonglo River. Its name is based on an Aboriginal word meaning "meeting …

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After a 4 1/2 hour trainride I arrived in Canberra where I met my new couchsurfing hosts. What a lovely couple. Very nice and well travelled. Got a home cooked meal that night :) Yummy :)
They were very helpful and gave me a few tips where to go and what to see but there isn't as much as I expected. Basically just the Parliamennt …

Canberra wasn't really a place that I thought I would get to see because it is so far away from every other city and the fact that it’s out in the middle of nowhere in the middle of New South Wales. But when Lisa and Louis the people we were doing our farm work with had to go and get some supplies they asked us to go along for the ride.
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While we were in China we were travelling with the most amazing couple, Anne and Brent, who were on their way back to live in Australia after many years working in Scotland. They invited us to come and stay with them when we got to the country, and we very excitedly left Sydney knowing that we would get to see them again.

Brent picked us …

On the Obama's second day in Canberra, President Obama visited the Royal Military Collage Duntroon and the Australian War Memorial. He addressed the Australian troops at Duntroon about the relationship between Australia and the United States' armies and laid a wreath honouring fallen soldiers at the Australian War Memorial. Meanwhile, First lady …

... world that can be barbequed!   Our final day was spent engaged in the vast exhibits of the War Memorial, poignantly commerating Australia's role in twentieth century conflicts. As a historian it was interesting to escape the classic European / ...

... . After spending an hour here (that's all you need) go to the balcony for some impressive views across the lake. Australian War Memorial (?/5) - Didn't get to the actual museum in time (everything closes at 5pm) so I can't really give it a score. ...

... the line is designed around a line of symmetry, that extends from Mount Ainslie across the river and runs through the Australian War Memorial and the centre of the Old Parliament House. An interesting feature of the members hall, right in the centre ...

... as packing up our rucksacks again! On the day we left Canberra, we managed to have enough time to nip to the War Memorial. This is a musuem not just a memorial, and has memorabilia from all the wars that Australia has been involved in. Unfortunately ...

... quite wet inside in the morning because of all the dew in that area and then we spent the day visiting the capital...the War memorial, the Parliament, the Art Gallery which included art done with mist...and it was time to move on again. Peggy and ...

... University of Australia, Calvary Hospital and the Australian Institute of Sport. Did a not-long-enough visit to the Australian War Memorial (which is also an excellent museum) straight after the presentation, and now I'm on my way back to the ...

... and into things which I think should have been addressed in a more sensible, and perhaps sober, manner. While the Australian War Memorial was respectfully low key and you can forgive a touch of artistic and architectural license with the National Museum, ...

... called The Holy Grail, which considering it was a Monday night wasn't too quiet. Our first full day in Canberra we headed to the Australian War Memorial which is situated at the end of a long Pall Mall-like stretch of road with memorials dedicated to ...

... they've made them all free. These sites include what are arguably two of the best museums in the country the Australian war memorial and the controversial National Museum. The latter's controversy stems from the fact that it saw fit to feature a fair ...

... you bought me on Politics of Dummies will have to be rolled out again when I get back!!) Anyway, I then went to the War Memorial. It's a really amazing building, although the tour guide was a serious geek with the most horrific voice so I decided to ...