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Canberra - The city of walking
Feb 11, 2008
"Canberra is purpose built, and that purpose is to be a capital. Since both Melbourne and Sydney wanted to be the capital did they agree to put it somewhere in between. So 1908 did ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
mighty_ted
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FAREWELL PICS
May 6, 2006
"Hi everyone!!! Welcome to my first entry! Will be backtracking a bit-back to our farewell in early May at Meche. Thank you to everyone that came it was an awesome night!!!! xx ..."
A travel blog entry from CANBERRA by
ahoyhoy
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Leaving Sydney...
Oct 11, 2006
(4 photos)
"Today we collected the rental car, and left Sydney at about lunchtime to head towards Canberra. We were pleasantly surprised when we saw the car, it was definitely comfortable enou ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
jsto
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Canberra
Dec 26, 2005
(20 photos)
"The second half of my trip in Canberra with Simon, Alison and James for Christmas and New Year ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
dylanp
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Australia Capital Territory
May 2, 2007
(5 photos)
"When we arrived in Canberra we set about firstly finding a camp site and booked into the closest one we could find. Unfortunately this appeared to be a camp site with a lot of long ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
duffyj
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A day at The Stoddarts
Jun 3, 2005
"This morning I woke up with a dreadful cold, or my case 'woMAN Flu' as I was being a bit pathetic about it. When I was in Sydney I had started to get a sore throat and I haven't be ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
amyjooink
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Crapberra...with a Capital C!!
Mar 17, 2008
(6 photos)
"How diddly do?? It was finally time to leave Sydney and to see what the rest of Australia had to offer. The next stop was Canberra which surprised alot of Aussies as to why we were ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
flojoy
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Flight time 1540
May 2, 2007
"After a year's planning we're off on our grand adventure. Six people to six countries in just over six weeks. House is a mess, there's a 'to do' list a mile long and I ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
usnkidsabroad
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A Memorable Journey, by Alex
Nov 29, 1999
"A Memorable Journey by Alex I haven't swum in Loch Ness, kissed the Blarney Stone, or seen the White Cliffs of Dover. I haven't climbed the Eiffel Tower, ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
ricki958
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Thrills and Spills of the Capital
Jan 18, 2008
(4 photos)
"Canberra is the capital of Australia, for those that think its Sydney. It's a modern town (i.e. charm less concrete) built amongst the hills a good 4hrs from the next settlement of ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
hanandvern
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Cloudy in Canberra
Dec 15, 2006
(5 photos)
"Hello, made it to Canberra and on time too! Lana's husband Vince and her little boy Liam picked me up from the airport. We have just been on a night time drive around the city, I a ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
julienicholas
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It's just like Milton Keynes
Mar 3, 2004
(2 photos)
"3/3/04 Arrived in Canberra quite tired from the 7am get up and 8 hours on the bus. Checked into the Canberra City Hostel (Chelea - new investment and all the components of greatnes ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
brummy1
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Canberra, Capital of Aus
Jan 2, 2007
(16 photos)
"Canberra has got to be the quietest capital city in the world. It was a working day yet there were very few cars and people about. It is a very strange city as approx 8 miles from ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
darrenniki
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Canberra
Mar 28, 2007
(22 photos)
"Sadly, this is my last day in Canberra (the country's capital). I say sadly, because its been the most comfortable stay since arriving here in good ol Oz. I made the 4 ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
sunshinetrekker
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War in Canberra
Mar 4, 2008
(12 photos)
"it was a pretty nasty undertaking less than 24 hours after touching down in Sydney but for good reason, Kirilee and I were on the road at 4:30am the following morning, bound for th ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
mattersdorff
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Chapter 15: Capital Detour
Dec 6, 2006
(5 photos)
"The general opinion of most Australians is that Canberra isn't worth visiting. But many of them have already been so it's more that they think it's not worth two visits. I figured ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
twittg
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The Capital
May 6, 2005
(6 photos)
"So the four travellers (Celine, Suzann, Josie and myself), have decided to get back together and make our way to canberra for a night. We Left Sydney at 9am and made it to Canberra ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
bullmccabe
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Capital Territory!
Oct 16, 2005
(2 photos)
"The road to Canberra had me passing the place of Ned Kelly's last stand (Glenrowan if you're interested) and a place called Holbrook, whic bills itself as the submarine town... Bei ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
markgemmell
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Capital City abandonned!
Jan 8, 2007
(3 photos)
"I am not sure if this really was the capital city or not! Well for starters there was no traffic, not many cars, and come to think of it not that many people! The place looked dead ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
samira_steve
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Canberra
Feb 8, 2006
"We spent almost two days in Canberra, visiting the very good (and free) National Museum and Art Gallery. We also visited the Parliament, but were bored into leaving after approxima ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
davidandclare
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Canberra
May 16, 2005
(4 photos)
"After spending most of the day driving we arrived at Cameron and Nadia's house in the early evening of the Friday. The car had lasted the journeys very well although the fuel disap ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
alanjaques
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Loner trip to the capital
Jul 3, 2005
(12 photos)
"ATTENTION: to all Liam's fans, no need to read on, he doesn't feature in this entry. I couldn't justify living in a country of this size and not visiting the capital city Canberra ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
liammichelle
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Sydney to the Snowy Mountains
Jan 16, 2005
(6 photos)
"Hello Again, Following up on our last entry, (sorry for being so slow in updating) we arrived back in Sydney following our visit to the Blue Mountains. After a short visit with Jus ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
jacquieanddave
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Capital City
Jan 14, 2007
"Since we were asleep by 9 pm, we were up at 6:30 and left the Snowy Mountains for the Australian capital, Canberra. Apparently, many years ago, the Assuies could not decide if Melb ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
mrewkowski
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Capital City
May 17, 2007
"Lack of sleep last night made me a little grumpy this morning. We were staying in a motel style dorm which had a TV and sofa in the room as well as 4 bunk beds - with only 4 of us ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
melsymo
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Canberra
Aug 1, 2007
"We have had 3 nights and two days to explore the nations capital. On the first night we stayed at a Motel called the Mid City Motor Inn in Queanbeyan, about 10km out ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
alanandchris
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Canberra
Dec 18, 2006
(5 photos)
"After leaving Albury, we headed into the ACT - Australian Capital Territory. The capital of Australia isn't Sydney or Melbourne, thats a common error. It's actually Canberra and it ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
hedwig_the_bear
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The dullest place in the world!!
Jan 20, 2007
(9 photos)
"Well i finally made it out of sydney- if only for the day! we didnt go last weekend because we were too hungover!! our bus was at 7am and managed to stay up and was ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
lgeorge
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Super-sized Milton Keynes
Feb 14, 2008
(2 photos)
"To say Canberra is like a super-sized Milton Keynes is a bit unfair but we passed 4,000 kms winding around the round-abouts and many traffic lights. It's the vision of a town ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
anslwithers
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the wait begins
Jan 26, 2006
(1 photo)
"Hi, all i thought in my first entry it might be good to tell u a bit about myself, for those that already know all this, feel free to get bent ;) ive been living in canberra all my ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
shirtz
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Frohe Weihnachten 2 / Merry Christmas 2
Dec 27, 2007
(7 photos)
"Destination 207: km112'712 Heilig Abend mit wilden Kaengurus (erstmals in Australien fuer mich) im Kosciuszko National Park verbracht, hat mein versehenlicher Fussmarsch bei wunder ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
pajas
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The capital
Aug 22, 2006
(13 photos)
"Arrived here at about 9 in the morning today after driving through the night from Melbourne. We spent the least amount of time here out of any city in Australia so far. When we arr ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
fiveaces
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Tears Beers and a Wedding
Feb 16, 2006
(10 photos)
"Well where do I start. The week leading up to departure was nuts to say the least. I dont think I had time to breath. The farewells started on the Friday with work. We had a huge f ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
jbs
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Normal life
Apr 22, 2007
(3 photos)
"On Wednesday I caught the train from Sydney to Canberra and have since been in the warm and welcoming company of my friends Tracy and Nick and their two boys Bertie and Jasper. It ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
sheppard
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Home sweet home in Canberra
Mar 22, 2007
(22 photos)
"Day 1 in Canberra ~ met gus After a 4-hour drive from Sydney, we reached Canberra which was some 170km away. I drove about ¼ of the way. Reached Canberra at about 11am. I've onl ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
wander
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Canberra and First Night in Sydney
Mar 18, 2007
"Yo, Yo, Yo, Are you all ready for another exciting action packed story? If you are then... Too bad because all you are going to get is a boring tale of two Chinese Canadian boy hav ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
mcdonkeyburgers
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Canberra Flowers in Spring
Sep 18, 2006
(2 photos)
"After a swift three hour bus trip we arrived in Canberra. (nothing like Asian bus trips, this one was on time!) Went straight to the YHA where we had booked a double room for the n ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
chezgra
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Canberra - Fully chilled out!!!
Mar 1, 2007
(4 photos)
"Hello all, After 7 and a half hours of driving, we finally made it to Canberra. We've been chilling out at Simon's and Janiebelle's house, it's been great cause all we've been doin ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
jsgc
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Rocking up at Aussie Parliament
Aug 27, 2007
(11 photos)
"Heading inland from Batemans Bay we shunned the various refuelling opportunities in favour of the cheaper option we were sure we'd find closer to Canberra. This nearly came back to ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
sianeth
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Australias capital
Jan 8, 2007
(10 photos)
"Canberra is a strange city! There are no people here at all and barely any cars. The streets are empty. It's like a ghost town but still alive somehow. I have never seen anything l ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
henrik.caesar
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City of Imaginative Loo Roll Holders
Mar 4, 2007
(6 photos)
"Reluctant to pay the National Park fees for another day ($16!!) just to go and enjoy breakfast in Thredbo, we headed off relatively early towards Canberra. Our plan was ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
drpymm
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Boring wet windy Canberra
Aug 31, 2005
(3 photos)
"Yep the title just about sums it up. Went to Parliament House for a tour where luckily I met Sarah from Bristol, so at least I had someone to pass the day with - mostly in the Iris ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
shaggers
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Canberra-the Capital
Jun 7, 2005
(5 photos)
"Coming off a string of nights was the only time that Amanda, one of my co-workers and I had off together to go see Australia's capital Canberra. Situated only about 1 hour away fro ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
donnakingdon
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Our trip down the Coast
Apr 20, 2006
(15 photos)
"April 18&19 A funny thing about renting a car for a week off is that in Australia, they drive on the left hand side of the road. Obviously this is something I was fully aware of, y ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
jayandcor
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A quick test before we go
Aug 24, 2007
(3 photos)
"Well, this is the start of an adventure for us. Leaving our young children home alone while we spend 2 months blundering around western Europe - hopefully having the time of ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
nlevac
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PORNO CAPITOL of Australia!
Mar 5, 2005
(13 photos)
"From Katoomba I met up with a backpacker tour bus and started on a 3 day roadtrip from Katoomba to Melbourne via Canberra. There were only 6 of us total in the van and then we had ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
spider415
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The Capital City
Sep 9, 2004
(5 photos)
"Here we are in the capital city. A new city in it's own state. Spent the day sight seeing. First stop the science and technology museum. Great exhibits but lots of school kids maki ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
jonandjen
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Two nights in Canberra
Jul 25, 2007
"The 3 hours drive to Canberra was lovely - sure not like the one from Adelaide to Alice Springs, which was pretty much scrub for almost 19 hours. Terrain to Canberra reminded me of ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
lecklund
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Off we go
May 1, 2006
(4 photos)
"After a big night at Filthy McFadden's of pints, whiskey and Baileys and some family farewells we're off to Dublin! ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
jpandshaz
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2 hours we lasted ....89
Jan 6, 2007
(8 photos)
"sat 6th 2 hours.... yeah so we headed off from sydney and as ever it was sad to leave... and we got on the highway.... well for the most part the road was jus a standard road...2 l ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
stu_vause
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Canberra
May 1, 2006
(3 photos)
"We just stopped here for a couple of hours. It feels like a giant university campus and the concentric street system can be weird to drive around. Onwards to Snowy Mtns. ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
faff
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drive to Canberra (visit Kellie and Joel)
Mar 4, 2007
(12 photos)
"Ich bin ja auch schon laenger durchs "nichts" gefahren. Das hier jedoch schlaegt sogar noch Amerikas Midwest !! Stundenlanges geradeaus fahren, links und rechts NICHTS ! Einfach un ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
dreamteam
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Day one in Canberra
May 19, 2006
(5 photos)
"So last time I wrote was just before my big presentation in Australian Fauna. Blasted thing...Shraddha has been ready since Easter for hers, and there were two weeks we were presen ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
hamblce3
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Canberra
Jun 17, 2008
(15 photos)
"We awoke to a bright but cloudy morning, which made it a bit warmer, about 14 deg. In the gardens of the motel there was a pair of fabulously coloured parrots feeding with what loo ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
harryandnorah
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Adam and annika are having a bambino
Dec 2, 2005
"About to head off to see Mr. Potter take on Voldemort with nothing more than a Goblet of Fire. Sitting in Adam and Annika's office at ANU waiting for a big storm to pass so that we ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
rennashort
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Canberra culture
Jul 3, 2004
(7 photos)
"Wednesday 30th June - Blue Mountains - Canberra Headed off this morning in the knowledge that we know now that 'Manchester' means linen - we spotted the sign in a supermarket and a ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
derekrussell30
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Canberra - I left Sydney
Jan 28, 2006
"Well hello again!! It has been an interesting month of January in Sydney and I decided after over 2 months in Sydney it was time to leave it for a weekend. So off to Canberra I wen ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
ainel
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Last day of Work!
Dec 8, 2005
"Oh my god what a crazy crazy day....spent all night downloading music onto my new MP3 player and packing/organising all my things. Am absolutely excausted! Still had to run around ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
shona77
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Eine 100% geplante Grossstadt...
Jan 10, 2005
"Joar... Am 08.01. hab ich mich dann mittags aus Sydney verabschiedet (*schnief*) und mich auf'n Weg nach Canberra gemacht. War ne ganz schoene Busfahrt, zuir Abwechslung mal nich ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
schabby
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Canberra Party
Jul 16, 2006
(6 photos)
"For a capital city reputed to be the most boring in the western world (no thanks to Mr. B. Bryson) Canberra proved to be remarkably colourful and fun. Of course, it helps to have a ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
nickgibson
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Canberra
Jan 3, 2007
"Hello from Canberra (the Capital of Australia...not Sydney) We thought we would have a few days here..a lot of backpackers seem to miss it out but we thought it would be rude not t ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
richandcharl
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Outrageousity in Capital city
Mar 14, 2006
(18 photos)
"Hello once again and welcome to the wonderfully envious world I'm living in....sorry. Well....since you last checked your intrepid explorer has left what you think of as Australia' ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
danno1987
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Canberra
Jan 9, 2007
(6 photos)
"Monday to Thursday, January 8th to 11th Canberra - The Australian Capital Australia War Memorial National Museum of Australia Parliament of Australia Lake Burley Griffin and Captai ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
bcurtin
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It is so hot!!!
Mar 3, 2007
"Hi again, I messed up the last entry and had the map tack flying all over the place. It (the program) asked me if I flew across the Pacific to get from New Zealand to A ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
elizabethsutton
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Last Day at work
Jul 27, 2007
"Only two days to go! The excitement (and nervous anticipation) is killing me!!! Be sure to check out the features of the Travelpod site, you can subscribe to be automatic ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
rvs
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Canberra
Dec 7, 2007
(7 photos)
"The only thing people from Melbourne and Sydney seem to agree upon, apart from a mutual dislike of each other's city, is that Canberra is a bit crap. Actually, we thought it was ok ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
univ0543
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Canberra - the nation's capital
Oct 26, 2006
"After leaving Ulludulla after a very windy night I headed off towards Batemans Bay for a coffee and a look around the town. You can find some great bakeries around Australia ..."
A travel blog entry from Canberra by
jel1957
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