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- Canberra
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Canberra
Travel Blogs from Canberra, Australia
Day 91 - Canberra
... Saddleback Mountain lookout. The view was OK but the breeze was freezing so we didn't hang about. We went for a walk when we got back and had a nice dinner with Steve (we purchased a pie from the famous Robertson Pie Shop on the way back from Canberra) ...
A Bit of Culture in Canberra
... expected! However we made it up to the top of Capital Hill eventually and cooled off in the marble clad house of Australia's politicians. The view from the top was very nice and we enjoyed a more educational day (just this once). The walk back to ...
Home show
... the entire event and was happy to start packing up on Sunday afternoon. Then the rain started, perhaps Murphy's law is the same in Australia. The weather went from sunny and 70 to wet and 50 in about 10 minutes. Luckily I had brought my rain jacket just ...
Easy Canberra Days
Canberra is the political capital of Australia and we visited parliament house, the war memorial, the captain cook fountain, the NASA sponsored deep space relay station and a wonderful celebration of flowers in Floriade. We've had an amazing time ...
Canberra and Snowy Mountains
... 've seen the wild horses, emus, foxes and the great sceneries of the Snowy Mountains. At the end of the day we visited Australia's highest mountain, which is Mt. Kosciuszko with slightly over 2200 m. We spent the night in the small pub of Jindabyne, which ...
D and D Ball
On Saturday a few of us went to the D and D (Desperate and Dateless) Ball at the Australian Institute of Sport. We had a fantastic night and there were various bands playing including the Young Divas and the Hudoo ...
On the way to Canberra
... Tumut.We also stayed in Corryong for lunch. After staying a night in Riverglades, we drove around for two and a half hours to Canberra and now we are staying in Canberra Motor Village for a couple of nights.The weather is almost tropical(as dad says), ...
Still.....still in canbarra
... our friends Harry, Tracey and Evie, that we met in the caravan park. That night we invited Harry, Tracey and Evie to come over for a play/drink.We had a fun time in Canberra, and meeting new friends, it would be great if we bumped into them ...
Canberra
... trips to the war museum weren't enough to see everything and the National Museum was just as good with a real insight into Australia's history form the wildlife to the gold rush to Aboriginal culture and Shark attacks! We went to a park with ...
Canberra
... Highway - massive mountain that seemed to climb slowly for kilometeres. The corners were 25km corners and the Kombi loved it! Canberra is cold and raining (suprise suprise). We spent the day looking around and checking out the locals - lets just ...
Canberra - Aboriginal Embassy.
... been made to resolve grievances and have the protest dismantled, to no avail. The protest site is very disorganized and untidy and I don't believe is doing a lot to further their cause, but does illustrate Australia's tolerance of differing ...
Capital of Australia
We today arrived at Canberra, avoiding the Sydney Marathon along the way! We then settled in by doing some food shopping and then going to the pub - Stu drank for me as I was driving! Not much to report for today..... *** As we spent an extra day ...
Canberra
... number of vineyards which surprised us as we didn’t know this was a wine producing region. Back in history, Sydney - Australia's first and largest city, wanted to be the capital of Australia but its convict stigma counted against it. Melbourne also ...
Canberra
The second half of my trip in Canberra with Simon, Alison and James for Christmas and New ...
Patriotism in Australia
... at the war memorial. Outside, there were plaques on the walls that listed the names of all the soldiers who fought for Australia. Pinned on the plaques were red poppies which represents the blood shed. Poppies were also the only plants left growing on ...
Day 90 - Canberra
... this drive but we were a bit pressed for time this trip. Once we got on to the Hume Highway it was a good run to Canberra with a divided (4 lane) road for most of the trip. We turned off the Hume Highway on to the Monaro Highway for the last ...
Parliament House and Noodles
... I turned out every bag, put a smile on my face and went out to meet my hosts, a brilliant professor of chemistry at Canberra's prestigious university and his wife, a well known historian. We dined with one of the foremost economists in the world who ...
War in Canberra
... out, it arrived back a good 4 days early but we weren't to know that and so headed off in dad's car bound for Canberra and a 9am appointment at the Commission. Dragging our fantastic mothers along for the ride, we decided to turn it into a day trip ...
Canberra!
... design contest for the proposed capitol, with the winner being an American, Walter Burley Griffin. Canberra is the home of Australia's Parliament House and High Court, as well as numerous other governmental departments, the Australian War Memorial, ...
5 sleeps to go!
5 sleeps, 4 days, 19 hours and 23 minutes! Almost checked out, sitting in the departure lounge. Work responsibilities have been assigned. Just need to keep my mouth shut and let them do their jobs... this is far harder than what you would ...
Bus to Canberra
First stop after Sydney is Canberra for the day and on to Melbourne through bush fires all along the road ...
Anzac Day Part 2
Returned to the War museum to take a look around. Got there just in time to see the end of the anzac parade and then spent the afternoon in the museum. It was an excellent time to be there and very busy. The rest of the afternoon was spent at ...
The Federal Capital
... senator) Mr. Obama detailing what a disaster his election would be for the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan (where Australia has a significant number of troops deployed). Now, the finger pointing was going on regarding which one of the ...
Capital Teritory
... sneekily watching the Ashes on a tv in the Prime Minister's secretary's room (at this point it was inevitable that Australia were going to easily win again...) Final stop of the day was the New Parliament Building where we joined ...
Loveable, like a rogue
... Sydney we had about 2 weeks left in the country. We plan on spending a week getting from Sydney to Melbourne, via the capital Canberra, and spending the final week in Melbourne itself with a trip west to see the Great Ocean road and a quick visit to ...
Canberra - War Memorial.
Canberra, Australia's capital; probably the most unique feature is that the central city is laid out in a circular road pattern. This makes getting lost quite achievable! Canberra is, in the respect of night life and general vibrancy, very lack luster, ...