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- Canberra
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Canberra Slideshow
Canberra
Travel Blogs from Canberra, Australia
Greetings from Canberra!
... spent it taking a driving tour of the city, checking out the Parliament building and at the National Museum of Australia. We had a very pleasant sandwich lunch (finally good sandwiches!!) overlooking Canberra's lake from the patio of the national ...
Australia
... and petting giant Cod (almost as big as a person), seeing the continental shelf drop off, giant manta ray, some cave swim-throughs, and heaps of other life. Australia is a great adventure, but you need more than just the 3 weeks I had to do it ...
Remembering ANZAC in Canberra
On the last day of our trip, we attended the dawn service in Capital Hill. That was quite an experience for me. Very moving very solemn...it touched my heart. It wasnt that cold when we started but during the service, with a bit of the wind chill, ...
Planning
It is now less than two months until Greg and Di leave here to head to Darwin (June 27) and preparations are in full swing. Recently we have been doing all the checks on the car to make sure we won't be looking for a mechanic in any out of the way ...
Exploring the Federal Capital
Canberra is Australia's Federal Capital. To stop NSW and Victoria squabbling about which state should have the capital a separate Territory was set up between the two quarrelsome cities and after extensive researching, competitions, political infighting ...
Gold Mines & Wines!
... ; On Tuesday we got up and headed to the small town of Bywong outside of Canberra. Our first stop was at a deserted little ghost mining town where a guide showed us the different machinery that was used and ...
Day 8: Canberra Again
... ;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, ...
The "meeting place"
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 ...
City of two tales
... Lake Burley Griffin. its a cool day but sunny so nice 2 walk around. 1st wander round the National Musuem of Australia. theres some rly interesting exhibits here. after this i went round Parliamentary Square and see Questacon and the National Library of ...
Our Ice-capades on Sunday
Click here for our Photo Album We had booked a breakfast at Macdonalds the night before, so when 20 minutes away on the bus, we rang to confirm our booking. We desperately wanted to Rosie-proof our day. When we arrived we noted that she had rocked up ...
Couple of days to go ....
Last Day of work today about to start 5 weeks holiday. What to pack? Basically as little as possible as I am taking my bike and associated cycling gear. Am I fit enough? Well I am fit enough but am I as ...
Off to Adelaide
... the way to Adelaide. There was a bunk in the back for a second driver to sleep in, but we had a driver change in Canberra. This meant they weren't using the bunk on this trip. The driver offered it up for use, I waited about 15 minutes ...
Awaiting We Will Go.
23 days until I head off. Please accept this pre-trip blogging episode and feel free to read at your leisure over the next 23 days. I think everything of note has been done - still a couple of visas to sort out, car to sell, final lots of things to ...
Home again (canberra via Sydney)
... film crews.) Missed our domestic flight but no probs Qantas put us on the next plane with our over weight baggage! Bumpy flight to Canberra. Taxi home and OMG it was freezing....8C!! (from 34C that was cruel!) Well thats the end of this years blog. Back ...
My Time In Australia
... asked what I wanted for my birthday so I said I would like to go to Australia. Although we were staying in a hotel in Canberra, Australia we visited a lot of different places. I quickly learned that G' Day meant hello. At one point in time my friend ...
January update
... Coast. We had a lovely night and even the light showers couldn't dampen the outdoor movie! We left the Sunshine Coast and headed to Canberra to pick up the Jayco Eagle and meet the lovely family who sold it to us. We left the Sunshine Coast at 7 o'clock ...
1st day in Canberra!
... place that gave us a quick overview of the city of Canberra. We learned that unlike many other capital cities throughout the world, Canberra wasn't a port city or a trading center first but it was in fact created to be the national capital. We saw some ...
Wonderful Canberra Austrailia
... language here is also english. I love the Australian Accents. I think I am going to go to sleep it is really late here in Canberra Goodnight. Day Two: Today I went to the National Zoo and Aquarium. It was so fun. I got to see Kangaroo's and some other ...
a little capital
... run something like every 2 hours so we had to wait ages for the next one, it was a nightmare, but then again it is Canberra service for you!! We went to the war memorial the next day, that was pretty amazing the war memorial and the parlaiment run into ...
Visit to the Australian capital city of Canberra
Hi class....this is your Flat Stanley tour guide coming to you from Canberra, Australia! Australia is a long way from the US...in fact the plane ride was 14 hours from Los Angeles to Sydney and then a 3 hour drive down to Canberra. It is ...
43 sleeps till lift off!
First entry written by Al, Since the last entry we have had some fun in organising our trip with delightful trips to Chinese Embassy to get our Visa (so super lucky Susie was in town from Beijing). Then we got our Visas for Cuba. Last weekend we actually ...
A Saturday in Canberra
... little pens with sheep and ducks in them, but no kangaroo's. Kathy said the one thing she wants to do here in Australia is go to a sheep farm... unfortunately it seems those pens are the closest she will get. As the day ended Kathy ...
SIDE NOTE!
... behind on my blog posts because of vacation and then the tons of school work I've had to do since I've gotten back to Canberra, so I'm trying to catch up soon. I'm uploading my photos onto a photobucket so I can share more of them at a higher ...
Semester 2
... the other colleges either. I've had a bit of trouble with hidden cashews in food, as apparently cashews are very common in Australia. I've learned to be more careful with anything I eat here because of it. I've had the flu for the past week, ...
Lonely Planet
We have referred to the Lonely Planet a number of times. Do you realise that this company was started by an Australian couple, Tony and Maureen Wheeler, in 1973? I imagine England (him, from Bournemouth, an engineer with an MBA from the London School ...