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- Canberra
- Capital
- Australian dollar (AUD)
- Currency
- 19,357,594
- Population
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Canberra Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Canberra, Australia
Great city but doesn't feel like the capital?
After a good night's sleep on the ferry we headed north for an overnight stop in Albury/Wodonga on the Victoria/New South Wales border. Not really anything to right home about here but we made the most of it and had a night out at the cinema watching a ...
Canberra
When everyone says not to bother visiting...
Everyone I spoke to about Australia before starting out on this trip told me not to bother going to Canberra. Everyone I have met whilst travelling has told me not to go out of my way to go to Canberra. Every Australian I have since met has told me not to ...
Home again
... its the last one out. After the plane being delayed 20 minutes, spending 20 minutes looking for my luggage and then realising my bus to canberra came 20 minutes earlier than I had thought, by the time I got home i was exhausted from 24 hours of rush rush ...
Canberra Or Bust
... Even before I arrived Down Under I was told, by a friend who comes from the Australian Capital Territory, that people in South Australia are different, and hold themselves superior to the rest of the country because SA was settled by free men and women as ...
Wot no buses?
Good news was school children were very quiet last night, bad news was a group of teenages arrived and were staying on our floor, but after a noisy evening all went quiet at 10pm. This morning we were out bright and early to go to the Australian ...
Museum u. Parlament / National Museum, Parliament
... should become the capital in 1901 finally the decision was made to create a new City as capital of Australia. Thirty years later Canberra was built and the "Australian Capital Territory" founded. Nowadays quarrels still go on between fans of Sydney ...
Back home again!
... a lot of walking as I realised that I had put on a bit of weight overseas and needed to get it off ASAP! We arrived back in Canberra at about 9am Friday morning - we were met at the airport by Kristelle and a very excited Leah! What a trip. We ...
That's a Capital 'C' everyone!
... Scandinavian people have a better command of English than I have - and look younger - bah!) So there you have it. Canberra - the servo of Australia! Maybe they'll put that on the next batch of licence plates. But I was here to see Canberra. I ...
to Canberra
... it across Sydney to central station. we jumped in a taxi as soon as we found one, and that was at 7.05. every train in Australia leaves bang on time (i'm sure there's a lesson in there for British Rail) so i wasn't fancying our chances...but we made it! ...
Itinirary
... (L) CONFIRMED DEPART 17FEB08 PERTH 1625 ARRIVE 17FEB08 CANBERRA 2220 DEPARTS FROM TERMINAL 2 3:55 DURATION AIRCRAFT ...
Finding Winter
... , flat gray light, piles of dead leaves litter the ground, and the smell of winter lingers everywhere. It does get cold in Australia. I will testify to that. The idea of north got a little more appealing... Michelle and I had an interview yesterday at a ...
Canberra
... well known place for young backpackers to stop on the way down south or up north.. maybe it's something good.. i don't know, but Canberra is somehow different and was for me worth a stopover.. i stayed there two days only.. one more day would have been ...
I think I can, I think I Can - berra
... cards for awhile in the depot, but it was fine. Then we loaded onto the Greyhound at 9pm for our overnight trip to Canberra (the capital of Australia). It was an ok bus ride. It wasn't full so we got to sprawl out over two seats, which helped the sleep ...
Biscuits don't come free
... as 'decent' airline food anyway depending on your perspective. So hurray for CountryLink trains. Naturally being Australia there was announcements about ordering dinner, collecting dinner and announcements about announcements which were very ...
Deep Space Centre
Today we left the campsite and went to the Deep Space Centre... this place is cool.... it is where the first pictures of Niel Armstrong walking on the moon came from.... The centre has a really good display of space memorabilia... including the food ...
Canberra
We arrived in Canberra on the 16th June 2008. We were in Canberra for nine days and while we were there we went to the following places, Cockington Green - this is a miniature village of England and also has some international displays. All the buildings ...
The capital
... 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 arrived we were both knackered from driving all night so pulled up in the first place we found, got ...
Canberra
... leaving the UK, and it was very good although not as spicy as back home. The next day they took us around the sights of Canberra, which is much nicer than I expected. We saw the old and new parliament buildings, the museum (not like most museums) and went ...
5 more sleeps
Ed here. Final team meeting today, bags are packed. Only two working days for Prue and I, four for Jenny and Robbie (early mark expected, ...
Leaving Sydney...
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 enough to spend a few days driving in and more importantly big enough to fit ...
Home sweet home in Canberra
... capital of Australia as its location was in the middle of new south wales and Victoria, which were the 2 most prosperous parts of Australia then and which did not want to see the capital of the country located in the other state. Even though the ...
RoadTrip to Canberra
... canadians piled into a car for the ride from Sydney to Canberra. It was a good drive. Lots of scenary and roadkill. In Canberra we saw the following: National Park, which was a big lake that is near all the government buildings with this big spout ...
National Library of Australia
... from there instead. That had wasted a fair amount of time so I got lunch and set off for the National Library of Australia (by bus!) to calm myself. This was much better! There was a fantastic exhibition of "treasures" from all the state libraries ...
A deserted capital / capital in the desert
***Pictures will follow later*** When arriving in Canberra I already had plenty of prejudices on my mind - mainly due to Bill Bryson who brilliantly takes the piss out of this 100% pre-planned "city" in his book "In a Sunburned Country". His ...
The dullest place in the world!!
... also the uglyist building i have ever seen and looked around at nothing interesting. then we went to the national museum of Australia, which was ok. the most interesting thing we did there was to design a vehicle that we thought would exist in Oz in ...
Back at Canberra
... . The Steve Irwin zoo was greta and had lots of exhibits but was far to crowded. All in all the trip has been great and I will update again about Canberra. Until then have a good summer, or winter depending on where you are, haha. Anyways farewell for ...
4.17pm - Going To The Zoo Zoo Zoo
... before we were descending. The jetlag hurdle tripped me again, just like it did last year in Sydney (is it something about Australia?) and I fell asleep way too early and woke up at midnight. Fortunately, I managed to drop off again and got another four ...
Satisfying the museum-nerd in me
... ) about Australia, its indigenous people, the Eruopean settlement and the nation's development, the presence of the National Museum of Australia in Canberra was reason enough for me to go there. A purpose built capital "city" "Canberra? Never heard of ...
It was a hard secret to keep
... or N: Lets go and have a few drinks so we can make a good decision. *They have some drinks, and buy the Australia Lonely planet books from a lady on the street. Seems that the decision has already been made* The next two days were a ...