Australian Capital Territory

A long weekend, Australia Day was up and I met with Andreas on half the way between Sydney and Melbourne in Canberra to start another weekend trip.

Gettin' Down(under)

Along with my boyfriend Sam, I am heading off to explore the East Coast of Australia for two and a half months! Starting in Melbourne (visiting family of Sam's) we intend to travel up the coast using the Greyhound 'hop-on-hop-off' bus pass finally ...

... into Canberra to do my own thing and get away from the boredom. YES! So I drove BY MYSELF the 40km's south to the Capital Territory and took a tour of the federal Parliament building (OH MY GOSH!) and took loads of pictures. I also drove around the ...

No real reason for this entry other than to confirm that we visited another Australian state: The Australian Capital Territory. On an Australian scale it's tiny, about the size of Wales. We got caught in a huge storm. Hailstones the size of your ...

... fire going! Canberra is the Aussie b*****d child of a Swindon/Milton Keynes marriage.  Purpose built to house the Australian Parliament it is also home to the majority of it's civil service.  The "Army-esque" style architecture only ...