Quest Canberra

Hi guys! In this log you will find one man's journey toward making his dream come true - 4 months of freedom, nature as extreme as it gets, western (or is it eastern?) urban experiences, and a taste of some oriental cultures. Prognosis is promising, but - ...

Greetings, good reader.In April 2005 my employer, Centrelink, entrusted me with the task of travelling the USA in search of the best identity fraud detection techniques. My task, to learn all and bring that knowledge back to the Antipodes. The ...

... at the best of times, but with all the rain, it's just plain scary! So, with a swift direction change, we aimed for Canberra instead. We were going move on to the ACT at some stage anyway, so no real drama there. The drive from Wodonga was amazing. We ...

***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 ...

... to the pound currently, when i used to come here it was 3.....) This morning we had a quick tour round Canberra, parliament house, old parliament house, Anzac parade (with lots of different war memorials), the Australian war memorial (unfortunately ...

... a couple of nights since we had camped, we needed to get back under the canvas tonight, this was until we visited the Canberra reptile house. At $8 entry, with just two little rooms, we thought that we may have been overcharged. It turned out that it was ...

... on our way to Canberra, the nation's capital. As a purpose built city (they couldn't decide between Melbourne and Sydney) Canberra has no character and few sights worth seeing. We went to the national mint, the national gallery and the fantastically ...

... ; we have thrown a very large spanner into the cog – we were stopped – imagine the chaos going right on a Canberra roundabout will cause – the same with a stationary vehicle on a Balinese ‘street’. Being the true hero I am, ...

... ; we have thrown a very large spanner into the cog – we were stopped – imagine the chaos going right on a Canberra roundabout will cause – the same with a stationary vehicle on a Balinese ‘street’. Being the true hero I am, I ...

... Square. Today was no exception. Central Park here I come. I remembered back to my days of living with Adash in Campbell, Canberra and putting myself through the bridge to bridge run. This turned to be quite similar distance but my keen eye actually ...

... hopeing to actually get some time there this time around!Connaught place is a tourist area, the centre of Delhi, it is a bit like Canberra it spreads out from the centre circle, just a bit smaller and works in blocks. We made out way to American Express ...

... it back to the town of Thredbo for a coffee then board a change of bus for the rest of the journey. Next stop Canberra for a chilly tour round the main sights including all the Embassy buildings constructed in each nation's own style. The 'unofficial' ...

... a solid night’s sleep, we made our way through the lowland’s famous swamps to reach Dodoma, the Canberra-esque capital of Tanzania. Dodoma’s diminutive population and isolated location bore more than a striking resemblance to its Aussie ...

... itself was sufficient, if not outstanding. Given that the first 'real' (I'll be damned if I'll call anything in Brisbane or Canberra a museum or art gallery...death to Pollock, and to blank canvases called art!) museum I went to was the Louvre, everything ...

... . In the enclosed viewing area we were excited to see that, according to the legend on the wall, we were 16,492 kilometres from Canberra. It was very late by the time we returned to the hotel and even the constant rumbling of the trains in the subway ...

... dome on top. It’s their version of parliament house and I have to be honest, it’s a little more impressive than Canberra. The line was insane. I was there at around 7:30am to get the limited tickets that they hand out each day and already the ...

... interested ourselves in the blogs of other intrepid travellers Emma had, earlier in our trip, come across the blog of a family from Canberra about to set sail around the world and who happened to be making their final preparations in Albany. So we dropped ...

... you in on the result!!! The walk to and from took us around the West End and instantly I thought on our Nation capital, Canberra. The buildings not so high, a strip of shops and trendy café's surrounding a few apartment complexes, very similar to ...