24hrs in Canberra
Trip Start
Sep 03, 2007
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48
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Trip End
Sep 02, 2008
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,
Australia
Sunday, June 22, 2008
After a dodgy start though and despite arriving at a late hour in Canberra we actually did get to see a lot. Canberra reminded me of Washingon in lots of way's in that there was lots of wide open spaces and long boulevards and obviously the government buildings and other locations of national interest. I really liked it maybe becasue I didn't have too high expectations after the general slagging it had gotten from the Aussie's themselves!
Donkey!
On Sat we made it to the War memorial and saw the Closing Ceremony where a bag-piper played a Scotish lament and then we sped up the Black Mountain to visit the Telstra viewing tower which over looks the whole city from a height. Dinner and drinks in King O' Malley's and a general sneering of the "hip" clientele in there rounded up our evening in Canberra.
On Sunday we managed to get out of bed at a reasonable hour and went straight to the Sport's Institute which was brill and would have been even better if we had gotten to see some of the athlete's training. They except kids there into some of their programmes as young as 7 or 8! After hearing the training regime Jo and I both decided that a sporting career is not for us! we then took in the AFL game between Sydney Swans and the Melbourne Demons where met some very socialbe Aussie boys who were drinking heavily and only too happy to explian the rules of the game to us. Needless to say all we were interested in was cheering on Tadgh Kinnelly! We flew off after to take in the market, The National Mint, Parliament House and the National Library! Tourism exactly how we like it - informative and short!
