Blogs from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 44

Sally and I are getting excited about our OS Trip. We depart on Friday 6th July. Our itinerary is: Sat 7th to Fri 13th July we will be doing an Intrepid Tour "Cycling the Loire". Sat 14th to Fri 20th we stay at Kerambris in Brittany. Sat 21st to Thu 26th we explore Paris. Fri 27th July to Wed 1st August we stay with Abbe in Downington, Pennsyvania. Thu 2nd to Sat 4th we explore New York. Sun 5th to Thur 9th we stay with Lori and Ted in Vancouver. Fri 10th to Mon 13th we take a ferry from Bellingham to Skagway. Mon 13th we stay at Skagway. Tue 14th we stay with Martha at Whitehorse. Martha will join us to do the "Highway to the Top of the World" trip and visit Haines Junction ... read more

Nike: Now Canberra really does get a lot of bad press, and lets be honest how many people really knew the capital of Australia was Canberra, and not in fact Sydney (I did, due to the help of Mrs Wills in Year 5!). But to be honest we had a good time in Canberra, maybe because we only spent 2 days there, or maybe it was because we were staying with an EXTREMLY hospitable host (thank you kate!). no matter what the reason, Canberra will always hold a special place in mine and nats heart(especially Nats!) because....... ........WE SAW OUR FIRST WILD KANGEROO!!!!!!!....AND CHRIST HE WAS A BEAUT!!!!...... Other than our roo Canberra was also home to some of the best (and free) museums in Australia. The Anzac museum and the National Museum of Australia ... read more

Just thought I'd give you's a quick update on what we got up to this last weekend as I hadn't been to Canberra since I got back to Oz so here ya go... I've been doing 60hr weeks most weeks to get this contract finished for the end of June so I decided to go away with Olivia for the weekend and Canberra sounded like a good idea coz it's not too far to drive and there's enough stuff there to keep us amused for the weekend. We also thought it would be a good test to see if the car would actually make it up the coast to Cairns when we go on our hols in August, good thing we did and all eh?! We got 20mins from my house before the engine overheated ... read more

We made it to Canberra by three in the afternoon, sooner than expected. (We are beginning to feel comfortable riding at 80 kph, and on the better roads even at 90 kph) and discovered there was a market just down the street from where we are staying that had an Ethiopian food stall in it. Couldn’t resist going though we were exhausted. Great injerras. ... read more

Well since I have free internet access here, I figured that I should update this as much as possible. Especially since it's 8 in the morning and my gracious host is not awake yet. What can I say about Canberra??... hmmm.. Well you know, when I used to volunteer at the hostel and meet people from Australia, I used to tell them I was going to come here, and the usual response I got was.. why?.. And really I can now understand why they responded like that. hahaa To be honest, it is a really beautiful place. It's clean, the buildings are all well kept, the scenery is wonderful, and it's pretty to look at. Unfortunately, there really isn't a whole lot of things to see, unless you are a history buff. On the other hand, ... read more