Blogs from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 47

The home stretch was in sight as we left Berlin. We spent two days in Cologne, in western Germany, enjoying non-backpacker-like luxury in a hotel overlooking the Rhine - other highlights of Cologne were the great food in the local breweries and the surprising number of professional beggars crowding the entry to the local cathedral. We then flew to London for a few days and finished off some essentials before heading back to Sydney - the National Gallery in London was well worth a look and a day trip to Oxford (didn't meet the romanticised image that I had in my mind), Stratford upon Avon (Shakespeare's home town, and Warwick Castle (where we played medieval aristocrats and militia for a few hours). Otherwise, it was comforting to get back to London for straightforward pub food and ... read more

Some of us were still on adrenalin highs from last night’s athleticism. My mood was purely tea and Tim Tam related after a morning of relaxation and gossip catch up with Eleanor and Andrew - the final episode of Home and Away in Australia being an exciting topic (I’ll hold off saying anything here as I’d hate to ruin the experience for many English viewers in 6 months time…). Even so we all looked fabulous as we arrived at the Royal Canberra Yacht Club at Yarralumla. The day was warm and a bit cloudy but fairly pleasant overall. The place brings back a lot of memories for us as we used to sail, catch yabbies and generally misbehave at the yacht club as kids. We paid a visit to the Lisa Bryce Memorial Window - destroyed ... read more

Tensions were high the night before the wedding - and that was just the relatives! We arrived at Belconnen AMF Bowling in sunny Canberra (after an adventurous lap of honour but that’s another story…) for a Marman vs Smith bowl-off. The Marmans started off in fine form with Mikey, Lisa and Bevan cutting up the lanes with some fantastic displays of bowling. The Smith family weren’t so bad themselves, although there were rumours of illegal substitutions. Undeterred, the Marmans pushed on and won with an average of just over 1 point per player. Well done all those involved, not to mention the support team. Our team went on to play another game and finished in fine form - I dare say a credit to the Marman side? He he he…... read more

中国大使馆建造风格和中国传统的建筑风格一样。听说是从国内专门请建筑师和工人过去建的。大小也是所有大使馆中最大一个之一。最威武的还是美国的。美国和英国大使馆周边有很多警察24小时保护，真怕恐怖分子什么时候给炸了。 中国大使馆大门正对面有5，6个法轮功之谜者在当街练功（好像是每天都有），正对大使馆还挂着横幅，写着法轮功好和共产党残害法轮功弟子的标语。那里的法轮功分子非常猖獗。我路过时，问他们是否可以拍相片时。他们便给我讲法轮功有多好和共产党有多坏。还给了我一些报纸和资料。上面还是讲共产党的坏处和法轮的好处。他们把法轮功看是能治病和改变天气的神教。肯定是反科学的。... read more

堪培拉是澳洲的首都，地广仁人少，人口只有30多万，和我们的小县城阳朔差不多。主要是政府机构所在，几乎没有工业和其他商业。是个非常安静的小都市。安静得让我觉得不习惯。有一次我迷路，走了30分钟都找不到人问路。人少，走路的人更少。 Canberra is the national capital of Australia.It is a big city but small population,the just more 300 thausands of population is very similar to Yangshuo's.The most buildings are Garvement department and another countris' embssy. Almost no factory and other economy.it is very beautiful and quiet city,sometime it is too quiet for me. I spent more then 30 mins walk to find a person when I got lost once.so few peole walk around.... read more