The Great Hall.

Canberra - it's a little bit like Peterborough.

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March 13th 2010
A bit harsh, but you can see why the rest of Australia ridicules it at times. Ange had to go down there for work, so we decided to make a short break of it and booked into a hotel for a night (against the advice of just about everyone I talked to who reckoned I'd have more fun pulling my fingernails out slowly). Instead of going straight there, we zigzagged south, through Bowral and then onto Goul ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more