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December 10th 2006

Published: December 29th 2006

The drive to Canberra was the longest of this road trip, taking me almost 500km south. This part of the world is peppered with corking place names and I saw signs to the towns of Orange, Wee Jasper, Wombat, and Murrumbateman. I stopped at Cowra, site of a Japanese PoW camp during World War 2 from which nearly 400 prisoners had staged a break-out. The escape and ensuing round-up left more than... Read Full Entry

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John McCabe

Jabe

I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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New Parliament House

As seen from the Australian War Memorial end of ANZAC Parade

Australian mascot with troops in Egypt

Captain Cook's Jet in Lake Burley Griffin

Quite what this is supposed to imply about the man himself is beyond me

Sculpture at the National Gallery

Exhibits at the National Gallery

Australian War Museum at the end of ANZAC Parade

As seen from steps of the New Parliament Building

New Parliament Building

Detail

New Parliament Building

Foyer - the columns represent a eucalyptus forest

House of Representatives

Senate

Main Hall

Featuring the world's second largest tapestry

New Parliament Building flag

The actual banner is the size of a side of a double-decker bus

Papua New Guinea High Commission

Chinese embassy

German embassy

4th March 2007

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Caricato Gaetano
My father, Gaetano Caricato born 10.04.14 in Italy/ Foggia was an prison in the 2 ww in cowra. He worked at the farm. During 1941 - 1946 he was in cowra. He produced 2 children. There are my half brother and sister. I can not found there. Who can help me ??? Caricato Massimo, Cologne - Germany contact: massimo.caricato@freenet.de

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