Party in the Nation's Capital! (It's Canberra, by the way) - August 24-25, 2007

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October 18th 2007

Published: October 23rd 2007

To the Nation's Capital! So at some point in between monorail-ing and visiting Darling Harbour, we decided to take a little trip to Canberra , the capital city of Australia. Danae had a good friend in the city, studying at the Australian National University (ANU). We awoke bright and early on Friday the 24th to catch our bus to Canberra. Rule #1 of booking buses: never let the blonde do the booki... Read Full Entry

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Dafne G

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This blog was created in 2007 when I headed to Perth, Western Australia for a year-long study abroad program. There are still lots of great stories and pictures from that trip, though I got way behind on my blogging and the stories end abruptly in September, 2007 (I was in Aus until Christmas Eve!) Although I've traveled a lot since then, I left this blog in a state of neglect for several years. But I figured another school-related international adventure was a reason to get things started again! In August 2011, I packed up my car and made the drive from my hometown of Toronto to the sunny ... full info

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The halls of parliament

With paintings of former Governor Generals and PM's

The House of Commons

Hey, I saw this room on TV! It's quite green, isn't it?

The view from the roof of parliament

The flag

Canberra from above

Sarah at her desk

In the office of Peter Garrett, shadow Minister for the Environment (but perhaps soon to be THE Minister for the Environment?)

The halls of the Opposition

There are sooo many clocks in the building, all synchronized to the SECOND to make sure the MPs make it to votes on time

VIP Pass

Ooooooooh yaaaaaaaa

Danae and Sarah in the ANU Computer Lab

I think this was a war memorial

There are a lot of war memorials in Australia

Parliament Building from above

Follow the line of lights and you'll see parliament

Canberra Sunset

Canberra Blimp

This guy was flying around all day

Sarah, Danae, and Dafne atop Canberra Hill

Dafne enjoys some prawn chips

A classy Canberra dinner

Canberra City Centre

Not the biggest, but it's cute

Breakfast in town

Saying Goodbye at the Canberra Bus Terminal

It was a good couple of days, but Danae and I had to head back to...well, back to our holiday in Sydney!

24th October 2007

Dana
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Lovely...
Daf, sounds like you had a wonderful time in Canberra with the whole political adventures you took. Too bad about the debate hahaha but hey you got to fix it here in Melbs with the nerd crew at Monash :) And whhhhhy would you let Danae book the bus, you should know better LOL.

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