Autralia's Capital City - Canberra

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Weekend trip

Mate Alistair and myself hired a car and headed down to Canberra for a weekend trip. Canberra is about 4 hrs drive from Sydney, so in Australian terms is next door.

Though Canberra is a bit cooler than Sydney we had two glorious clear days of sunshine to do our site seeing.

First stop was the Austalian War Memorial, and as well as having a wall with the names of all it's dead in conflicts it had a fantastic museum which went into great detail about WWI and WWII. Spent quite a while in here as there was alot to see.


Over the weekend we did the Standard views around Old Parliament House and New Parliament House, where the counry is run, and the Senate etc sit for Parliament.

Established on Australia Day, 26 January 1972 as a protest against the denial of land rights and self-determination, The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is a symbol of Aboriginal Resistence. There were a few Aboriginals chilling here, who live constantly in the tents. Prob meet a few more of the locals when I head out to the outback.

Also went to a couple of look out points including Mt Ainslie which gives beautiful views of Anzac Parade. Spent a whirlwind visit to National Gallery of Australia which had some interesting peices of Art from all over Australia and Asia.

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Photos

Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Just outside the Old Parliament.

Captain cook Memorial Water Jet
Al and myself infront of the whale :)

Telstra Tower
Great winblown views

New Parliament House
Emu and Kangeroo, where's the Koala?

Australian Heritage conflicts
Aboriginal Rights campaigning next to the Tent Embassy and ouside of the Old Parliament House