Three trains, two busses and a long walk...one way.

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I spent a long weekend in Canberra. It's interesting because most foreigners don't know that the city exists, let alone that it is the capital of Australia. Canberra is a planed city and actually designed by a former American, from Chicago (He has since become an Australian citizen). The new Parliament building sits in the center of the government region and streets radiate out from it creating long axises that extend to monuments and other artifacts in the landscape. The idea of a planned city sounds extremely logical but the city was extremely hard to navigate around for me as a pedestrian. Overall it was a great trip, learning about Australia's government system and heritage.

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Photos

the war memorial
the approach

looking back
I'm standing on the steps of the War Memorial looking down one of the long axies at the new parliament building...the distance between the two buildings is probably 2 to 3 kilometers.

The Carillon
it played music throughout the day sounding almost as if I was back at KU.

large pedestrian areas to relax
this was taken close to where I was staying.

proving I was there
thank you for bringing me a new tripod mom!

ariel shot of the city from Black Mountain Tower
to the left of the lake is the city district and to the right of the lake is the government sector.

the National Museum
the atrium

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postcard
received your postcard from canberra enjoyed it