Blogs from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 40

Hello Hello Just thought I'd give you guys an update on how things have been goin! People have finally moved into my block and they are all awesome party goers. I've met up with a couple girls from Laurier... Sarah and Brianne, and they are wicked. I have been drinking every night which has been fun, however beer is pretty damn expensive here.. apparently u have to search for the good deals. For a 24 of MGD it was 39 bucks :S but i did find a sweet deal... 4 L of white wine for 8 dollars! i thought that was pretty crazy! Tomorrow we're goin for a pub crawl in the civic, which is downtown Canberra, about a 10 min bus ride from here. The weather here continues to amaze me, not a cloud in ... read more

Hey guys! Sorry it has taken me so long to get a msg up on here... my internet isn't set up in res yet, so i'm just at the lib. Soooo after an extremely long flight i finally made it here, and let me just say that jet lag is a bitch. today is the big move in day for the rest of the students, so hopefully i will get to meet lots of peeps! Right now i am going on a walking tour of down town Canberra with a few girls i met. The big down town is about a 10 min bus ride i believe, so we can check out all the cool clubs and shops and what not. I have to buy a new adapter for my compter as well because mine blew ... read more

9-2-8 spruiking royal yc of victoria got offer of race and skipper had foul weather gear to use which was essential on a cool blustery day. good start and work, spinnaker set no problem. on jibe lost control, boat roundup and heeling ninety degrees i'm sliding only grip the tiller which is no no. so went in wet to waist for rest of race. not too bad. headed for shower immediately we reached dock. a few beers later all good. 10-2-8 albury little girls pleased that they exist giggle, the mighty murray swolen from recent rains flows strongly silently. paddler going upstream making headway slowly, sky clear and bright punctuated by a scattering of white the remnants of those rainclouds in melbn. did someone mention country music muster?, loud talking bloke at table. meander around carpark ... read more

The Heart of the Nation, Canberra, does not seem to 'beat' as much as the old capital Sydney. We got the impression it is also not as popular either. But this new city has the Nation's Government and Parliament Buildings, Embassies and National museums and galleries. We visited the National Gallery of Australia, where they had modern Australian and European art, as well as many rooms of famous Indigenous Aboriginal art. Their culture continually fascinates us. The more we learn about them, the more we respect them. We walked briefly around the outskirts of Canberra, which is more alive than the centre (which is like a modern ghost city!). We didn't see much of it, but then again we weren't particularly interested to either.... read more

It was an 8 and a half hour coach trip from Melbourne to Canberra which wasn't too bad as we slept most of the way. We were up at the lovely time of 5:30 and said our goodbyes to Simone and Guiseppe who were nice enough to get up and see us off. We were almost at Canberra and the driver pulled the bus over into a layby and announced that we had a puncture! He spent a while trying to undo the wheel nuts with no success, then as if by magic a guy in a tow truck pulled up next to us and had all the tools for the job! So after leaving Melbourne at 7am we arrived in Canberra at 3:30pm. We were greeted off the coach by Gareth who is Joe's mum's ... read more