Blogs from Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 59

On the way to Newcastle we figured we could just pop in and check out Canberra - it is the capital city after all!! It was a pretty nice place but had a really bizarre feel to it because it was totally deserted. We checked out Parliament House which was pretty interesting. It has a grass roof (called a "green roof") and you can go up there and check out the amazing views. We also talk a walk into town which was nice until it got a bit black and then started thundering. We were going to make a dash back to the van parked 7kms away but decided to sit the worst out in a little shelter - thank goodness we did as a few minutes later hail was coming down the size of frozen ... read more

So after another day in Sydney, I had enough of the busy city. I feel that Sydney is like NYC. All the tourists want to go there...it's the place to go. But I'm not a huge fan of NYC, and I'm not a huge fan of Sydney. Especially after the wonderful hike in the Blue Mountains...it was a bit of a shock being back downtown. I spent the last day in Sydney by visiting the Museum of New South Wales, and hanging out with two girls I met at the hostel. And then I was off to Canberra. I've been told by many people, including my roommate in the hostel room in Canberra, that the ACT (Aussie Capital Territory) boring and not worth spending time there. Or I've been told to "spend only a day or ... read more

Dec 2. Birds of a morning. Spruiked til noon. Drove to Canberra. Dec 3. Woke in my usual spot at the bottom of Mt. Ainslie to a mob of kangaroos, the gravelly chatter of a flock of gang-gang, miner, rosella, mynah, magpei, galah, cockatoo, king parrot. Eastern rosella: red head, breast, back yellow green, scaled black, yellow, blue, green white etc. On top Mt. Ainslie white winged clough almost all black til it flies. Not much to say. No news. Nov 4. Went to all media outlets. Labour leadership grabs all attention. Met bloke in front of ABC with sticker on car from my last visit Canberra. Nov 5. Leaving Canberra last gasp channel WIN tomorrow filming looks likely. Lake Burley Griffin seagulls, ducks, purple swamp hen, coots, black swan. Later chanced upon Canberra Yacht Club ... read more

Today I got up early to catch the Explorer Bus and took a tour of Canberra. It was a HOT HOT HOT day today!! I first went to the australian War Memorial. It was very cool to see all the planes and guns and stuff. Then I watched a film on World War II. Then I went to the Lake Burley Griffin. Look some pics of the man made lake and the Captain Cook fountain..which shoots 90 metres into the air. Then I went to the Parliament House. I cost over 1 billion Dollars to Build. It was very pretty with marble steps and cool looking rooms. I then went to the National museum of Australia. It was really cool. I did this thing called "k Space" and I got to build my house and car ... read more

I know you'll all be excited to hear it's only days till we travel!!! Are you as excited as me - probably not, but anyway....... read more