Us and Lake Burley Griffen

Canberra

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July 13th 2008
Canberra is cold!!! (As in it was sleeting just a little on Friday!) Walking around this capital it also seems really surreal as there are hardly any people! Even the main shopping centre wasn't very busy and on Saturday most of the stores were only open for half the day! The city itself isn't as nice as Melbourne but does have a huge lake in the centre and is surrounded by pretty tree covered ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more