Welcome to Canberra!
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Canberra is the capital of Australia, situated 160 km inland from 
the Pacific Ocean; 290 km south of Sydney (our largest city); 20 
or so km to the east of the Brindabella Mountains; and 130 km 
to the north of the Snowy Mountains. It is a garden city with an 
annual display called Floriade. Four thumbnails of photographs
from Floriade 1995 are below. Click on them to see more detail. 
I hope that they give you an idea of this lovely town.


Floriade 1995




  • Sound Stage Wall.... Across to Sound Stage

  • Refreshment Tent.... Refreshment Tent

  • Across the Lake..... Across the Lake 

  • Downstream...........<





    Canberra has more than flowers. Here can be found the Australian
    National University and the University of Canberra; the Australian 
    Parliament; the High Court; the National Library; the National 
    Gallery; the Defence Force Academy; the Australian Institute of 
    Sport as well as the great departments and other bodies 
    of State such as the ANAO; foreign embassies; and a lively 
    cultural life ~ theatres, the products of a vigorous School of Music, 
    cafe culture..... 
                                          

    Sailing on the two lakes; bicycling, jogging, running or walking
    around the many cycle paths; orienteering in the hills; ballooning 
    and, of course, gardening are among the many activities in which 
    Canberra people involve themselves. There is also, for some, 
    Landcare ~ a co-operative effort involving the community & government 
    in improving degraded land. For us in Canberra this especially means 
    land & water in the Murray-Murrumbidgee River Basin.
    While Canberra is special for us, other parts of Australia are well
    worth visiting. Here are some examples- click on them for more detail
    


    • Lighthouse at Cape Byron (NSW) .............Byron Bay Lighthouse

    • The Snowy Mountains in Summer (NSW) ........Snowy Mountains fron Scannel's Lookout

    • Barossa Valley vineyard near Tanunda (SA) ..Barossa vineyard

    • The Apostles, Great Ocean Road (Victoria) ..The Apostles


    

    Please do not use the photographs from this page for commercial purposes without agreement, or otherwise without attribution.
      
     

    Sites of possible interest
    
Sibelius Music Page-many links! 
Friends of Mt. Painter
The Sydney Morning Herald
London Evening Standard
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