Yesterday my father and I visited the Australian War Memorial in the suburb of Reid, geographically North East from Lake Burley Griffin. The Memorial is situated at the end of a very wide boulevard (Anzac Parade) and was designed specifically to be viewed directly from the houses of parliament (see second photo, above), so […]
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Today was a brilliant, beautiful day in Canberra, so it was no surprise to learn that the evening followed suit. At about eleven thirty late at night, with the air crisp and refreshing, we jumped into my car and took it for a spin around the city. We cruised through the city on Northbourne Avenue […]
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The View from Old Parliament House | The Exhibition Today we took a journey back through time, as we visited the country’s former seat of governance – the Old Parliament House ( or – the Museum of Australian Democracy). Originally intended as an interim location for Parliament, the building was opened in 1924 and […]
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