In and about Canberra

After a short stay in Sydney (with no photos except for the sunset, for some odd reason)

I hit the road to Canberra, eager to see Australia's capital city. It was a bit of a drive, but the road signs look pretty familiar, aside from some of the odd names, so it felt like any good ol' fashioned road trip.

Road Sign
Heading out of Sydney

Even Canberra is said funny down here.
The way it is said seems that it should be spelled CanBURRa. Anyhow... when in Rome, right?

Well WOW!

Those Aussie's did a great job on Canberra. The city is lush, relatively easy to find your way around in,and the locals are really quite friendly.
Not remembering that I was on NZ time,
I was up at about 5:30 every morning
and hit the trail to see what I could see.

Parliament House.


















The sign over the entrance to
Parliament House.












The bird on the sign that created a diversion in my journey.
Who willingly walks underneath birds anyhow?













Hot air balloons over the city.
As seen from the front of the parliament house at 7 AM.















The US Embassy.
Yes, I cried a bit seeing "home" so far away from home.


















The Australian War Memorial
An amazing, very moving tribute.












Maybe a relative?
It is a small world after all...











A view from Mt. Ainslie.
Parliament House is in the distance, one the other side of the lake and behind the long white building