My New Home

Once I left Sydney on January 29th I took a very very short flight to Canberra. I befriended a nice pilot who sat next to me and tried to tell me that Canberra is the most exciting place....Unfortunately, I have already proven him wrong.

Fun Fact: Canberra is the capital of Australia, not Sydney!

Canberra is very similar to Ottawa in the sense that it is the city where all the political things happen. Both the old and the new parliament houses are here and so are all the embassies (which is guess is beneficial for me if something happens). The embassies and other important buildings are found around Lake Burley Griffin which is a large lake just outside the downtown core. If you want you can even take an exciting boat cruise around the lake. Its a pretty nice cruise, and you get to see all of the buildings and things that border the lake side.

One of the many embassies here in Canberra

 

 

 

Lake Burley Griffin

The new Parliament building here in Canberra is a really cool building. It has a grass roof for people to walk up and it is to signify that the people are above Parliament. Once you pass security to get inside you get to walk around the entire building and even stop by the gift shop where you can even buy soap....? At least it made the store smell good!

Sitting on the roof of Parliament House

Parliament House

With the exception of the mall downtown and all the excitement that happens here on campus, this is pretty much as exciting as it gets around here in Canberra. The good news is, is that it is central to many different parts to Australia. It is only about 2.5 hours away from Sydney if you drive, and it has an airport which can fly you all over Australia!

All in all, Canberra isn't the best place in Australia to be, but I have met so many amazing people and done so many things that I wouldn't normally do in Canada that it makes up for it all. Also, I feel that if I lived by the ocean all the time that the novelty would wear off...well, that's what I keep telling myself at least.