CanberraDayTour
The CanberraDayTour is a new tradition formed in late 2003 (please excuse the temporal field surrounding your computer if you are reading this prior to 30Nov2003) as part of the annual NovemberFest.
The idea is to do a 'day in the life' tour of Canberra.
Starting before dawn, the day starts with sunrise on the top of Mount Ainslie. The tourguide then leaves the hapless victims, uh, tourists, to clamber down the mountain (approx 30 mins) where they find breakfast ready and waiting for them behind the national War Memorial, which can then be visited if the tourists so wish, and the guide permits it.
Traditionally however, the next step is to drive down to Tidbinbilla and spend the morning at the Tidbinbilla nature reserve meeting native australian flora and fauna, and also geeking out at the tracking station. Note that the tour originated from a one-day-tour of Canberra for visiting Americans, and so an aussie flora/fauna meet might not be so nescessary for a visiting aussie.
Returning to Civic for lunch at the Carillon where the ducks can be fed. DUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKKKK!
After lunch, we explore the National Gallery, the High Court, the Questacon (National Science and Technology Center), the Parliament Houses, and other stuff in the Parliamentary Triangle (most 'tourist' stuff is in there) ... and more or less whatever else we feel like. There is a railway station hybrid church that's miles from the nearest train line that's worth a visit, amongst other stuff I'll add in when I think of it.
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