 | Shearing Sheep at Avalanche
2008-07-13, Canberra, Australia. By: no2ndhome | | Excerpt from "OUR SUMMER IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND" available on Amazon.com
While at Avalanche Frank showed us the art of sheering sheep, of which he has about 1500. In the "before" photo you ca... |
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 | Wombat at Avalanche Homestead
2008-07-04, Canberra, Australia. By: no2ndhome | | In my photo/travel journal "Our Summer in Australia and New Zealand" (see marshallpublications.com)and my previous report I extolled the virtues of staying at an Australian homestead such as Avalanche... |
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 | Visit a homestead/ranch
2008-06-28, Canberra, Australia. By: no2ndhome | | About 15 years ago Faye and Frank Biddle decided to open their homestead to guests so they can experience life at a typical Australian ranch. The Avalanche Homestead is a 2000 acre complex about 30 mi... |
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 | Learnin' in the Capital
2008-04-28, Canberra, Australia. By: regnmanda | | Well hello again!
After we left the ferry we had to make our way up to Sydney, but we couldnt go all the way there without seeing the nations capital. So we decided we would spend a couple days in... |
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 | Words and cake
2008-03-17, Canberra, Australia. By: juliac | | The Australians really know how to do war memorials. Are they disproportionately proud of their deador is this something we should do better too? This became clearer later on. I walked down ANZAC Para... |
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 | So Long Sydney...
2007-11-07, Canberra, Australia. By: mikegagnon | | Sydney had been bid adieu and the last week there on my own really wasn't all that eventful. I made some friends with some really fun irish guys and they were complete animals. I walked into my room... |
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 | Canberra
2007-05-13, Canberra, Australia. By: cmciver | | We left the adrenaline filled Cairns on the 12th of May and after two flights arrived at the much more sedate Canberra.
We spent much of our time walking around the purpose built capital taking in... |
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 | Leaving the Gong
2007-05-07, Canberra, Australia. By: SARAHNSTU | | We had bit of a party on Saturday 5th May as we were leaving on the Monday. We went to Stuarts Park at 2pm and had a Bar B Q. After that when it got dark we all piled to the Slanty Shanty to continue ... |
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 | Who says there's nothing to do in Canberra?
2006-05-26, Canberra, Australia. By: yeeman15 | | The main reason that the trip to Australia was planned was because Shaun is getting his doctorate at the Australian National University. And since they're married, I guess Kristen decided to go too. H... |
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 | Birth of a nation
2007-02-06, Canberra, Australia. By: gemandyoz | | THOUGH Australian’s might scoff at the standing of their capital city, Canberra’s attractions have a certain charm, and certainly offer an insight into the development of the modern nation it is today... |
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 | Cars and Sweat
2006-08-24, Canberra, Australia. By: zimmy222 | | Ok, news:
1. This morning was my second day at my new job: traffic counting. It's exactly what it sounds like. I sit by the side of a road counting the cars that go by. This is probably a valuable ... |
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| To Traveljournals
2006-08-20, Canberra, Australia. By: zimmy222 | | Just so y'all know, Lan party was supposed to be in all caps, like this: LAN PARTY. Because a Lan party is akin to a limp and soggy potato chip. Not cool. But unfortunately, Traveljournals.net doesn't... |
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| LAN PARTY
2006-08-20, Canberra, Australia. By: zimmy222 | | So this past Friday night, me and a bunch of other dudes brought our computers to my mom's basement, plugged 'em all together, and had a mad-crazy night of Mountain Dew-fueled Call of Duty mayhem. It ... |
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| 28 minutes till class (or) Art, baby.
2006-08-09, Canberra, Australia. By: zimmy222 | | And ten days till the farmstay. All the Butler kids are getting sent off to various farms, where we'll do various farm activities. I hope I get to milk something. Or at least shear something. It's gon... |
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| Apologies
2006-08-09, Canberra, Australia. By: zimmy222 | | Well, it's been a while. My bad. I have no good excuse.
I mean, I do have classes to keep me busy. They're all right. My Australian Foreign Policy class is taught by a big ex-Navy dude who refuses ... |
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| Aussie U
2006-07-18, Canberra, Australia. By: zimmy222 | | Ah, Australian National University. My experience here over the past few days has been one of good times spiked with stifling bureaucracy.
Eg.,
part I: Hanging out with Americans/Aussies/Malaysia... |
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| Can-Bra
2006-07-12, Canberra, Australia. By: zimmy222 | | Cities that are not the capital of Australia:
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Perth
- Cairns
- Adelaide
- Brisbane
Cities that are the capital of Australia:
- Canberra
Canberra is pretty sw... |
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| Summer of Concerts
2006-02-08, Canberra, Australia. By: shaanie | | Hey there everyone! Well this is my last summer in Australia and I have been taking full advantage of it by attending heaps of concerts of both Australian and International acts, none of which I will ... |
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 | Aussie Rugby
2005-04-24, Canberra, Australia. By: craisen | | A trip to Canberra to watch some Aussie league rugby and a spot of fishing proved to be very successful, after I caught a crayfish, which was then used by Michael to catch a very big Murry river cod.
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 | The (Empty) Seat Of Government
2005-02-22, Canberra, Australia. By: mala | | Upon hearing the glowing reviews of Canberra ("Oh...you're going to Canberra. Hope you like war memorials and parliament." or simply "It sucks there."), I was a little worried. However, Rebecca's grea... |
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 | Port Macquarie - Canberra
2003-03-06, Canberra, Australia. By: exploreoz | | Port Macquarie - Myall Lakes NP - Hunter Valley - Warrumbungle NP - Wollemi NP -
Blue Mountains NP - Kanagra Boyd NP - Morton NP - Canberra
Day 17. Leaving Port Macquarie, after using every fac... |
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 | Canberra Walkabout, Magna Carta from 1297
2001-02-20, Canberra, Australia. By: andreas | | Canberra is quite a different town. In many ways. When Australia’s separate colonies were federated in 1901 it was decided that a completely new national capital where to be constructed. Canberra (bel... |
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