Canberra

Pros: A truly magnificent city of wide roads, tree lined streets, lush and green
Cons: none

I freely admit to being biased when it comes to the land "downunder". As biased as I could be in fact. I absolutely love Australia, from it's international cities to the rugged mountains to the pristine coast and to the golden sun drenched Outback. And I...

Pros: clean, new, modern, unique
Cons: bit cold in winter

Canberra, the capital of Capitals.

In Australia everything starts in Canberra, the nations Capital. Well that is one point of view - there are those that think it ends! Canberra only commenced construction in the 1940's, and in may areas that...

Pros: Canberra is a young capital in a young country
Cons: none

Australia's national capital, Canberra, is a fascinating 20th-century creation, the newest planned city in the World, and is establishing itself as the focus of Australia's national history, pride and identity.

It is sometimes called 'the...

Pros: entertaining, inexpensive, relaxing
Cons: none

A few years ago I watched a documentary on television showing the lifestyle of an English couple living on the New South Wales central coast. The couple had lived in Australia for a short while; perhaps around five years, and were unhappy with living...

Pros: clean, healthy, affordable environment
Cons: wish I'd moved here sooner

I first visited Canberra as an eleven year old with my school class from Dapto. Coming from a small town the visit to Canberra was a big adventure for many of us. During the two days we managed to enjoy many of the city's tourist attractions. We...

Pros: A healthy counterpoint to Canberra
Cons: Drunk drivers, big boxes, spots of crime

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions


To see what the planners of Canberra failed to provide for, or chose not to include, one must step just outside of the Australian Capital Territory to visit Queanbeyan. Older than...

Pros: Grace and humility of design
Cons: To navigate, learn to think in circles

If the desperation of long Australian drives forces you to turn on the radio, you may well hear a song in which two drunks – one from Sydney, the other from Melbourne – argue the relative merits of their cities with escalating fervor. It is...

Pros: Galleries, Museums, Libraries, Lakes, Forests, Gardens, Restaurants ...
Cons: It gets bloody cold in the winter

Growing up in Australia, I had the opportunity to visit Canberra on numerous occasions. Planned cities are not always a good idea (see Milton Keynes in England for a prime example), but Burley Griffin certainly got it right with Canberra.(I find it...

Pros: Not crowded
Cons: Not much to do apart from visit monuments and galleries

or inadvertently caught there having made the understandable, yet mistaken assumption that any nation’s capital must be worth a visit.

I can say this because I lived there for several years and actually kind of enjoyed it. But this is not a...

Pros: Lots to do and see
Cons: it still has the air of bureaucracy about it

Canberra was a city built for a bureaucracy and its support services, yet for all that it has a charm and character all its own. As a capital city it has a range of National exhibitions and "places of interest" to rival any and still maintains...

Pros: Plenty of things to do
Cons: Bus system is confusing

Most people think of Australia as a big dessert full of drunken crocodile Dundee type of characters, and native aborigines. I have found that American television and movies have made Australia out to be an uncivilized, and untamed world, but in fact...

Pros: politics & history if you like, ideas and not majesty
Cons: off the path in Canberra, ideas and not majesty

Parliament Houses, in both new and old forms, are well worth a tour while in Canberra. The guided free tour of the new House takes just under an hour and is quite informative, with a smattering of Parliamentary rules, Australian electorate stories and...

Pros: Clean, new, modern, origional
Cons: Not enough to do!

Canberra is the capital of Australia, and in my opinion it definitely doesn't live up to this title. I must admit that Canberra is new, clean, and original, but to actually compliment Canberra makes me sick. It is a good state, but doesn't have enough...

Pros: clean, you can visit the Prime Minister
Cons: a bit dull and boring

Well, I've visited Canberra a few times. There is a few places to visit, but other than that it's pretty boring.

Places To Visit
*Parliament House: This is where Australian politicians yell at each other.
*The Australian War...

Pros: Clean
Cons: hard to navigate

On our 3 day visit I found the city clean and tidy but confusing, we even asked directions and nobody seemed to know their way around. We tried to visit the park area( which was a lovely stroll through) and took more than a hour to find a way into it.....