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Canberra, Australia: The Musical Version
Blog: Travelogged - 28 May 2011
When my friend Felicity Loughrey told me that she was moving to Canberra, she emailed me a link to a video that, well, basically pokes fun at Australia’s capital city. But at least it does so musically! But hey, you gotta love a place that has a sense of humor about itself. And the lyrics [...]
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Canberra: On Christmas Day (in the Morning)
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 26 December 2010
If serenity and tranquillity are what you crave at Xmas, rather than the chaos of ringing cash registers and surging shopping crowds, you could do worse than hang around the Canberra city centre on the morning of Christmas Day itself. We're in Australia's national capital to spend Xmas with my wife Narrelle's family, which includes a multitude of her nephews, nieces, brothers and her Mum, along with the various in-laws.
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Airline Commercials and Advertising – Taking Advantage of Political Events
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 30 June 2010
We usually take notice of Airline Commercials and Advertising when there are some crazy deals to fly somewhere for less than a meal. Sometimes, it’s more expensive to get to the airport than to take an actual flight!
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Canberra: There’s Something To It!
Blog: Away Together - 14 March 2010
Regular readers of this blog know of the National Lampoon Vacation-esque lodging we sometimes find ourselves in — establishments such as the Blackball Hilton (dorm-style rooms with recycled hospital beds) and the Abel Tasman Barn (two toilets to share with fifty other backpackers). More recently, we became aficionados of flimsy cabins at campervan parks.
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CanBEERra
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 14 December 2009
From each person we met in Sydney on the first day of our trip we heard, “Why are you going to Canberra?” Our traveling companions, Ute and Wolfie, were asked the same question. They really didn’t have a reason, except they were riding with us. We, on the other hand, had two reasons to go [...]
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Look Upon This Picture, And On This...
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 26 November 2009
When is a famous historic building not a famous historic building? When it's a scale model, of course.In last week's Canberra post I talked about our visit to Cockington Green Gardens, a tourist attraction filled with miniature replicas of English village settings. However, it also has an international section.
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Canberra: Worth Going to See?
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 22 November 2009
"Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see."
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Some Places In My Travels
Blog: The Travelling Teapot - 9 October 2009
Haven't really had the time to post here for a while, but here are a few of the places I've been to. I've been to placesI've travelled aroundTo Darwin and Tassie
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Canberra: A Case of Over-Capitalisation?
Blog: Hackpacker - 7 August 2009
When Sydney and Melbourne tossed a coin to decide where to put the capital of the new nation, it landed on its side. The two rival metropolises had to settle for a capital that was exactly halfway between both of them.
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The Unpublished 2: Squaring the Canberra Circle
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 10 December 2008
This is the second example of a travel article that I've never been able to place. This time the focus is Australia's national capital...
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Great Ocean Road
Blog: Jo Hetland - 27 April 2003
When we went on the Great Ocean Road - Easter break 2003
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