"Canberra...home of politicians and.....? " a Canberra Travel Page by Kate-Me

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My first visit to Australia's capital.....

I'd been told by just about everyone I met that Canberra was a strange city and a strange capital...but I tried to keep an open mind anyway and take it as I found it.
My first impressions....nice wide roads and good freeways around the city....once inside the city itself, it seemed strangely empty for a weekday and we found ourselves driving around and around before we found we were actually in the city centre already, though it looked more like a business district than any shopping district.
We found driving out to the suburbs more interesting, where we found some interesting shops and shopping centres and easier parking.

Here is one picture of the city centre - the nicest one I could find. I was a bit disappointed with the architecture of our nation's capital so many plain, concrete buildings - even the national gallery is a large grey/white concrete building - really not much to look at on the outside at all.

One surprise for me was discovering that Canberra is situated on a very large lake, Lake Burley Griffin, which is quite attractive (though the foreshore doesn't seem to be used for much).