Canberra
posted by KirstenM @ 7/28/2004 06:19:00 pm
While I'm in this links-away mode, Australia Blog has a post on Canberra. I am the first to admit that Canberra has some flaws and one of those is a sense of sterility: being too planned means it lacks the little alleys of Melbourne and Sydney with their groups of cafes and big city atmosphere, for instance.  And it does feel a little homogeneous - lots of the white middle class and only limited groups of anyone else. 

But, it also has a lot going for it, as Chris of Australia Blog discovered.  I'd like to add to his post that some friends of mine visiting from Victoria recently paid a visit to the National Museum (free).  They were suitably impressed and said they would like a return visit, just to spend more time there.  Personally I like all the parks and good schools and other family friendly aspects, but that's where I'm at in life right now I guess.