Canberra Travel Tips

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One of only two capital cities in the world that have been built to a premeditated design, Canberra is rather eerily symmetrical. Placed about its nice, planned combinations of straight and curving streets are the old and new Parliament Houses, the National Gallery, and the National Museum.

Those who visit Canberra find beautiful galleries and museums clustered around a lake and cupped in bushland.

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3 Days in Canberra: Suggested Itineraries

Viator

Written by Viator, January 2011

5 star rating: Highly Recommended 13 | Tours & Tickets

Despite being Australia’s national capital, Canberra often gets overlooked by travelers in their hurry to experience big-ticket stunners like Sydney Harbour, the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru. But ... 
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The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

David W

Written by David W, United Kingdom, March 2011

4 star rating: Recommended 2

Out to the south-west of Canberra in the Tidbinbilla area is the Australian capital’s contribution to space science. A series of massive dishes sit outside the main complex building, monitoring ... 
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Australian War Memorial

David W

Written by David W, United Kingdom, March 2011

The Australian War Memorial is, hands down, the best museum in Australia. There’s so much in there, and almost all of it is both deeply moving and illuminating. The World War I section is the part ... 
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