drove from wollongong to canberra today after flying from ayers rock back to
sydney yesterday.
i didn’t get much of a chance to see wollongong as it was dark when i got there
last night and i left fairly early this morning, but it was an easy drive from
the airport which was all i was really interested in.
canberra is a very strange city, i have never been anywhere with such vast
streets and little traffic. i was actually in and through the centre before
realising it. having said that with the blue skies, pleasant temperature and
manicured forests everywhere, it’s very nice. the one thing people had told me
to do here was go and look at the parliament. it’s certainly a much better
working environment than westminster must be. there was a large peace
demosntration going on so i couldn’t get up onto the grass roof but i did the
tour inside which quite reminded me of the un building in new york for some
reason.
