ANZAC Parade
by Klaus Mayer
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Canberra, the capital of Australia is a relatively small city in the Australian Capital Territory. The layout of the city quickly discloses that this young city was planned on the drafting board. ANZAC Parade is a wide dead straight street with the War Memorial on the north-eastern end and a view to Capital Hill at the south-western end.
The Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial on ANZAC Parade, commemorating the services of the Au...
The Australian National Korean War Memorial on ANZAC Parade, commemorating those who served in the Ko...
The Australian Service Nurses National Memorial on ANZAC Parade, honouring past and present nurses of...
The Australian National Korean War Memorial on ANZAC Parade, commemorating those who served in the Ko...
Nerang Pool at Commonwealth Park.
The Australian Army Memorial on ANZAC Parade, commemorating the service of Aussie soldiers - more inf...
Sunset over Commonwealth Bridge, seen from Regatta Point, Commonwealth Park.The large flagpole in the...
Floriade 2012, Commonwealth Park, Canberra. 25th anniversary of Floriade.As Canberra emerges out of i...
Floriade 2012, Commonwealth Park, Canberra. 25th anniversary of Floriade.As Canberra emerges out of i...
The National Carillon stands on Aspen Island, located in Lake Burley Griffin.
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in!
Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party.
This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality.
The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself!Text by Steve Smith.
