Canberra; Thursday, Nov. 9
Today we had a tour of the Australian Parliament Buildings, personally conducted by Tim Colebatch, our host. It was really interesting to travel through the corridors of power. It is a very elegant building and beautiful laid out.
It is the most comprehensive memorial I have ever seen and really carefully organized and laid. We latched on to a guided tour by a volunteer who was amazingly knowledgeable and gave us a 2 hour detailed disertation on the first and second world wars.
We ended with a drive to the top of Ainslie Hill to take a final look down over the Australian National Capital.
We then went to the National Australian Rose Gardens, but as with Goulburn the roses were somewhat the worse for wear and I resisted photographing them in their misery.
We moved on to the Australian War Memorial.
It is the most comprehensive memorial I have ever seen and really carefully organized and laid. We latched on to a guided tour by a volunteer who was amazingly knowledgeable and gave us a 2 hour detailed disertation on the first and second world wars.
We ended with a drive to the top of Ainslie Hill to take a final look down over the Australian National Capital.
posted by Seán at 11/09/2006 08:08:00 AM
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