I’m writing this in the pitch dark with a head torch on. We are in Canberra, it’s 8.30pm on Saturday and it is the Earth Hour, where all lights are switched off for an hour to try and save the planet (I know, the computer and head torch are probably negating our lack of room lights but hey we are in the YHA (impeccable green credentials) and every little helps (said the man who peed into the sea). We have had a half day whistle-stop walking tour of the Capital City, including the amazing parliament building (photo), with its vista, via the old Government buildings, across the lake to the avenue leading up to the Australian War Memorial. We visited the chambers of both the Senate and the House of Representatives and took in the views from the roof. Canberra is incredibly understated for a capital city, we think Witney is livelier on a Saturday night despite having the most mysterious of road systems. You read the map, you look at the road signs but you still end up going round in circles. I know what Patrick McGoohan would make of it!
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