Earlier in the year I spent some time in Canberra attending my niece's wedding. I took lots of photographs of the wedding and before I left for home I took quite a few of the city itself.
There may be a drought over wide areas of the State of NSW but there is always plenty of water for Canberra itself in the Australian Capital Territory which is surrounded by NSW.....
Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, was created in 1963 by damming the Molonglo River and is the site of the Carillon of bells, a gift from Britain, and the Captain Cook Memorial Water jet, built in 1970, which hurls 6 tons of water 147 feet into the air.
The Australian Museum. In this photo the building appears to be floating in hot air - after all, Canberra is the site of the Australian Federal Parliament.........
The Captain Cook Water Spout......
The main road through Canberra crosses the Lake on this bridge. There is a marvellous view of the new Parliament House that can be seen driving along this road but unfortunately, since I was driving and the traffic lights didn't oblige, I couldn't get a shot of it. Next time I am there.
The wedding went off very well, too.
I have more photos of Canberra but they are on the laptop - I will load them when I have edited them and transferred them over.
There may be a drought over wide areas of the State of NSW but there is always plenty of water for Canberra itself in the Australian Capital Territory which is surrounded by NSW.....
Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, was created in 1963 by damming the Molonglo River and is the site of the Carillon of bells, a gift from Britain, and the Captain Cook Memorial Water jet, built in 1970, which hurls 6 tons of water 147 feet into the air.
The Australian Museum. In this photo the building appears to be floating in hot air - after all, Canberra is the site of the Australian Federal Parliament......... 
The Captain Cook Water Spout......
The main road through Canberra crosses the Lake on this bridge. There is a marvellous view of the new Parliament House that can be seen driving along this road but unfortunately, since I was driving and the traffic lights didn't oblige, I couldn't get a shot of it. Next time I am there.
The wedding went off very well, too.I have more photos of Canberra but they are on the laptop - I will load them when I have edited them and transferred them over.
posted by Needlelacer | 5:40 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Hazel, that fountain is super! I thought the Emperor fountain at Chatsworth, at 280 feet, was a big one, but Oz has us beat by a mile!
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