Circles

Back from Canberra.

Went and saw heaps of things, some I'd probably never go and see again. Canberra tries to be a touristy town (yes, town, it's too small to be a city) and is designed for either the 4-12 group or the 50+ group.

The reason why the 50+ would like it is because peak hour traffic is less busy than Springvale Road at 1am. Though it might be because all the drivers are lost instead. Signs are either too vague or non-existent, but there isn't a shortage of them. Signs with "City" on them are written everywhere but all seem to point in a different direction... It's probably because Canberra doesn't have a set "City" to point at, and just guesses where one might develop in the future. I blame its "radial design" where it's easy to get to the middle, but impossible to go around the outside.

The "planned city" has suburbs spread unusually wide and you'll often find yourself driving though bushland just to get to the equivalent of Mentone.

And I didn't see any of the Parliament Houses, not that I think they would have been interesting, just I think they might have given me an idea as to how to vote at the end of the year!

And if you're looking for a tractor, Canberra has plenty of advertisements on TV for you to keep your eye on...

But it's not all bad, you just need to get used to complaining but not actually doing anything about it. Matt, we've found the town for you!