We’ve left Victoria and have entered the state of New South Wales on our way to Sydney. Along the way, we stopped off in Canberra, Australia’s capital which itself resides in its own territory; the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Many travellers skip Canberra altogether, writing it off as dull, but I wanted to visit the Parliament Building so we set aside an evening and a morning in the capital. The evening was mostly spent eating Turkish pizza (which was very nice, thank you) and complaining about how awful most city campsites are — Canberra’s no exception.

The next day, we drove right into the centre of the capital and followed Kevin, our parliamentary guide, on a tour of the mostly subterranean building. I found it interesting to note the strong links with the British Parliament. For instance, the colours of the two ‘houses’ match those of ours back home: green for the house of representatives (The Commons) and red for the senate (House of Lords).

Even though we were reliably informed that Canberra has a wealth of other time-worthy tourist attractions, we were keen to hit the road and head towards Sydney where we both have some old friends eagerly awaiting us!

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