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Canberra, Australia’s national capital is a stylish city offering
world-class galleries and museums, fabulous food and wine,
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- See awesome 360 degree views of Canberra and surrounding
countryside from the heights of Telstra Tower.
- Watch Australian democracy in action at Parliament House.
- Experience sunrise over the city from the basket of a hot air
balloon.
- Take a tour of the Australian Institute of Sport and see where
our elite athletes and Olympians train.
- Understand indigenous culture and the Aussie lifestyle at eh
National Museum of Australia.
- Experience a lightning strike and the force of an earthquake
at Questacon- the National Science and Technology Centre.
- Dine out in one of 300 restaurants, cafes and bars to enjoy
stylish Australian cuisine or flavors of the world.
- Meet Australia’s largest collection of ‘big cats’, including
Australia’s only ‘tigons’ at the National Zoo and Aquarium.
- Visit Gold Creek Village to encounter dinosaurs, Australian
birds, reptiles and the fascination miniature village of
Cockington Green.
- Hop on a big, red double-decker sightseeing bus to tour the
city and explore our fabulous national attractions and foreign
embassies.
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It is reported that in 1943 a flight of 24 RAAF Wirraways flew under
the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with one of the pilots changing his
flight path at the last moment to go over the top of the Bridge only
just clearing it in time.