Canberra

A POPULATION EXCEEDING 345,000 PEOPLE , CANBERRA IS THE LARGEST CITY IN AUSTRALIA, LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTRY RATHER THAN ON THE COAST. THE CITY IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY 280 KM SOUTHWEST OF SYDNEY AND 650 KM NORTH-EAST OF MELBOURNE.

FUTURE CAPITAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, WHICH WAS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN RIVAL EACH OTHER FOR THE STATUS OF THIS COUNTRY'S TWO LARGEST CITIES, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. FOLLOWING AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE BEST DESIGN IN THE FRAMEWORK OF FUTURE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH BEGAN IN 1913, WAS TAKEN UP OF CHICAGO ARCHITECTS WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN AND MARION MAHONY GRIFFIN.

UNIVERSITY, ANU), LOCATED NEAR ACTON (BORN ACTON), AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA (BORN UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, UC) IN THE AREA OF ​​BRUCE (BORN BRUCE). AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1946 AS A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY. IT STILL HELD VARIOUS RESEARCH AND ACCORDING TO THE JOURNAL «THE TIMES» AND «SHANGHAI JIAO TONG» UNIVERSITY IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

, AN EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO LOCAL HISTORY AND CULTURE. SEVERAL HISTORIC BUILDINGS FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLERS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC : FARM LEYNON (BORN LANYON HOMESTEAD) AND TUGGERANONG (BORN TUGGERANONG HOMESTEAD), MAGGA - MAGGA (BORN MUGGA-MUGGA) AND HOUSE BLANDELLSOV (BORN BLUNDELLS' COTTAGE). HOUSE KELPHORPSOV (BORN CALTHORPES' HOUSE) IN RED HILL DATES FROM 1920'S . HOUSE DANTRUN (BORN DUNTROON HOUSE) NEAR CAMPBELL IS ONE OF THE FIRST FARMS IN THE AREA AND IS NOW OWNED BY THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE .

PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEAGUES. THE MOST FAMOUS OF THEM ARE THE TEAM «CANBERRA RAIDERS» AND «ACT BRUMBIES», PLAYING RUGBY LEAGUE AND RUGBY AND IS ALREADY BECOMING CHAMPIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LEAGUES. BOTH TEAMS WILL PLAY HOME GAMES AT THE CENTRAL STADIUM OF THE CITY. IN CANBERRA HAS ITS OWN BASKETBALL TEAM «CANBERRA CAPITALS», WHICH IN 2006 AND 2007 WON THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE.

A DAY. AMONG THE ATTRACTIONS ARE ALLOCATED NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS ON BLACK MOUNTAIN TOWER TELESTRA FROM A VIEWING PLATFORM WHICH OFFERS A WONDERFUL VIEW OF THE CITY AND THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM OF CANBERRA - AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL PRIDE. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE ZOO, VISIT COCKINGTON GREEN - A MINIATURE VILLAGE IN THE OLD ENGLISH STYLE, OR ENJOY THE WORKS OF LOCAL CHEFS IN THE NEAREST RESTAURANT.