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History & Evolution
A prominent inland city and the eighth largest in the country, Canberra is the capital city of Australia. Positioned at the northern part of Australian Capital Territory, around 280 km south-west of Sydney and 660 km north-east of Melbourne city; it is a flourishing city. Referred to as the “ bush capital”, primarily because of strong influences of garden city movement and other prime natural vegetation areas in the city’s design. In 1820s, European discovery and settlement started taking place in the Canberra area and white settlement in the region was likely to have taken place as early as the 1824s. In 1906, there was a long debate as to whether Melbourne or Sydney was to be the national capital of Australia. Finally a sound decision was made that a new capital would be constructed in New South Wales and hence Canberra was selected. 9th May, 1927, saw the shifting of the federal government to Canberra with the inaugural of the Provisional Parliament House.

Site-Seeing
Lake Burley Griffin:
Named after an American architect, Walter Burley Griffin who won the design competition for Canberra; Lake Burley Griffin is a key tourist attraction in the city. It is an artificial lake and is aptly situated in the center of the city. The lake offers a number of fun activities where one can either go for boating in the lake or walk or even skate around the shoreline of the lake. Tourists can also go for cruises on the lake.

Location: Center of Canberra City

Commonwealth Park:
Established in the 1960’s the Commonwealth Park is spread out between Anzac Parade and Commonwealth Avenue located on the northern side of the lake. This prime tourist area offers an amphitheater, play areas, a path around the park, paddling pools and waterfalls. On Sundays one can witness weekly performances during the summer season. Commonwealth Park is one of the main forums for hosting the Canberra Festival.

Location: Commonwealth Avenue

National Gallery of Australia:
A prestigious art gallery and museum in Canberra, the National Gallery of Australia was originally set-up in1967 by the Government of Australia. It is a national public art gallery and showcases more than 120,000 exquisite works of art. These comprise mainly of Aboriginal and Modern, as well as sculptures, paintings, drawings, furniture and many more. Their exhibited artwork varies from decorative art, sculpture, oil paintings and water-colors, votive objects, printed works, sketchbooks drawings, book illustrations, photographs and films to costumes, textiles and ceramics.

Location: Parkes

Snowy Mountains:
Fondly referred to as Snowies, the Snowy Mountains is a popular tourist site in Australia. It provides some of the finest snow sports such as snow shoeing, snowboarding, downhill and cross-country skiing and many more. Rising to a height of around 2228 m, the Snowy Mountains are thronged by tourists all throughout the year. It offers other activities such as hiking, water sports, fishing and skiing in winter

Location: South Canberra