Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

Canberra

AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 13 March 2011 | Views [782]

The Lodge, in a subdivision on the far side of Parliament House, official home of the Prime Minister. On the model (previous photo), if you follow the big avenue from Parliament heading down, The Lodge is on the right hand side in the clump of dark trees, at the first little perpendicular intersection.

This is a great model of Canberra from the Canberra Museum: Capital Hill and Parliament House is centre-right, one apex of

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Parliament House lawn on Capital Hill. Parliament House was only opened in 1988 after 7 years of construction and just over $1 billion in cost. The winning design called for the entire Capital Hill, which was previously untouched forest and grass, to be razed, the building constructed, and then the soil returned to bury the bulk of the new building. Thus it appears to be built into the hill, when actually the hill was rebuilt around it.

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Fly Ted Down Under Journeys through the land of Oz

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