So when i said "lots to do and see", it transpires this meant go and see the travel agent and book yourself a ticket out of this Godforsaken s***ehole! What can one say about Canberra that Bill Bryson hasn't already said when he suggested their promotional video shown at the Tourist Information centre should be renamed "Canberra, Why Wait For Death?". Where are the people? Where is the activity? The atmosphere? The heart and soul? Well, i'm sorry to break thi...

I left Ulladulla today and travelled by coach to Bateman's Bay down the coast and then on another coach inland to Canberra, the capital. The countryside is lush with green rolling hills and open plains - very unAustralian! The town is rather like a very large park with occasional large cement blocks throughout - these being government buildings and national monuments etc. Quite strange. The CBD itself reminds me of Rotterdam - lots of concrete, 70s shopping p...