Had an amazing time in Canberra, it is such a nice city/town - not very many backpackers. We learnt lots about Australia and its history, visited the old and new parliament houses, the war memorial, the Telstra Tower and even tried to pay the prime minister a visit. We walked for about 8 hours a day - we have never done so much walking in our lives! We even walked up a mountain to get to the Telstra Tower in the boiling heat, there wasn't a footpath though as we don't think people in Canberra really consider walking anywhere. So many cars passed us, David even considered hitching a ride!!