The closest Canberra has to a beach are the edges surrounding the lakes that break up our city, but Australia is surrounded by water and, from Canberra, much can be reached within a couple of hours. Travelling along the coast is a holiday in itself, as small pleasant towns dwell within range of the sea breeze, and boast comfortable and convenient places to stay.
Read MoreFor a lot of people, this is the last weekend of the working year. If you’re one of the lucky ones, be sure to keep yourself entertained with a stack of stuff on offer over the coming days. Enjoy! 1. James Turrell at...
Read MoreThere are many words that could be used to describe Dan Sultan. ‘Passionate’, is definitely one of them. Another would be ‘scattered’. He knows how to swear, and his mood can change within seconds.
Read MoreThere are lots of things I like about Canberra. It’s a small city… or a big town that you can cross in under an hour. You could stop and enjoy everything that this town has to offer in every suburb, every month of the year.
Here are some of my picks for 2014.
The National Folk Festival is a long weekend of sharing music, food and culture. Early in the morning until late at night, campers stay out in the open autumn air at Canberra’s Exhibition Park to dance and sing along with the performers.
Read MoreGiven the epic stories contained within, The Bible provides pretty good source material for Hollywood epics. Every couple of decades, as special effects and camera quality improve, a new slew of biblical films appear.
Exodus is the newest offering and, for the first time since Scorsese’s story of Jesus, there’s a big name director at the helm: Ridley Scott.
Known for Alien and Gladiator, Ridley Scott is famous for no-holds-barred storytelling and plots that are riddled (pun definitely intended) with big-name actors and even bigger sets.
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