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Anketell St

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
13 October 2020 at 5:10:35 pm AEDT

This floral display is located on Tuggeranong's busy shopping street.

Australian War Memorial

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 6:40:29 pm AEDT

The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia, and some conflicts involving personnel from the Australian colonies prior to Federation.

Black Mountain

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 5:45:24 pm AEDT

This is famous because of the old Telecom Tower, then renamed Telstra Tower that forms a symbolic landmark of Canberra.

Blundells Cottage

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 4:34:34 pm AEDT

Blundells Cottage is a heritage-listed six-roomed stone cottage located on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin.

Calthorpes House

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 5:34:32 pm AEDT

This is a historic house built in 1927 by Harry Calthorpe in a Spanish Mission style and remains relatively unchanged.

Canberra

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 8:14:21 pm AEDT

We explored the Canberra city centre on our last day visiting Floriade.

Commonwealth Park

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 8:10:25 pm AEDT

The traditional home of Floriade hasn't completely missed out. There is a glorious flower bed on the back of Stage 88 along with a gnome and a Floriade mural.

Glebe Park

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
13 October 2020 at 4:29:21 pm AEDT

Glebe Park is a remnant of a hundred acres (40 hectares) of land allocated to the Anglican Church in the early 1840s for use as a glebe, an area of land whose revenues contribute towards parish expenses.

Good Shepherd Community Church

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
13 October 2020 at 5:26:47 pm AEDT

The garden bed at Good Shepherd Community Church is a circular bed divided into eight wedges – four wedges of bulbs and four wedges of annuals.

Holy Family Church

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
13 October 2020 at 5:39:41 pm AEDT

The garden is planted under a magnificent old Gum Tree in a raised garden bed with 2500 mixed tulip bulbs spaced throughout the garden.

Kambah Community Garden

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 9:35:50 am AEDT

The Kambah Community Garden is located near the Kambah District Park which also has remnants of the old Kambah homestead.

Kambah Village Sheep

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 10:19:01 am AEDT

The Floriade display at the entrance sign to the shopping centre features a gnome amongst sheep grazing on 196 square metres of Floriade bulbs and annuals.

Kings Park

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 4:39:49 pm AEDT

Kings Park also lies on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin adjacent to Commonwealth Park and is normally considered to be the area east of Anzac Parade.

Kingston Foreshore

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 5:53:14 pm AEDT

This area contains lots of luxury apartments, a marina and a retail precinct.

Lake Burley Griffin

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 5:38:03 pm AEDT

We explored the Lake Burley Griffin foreshore near Yarralumla Bay.

Lake Tuggeranong

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
13 October 2020 at 5:23:35 pm AEDT

Lake Tuggeranong, an artificial lake sourced by the confluence of Tuggeranong Creek and stormwater discharge from urban and rural areas.

Lanyon Marketplace

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
13 October 2020 at 4:59:23 pm AEDT

Lanyon Marketplace was opened in November 1997.

Mt Ainslie

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 8:09:45 pm AEDT

The Mount Ainslie tourist outlook, one of Canberra's most popular, provides excellent views of central Canberra and Red Hill to the south and Black Mountain to the west especially towards sunset.

Museum of Australian Democracy

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 5:44:34 pm AEDT

The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House is a living museum of social and political history, located in a nationally listed heritage building in Parkes, Canberra.

National Capital Exhibition

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 4:53:31 pm AEDT

The National Capital Exhibition tells the Story of Canberra as the capital city of Australia.

National Carillon

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 4:46:41 pm AEDT

The National Carillon is a gift from the British Government to the people of Australia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the national capital, Canberra.

National Museum of Australia

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 8:25:37 pm AEDT

The Floriade boxes are contains bulbs and annuals blooming under the museum’s signature entry sculpture, and complements the Garden of Australian Dreams.

Parkes Way

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 4:49:26 pm AEDT

From the National Carillon, we skirted our way back to Commonwealth Park via Kings Park through a set of paths parallel to Parkes Way.

Parliament House Gardens

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 6:34:47 pm AEDT

The gardens are certainly a well kept secret, as there are no signs pointing the way, but they are worth it for the fantastic parterre and cherry blossoms.

Parliament House

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 6:26:09 pm AEDT

The new Parliament House was constructed beginning from 1981 with an original budget of A$220 million and was supposed to be opened on Australia Day 1988.

Parliamentary Zone

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 4:56:14 pm AEDT

We parked near the National Library, and explored the Peace Park, Water's Edge, the National Rose Garden, the old Parliament House and the Treasury building.

Red Hill

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 5:29:32 pm AEDT

This is one of the three lookout points for Canberra (the other two being Black Mountain and Ainslie Hill), and the one closest to Parliament House.

Regatta Point

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 4:23:01 pm AEDT

The RG Menzies walk swings from underneath the Commonwealth Avenue bridge past Regatta Point, Commonwealth Park and into Kings Park.

Royal Australian Mint

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 5:16:00 pm AEDT

Not many flowers here, except in some tulips in a garden bed next to the entrance ramp, and a bed of mostly yellow/green flowers near the entrance ramp.

St Mary in the Valley

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
13 October 2020 at 5:03:40 pm AEDT

This special shaped garden bed represents the Celtic Cross that sits high on the spire of the St Mary in the Valley Church.

St Thomas the Apostle

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 October 2020 at 5:04:09 pm AEDT

This is a rather imposing Catholic church with an attached primary school.

Street Art

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 8:19:36 pm AEDT

We found a fascinating lane called Tocumwal Lane in Canberra that leads into a square that is full of street art.

Tuggeranong Uniting Church

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
13 October 2020 at 5:55:43 pm AEDT

Tuggeranong Uniting Church Erindale has four garden beds at the upper end of Comrie Street associated with the Erindale Neighbourhood Centre and the Erindale Neighbourhood Garden.

A single luftballon

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
18 May 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

A solitary balloon, launched as part of Canberra's Ballooon Festival,can be seen in the distance, the the city centre below.

A Telescope Darkly

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
22 May 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

Remnants of the telescope housed in a dome at Mt Stromlo Observatory, destroyed by a firestorm in 2003.

Balloon Spectacular

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
20 May 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

A giant balloon, launched as part of Canberra's Ballooon Festival, touches on on Lake Burley Griffin near the National Museum of Australia.

Canberra Early Dawn

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
16 May 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

A view of Fyshwyck, Canberra Airport and Queanbeyan taken during the first light from Mt Ainslie Lookout.

Griffin's Night Vision

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
14 May 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

Canberra in the early morning pre-dawn, showing the Parliament House, the Parliamentary Triangle and Lake Burley Griffin.

Moonlight Shadow

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
12 May 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

The trees that whisper in the evening, carried away by a moonlight shadow.

Mum, can I go to bed?

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
24 May 2022 at 8:00:00 pm AEST

A young joey tries to climb into the mother's pouch, captured at Mt Stromlo Observatory.

Part 3: Pentax *ist D (2005-2008)

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
23 July 2020 at 12:38:45 pm AEST

This is part 3 of series of articles celebrating a selection of photographs taken in the last 21 years, from the very first digital camera we purchased in 1999 to the current portfolio of cameras that we use daily. In this article, we focus on photos taken on the earliest Digital SLR cameras - the Pentax *ist D.

Series: Floriade 2020

Chris Tham
Chris Tham
15 October 2020 at 8:26:19 pm AEDT

In 2020, Floriade has been reimagined (due to COVID-19) with the celebration moving from its traditional home in Commonwealth Park to bloom across Canberra.

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