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Everything is so clean in Australia because not littering is drummed into us from a young age. When I was growing up we had a thing called tidy towns that was a competition that the cleanest towns in the regions would win. There are still idiots who litter but it's not as prevalent in Australia as it is in other countries.
I can remember the “don’t t rubbish Australia” campaign back in the ‘70s.
It happens, but only dropkicks drop litter
@@helixator3975 I think it was called the "Keep Australia Beautiful" campaign and it has resulted in a mindset from a very young age that dropping rubbish or litter is a very bad thing.
@@helixator3975 and the "don't be a tosser" ad campaign
When I was little in the early 1960s there were signs in the Subwats... do not expectorate on the floor £5 fine!
The Keep Australia Beautiful programs are still going. I organised a local cleanup for my community in Keep Australia Beautiful Week last August. Local service groups can also "Adopt a spot" and do community clean-ups throughout the year.
Dear Ryan, I live in Canberra and agree that it is a museum heavy type place - but it is also a new city - only being founded in 1913 ... so younger than Ottawa in Canada.
A point about it's geometry - the old and new parliament houses have an unobstructed view (not even a statue) blocking the way to the War Memorial. This is an architectural metaphor to Parliament, admonishing the members that their decisions may doom soldiers to their death ...
It is also laid out by a Freemason (Griffin) and like Washington is full of occult symbols (the APH has a pyramid on top with missing capstone, which his immediately below); and the APH has 13 steps in the grass like the pyramid on the US$1 note.
@@sammitchell7909 How is a pyramid with a missing capstone an occult symbol?
@@DimeritiumGaming As far as I know, Freemasons were pretty obsessed with ancient Egyptian religions/sun-cults. The Great Pyramid of Giza is actually missing its capstone, which might've been made of gold, & thus became a big occult theory generator, with people thinking it had some magical purpose ofc. The Freemasons plonk their symbology down everywhere they worked, and since many of the USA's politicians & architects have been freemasons you'll find the symbols strewn through cities and governmental images like currency.
@@johnnylayton5819 Some magical purpose? As opposed to "being made of gold"?
@@EmbraceThePing I think the Cross has been used in a similar way. Symbolism. The Church told a ton of lies, maybe the Egyptians did too.
As a Canberran, I probably wouldn't recommend most these things unless you're really into politics, history, museums/galleries etc. Going up Mt Ainslie, walking around Lake Burley and the Botanic Gardens I would recommend. Questacon is a must if you have kids. I would instead recommend exploring around Tidbinbella, Namadgi or Arboretum. Also, depending on the time of the year/day of the week - we have lots of really great festivals and markets. Also if you can afford it - Jamala Lodge - staying overnight at the zoo!! It's awesome.
I have lived in Canberra since 1972, and I love Questacon. I also think the War Memorial is a must-see even if you are more of an outdoors person. Floriade, with the tulips, starts the second week of September (Spring) and is lovely. Otherwise visiting in March/April is usually good, with the Autumn colours. We now have the motorised scooters to get around, which are not expensive to hire. Canberra has a lot of roundabouts and roads that go in circles which used to confuse visitors, but since the advent of GPS on iPhones, this is not the problem it used to be. There are lots of nice places to eat, and the baristas at the many cafes make really good coffee.
Questacon is a must see
If you want to be entertained in Canberra just sit on a park bench and watch all the insane people. that would be more entertaining than anything else I can come up with
I remember those days when I used to visit Canberra
Scitech over in Perth is a must visit too. Much bigger and more varied than Questacon.
I do recommend you learn about the battles that Australia has fought in like Gallipoli and Tobruk as they play a massive part of Australia and New Zealand’s celebrations and history
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As an American, Vietnam would probably interest him too, maybe even more than the earlier ones the US wasn't as involved in
From a global perspective, Australia biggest war-time contributions were on the Western Front in the First World War. The Ancas played a leading role in stopping Germany's Spring Offensive in 1917 then in 1918 under Gener2Monash (considered one of tge best leaders from any nation from the war) led the breakthroughs that directly led to the Armistice. However, this came at terrible cost in terms of loss of live to the Aussie troops (all volunteers), which is why in the town of Villers-Bretonneux in France signs say"Never Forget Australia" and the children are taught about our country in school.
Ryan, Australia is part of the Commonwealth and has fought beside England in the Boer War, World War 1 and World War 11. None of these on Australian soil. All volunteers. The Australians were reputed to be fearful fighters, so much so, that at Toobruk, where the Aussie soldiers held off the Germans for 9 months, German General, Rommell, who was asked by Hitler "what do you need to win this battle?" was told by Rommell, "2 Divisions of Australian soldiers and I could win the war" The Australian and New Zealand troops are remembered every year on ANZAC day in Australia. We would not have the life we do without the incredible sacrifice of our wonderful Grand fathers, Great grand fathers. All soldiers are some mothers son and the stupidity of war breaks my heart. A visit to the War Memorial in Canberra saw me in tears for hours. My dad was a Rat of Toobruk. He fought the Germans in the Middle East, was sent back to Australia then went to Borneo and fought the Japanese. He was on 21.
The villain in Peter pan is Captain Hook, captain Cook was actually a navigator and explorer who mapped out the east coast of Australia which helped with the settlement in australia
Cook also charted (not discovered) a significant portion of western North America, as well as discovering and naming the Sandwich Islands - sorry Hawaiian Islands.
@@rossmcconchie1316 true
Technically the villain in Peter Pan is Peter Pan himself… Just search for Peter Pan origin.😂 Captain Hook is the good one.🤷🏼♂️
captain hook is the villain in peter pan, captain cook is the villain in australia lmao
Captain Cook was killed by Hawaiians, so that is an American connection.
I lived in Canberra for 7 years. It had clean air, lovely blue skies & pretty autumn leaves. I absolutely hated it after a few years 😂 BTW, it's pronounced CAN'bruh.
Ryan has heard many videos of people saying "Canberra" and LOTS of people keep letting him know in the comments, but...
That’s fair. I am not a fan of grotty Melbourne but each to their own.
I can't wait for all the disclosures to come out. Canberra was supposed to the a stronghold for the cabal/illuminati. They ended up making it in the Ukraine, hence the fighting with good guy (clone Putin who works for the white hats/allies) taking down the khazarian mafia (cabal) there. We still have a lot of clearing up to do under our cities, especially Canberra. Not one politician doesn't have blood on their hands.
@@mikeparkes7922 I know, but we keep persevering regardless 😅
@@FionaEm Absolutely! 🙂Cheers
This video did a great job highlighting several of our museums here. It didn't show so much of what else Canberra has. We are a short drive from several national parks, Brinddabella to the west and Namadgi to the south. There are also several nature reverses in the area (Tidbinbilla, Mulligans Flat, Goorooyarroo, Mount Majura, etc.) The whole city's design incorporates a lot of outdoor space and being bought up here, you're encouraged to experience the outdoors. We have a fantastic food scene. In the inner areas of the CBD, there's a heap of restaurants and cafes then we are also home to a few wineries. We have a couple of larger breweries. The location of Canberra, while basically a requirement to own a car, gives you easy access to many surrounding areas. Sydney, 2.5hr drive. Coast 2hr drive. Australian Alps 2hr drive. A lot of events happen throughout the year, which people turn up in the masses for. Enlighten festival (similar to Syndey's Vivid festival), Multicultural festival (explore different cultures represented in the capital), Floriade (international flower festival), Split Milk & Groovin the Moo (Music festivals), Summernats (Car festival), etc. As other people have said, Canberra is an underrated city. There is so much offered for a city of 456k people. As people who live here say, the benefits of Capital City (education, health, jobs, government funding, etc) while being like a large town.
Great list but you forgot the Tuggeranong Hyperdome, doing mainies in Fyshwick, and fine dining at Kingsley’s Chicken.
nature reverses
We have never had a war in Australia, but the Australians fought in World War 1, The Kprean War, The Vietnam War, and the Gulf War. Australia is very clean, as we respect and love our wonderful country. Our Soldiers are called "Diggers".
One thing they missed is mentioning about the Australian Mint House where they make the coin money. It is very interesting to see how they mass produce the coins circulating in Australia. They have so much displays of different sorts of coins. Coins are everywhere in the mint house. You have to go see the Australian Mint house when you come here Ryan and make your own $1.00 coin. You pay $3.00 to mint your on $1.00 coin as souvenir. We did that when we were there, made out own coin.
When I visit Canberra, I always go to the Mint, it is so interesting. By the way, most of the places mentioned in this video are free to visit. There may be a charge for any special visiting exhibitions but the cost is not excessive. There are also huge roundabouts all around Canberra and it is also where most of the foreign embassies are located. Great place!
The Mint is great but our currency isn't made there anymore. They make a few ceremonial items and collector coins. It's basically a museum now. Went to the Australian Honours exhibition (Australian medals for bravery etc) there in recent years that my son was involved in and my Uncle used to work there.
Canberra is such an underrated city. It's basically a quiet little city plopped in the middle of a rural area which means that there are a lot of outdoor things to do too. I'm surprised the arboretum wasn't mentioned as it really is a beautiful attraction. But yes, it is beautifully designed and so clean compared to other cities.
No actual jobs though. It's basically the Australian government flexing while citizens starve.
That is until you go there during Canberra NASCAR. Then it is far from quiet.
@@ProductCreationFormula I think you mean " Summernats"! That is right now!
@@bloozee That's right, thanks for reminding me. I forgot the name. I haven't been to that since the mid 90s. That was a wild time. Definitely not a quiet time then.
@@ProductCreationFormula for 3 whole days once a year. I live here, and haven't heard/seen anything.
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Australia is so stunning and pretty to visit
The best thing about Canberra is that most of them are free or a small donation to get in. I can’t believe they missed the museum of film and tv that was a great place to go if you love cinema
My husband and I were 34 years old when we visited Australia. While in Sydney we took the Bounty boat tour. I wanted to take a picture of my husband while we were on it, so, naturally, he attempts to climb the rigging. The guy had to tell him to get down. Later, they asked if someone wanted to hold the ship’s wheel, or ring a bell--something like that. Frank excited said YES! The guy said Actually, I was thinking of a kid.😂 My husband laughed, but the disappointment was real.😕😂
I have pictures that I took at the Pittsburgh Science Center where he is intently working on some interactive experiment. He’s surrounded by kids.😂
I just love him!🥰 Men never really grow up, thank God.
i've seen it from a distance but never been aboard. it was built from jarrah but clad in oak to appear as the original. i was wondering just the other day what its up to, have'nt heard anything for years. your husband should have just said "my turn" an shoved the kid aside.
Such an Aussie guy thing to do too haha✌️
Haha my husband’s the same. Bless em’ :)
He would have loved questacon.
I had a friend who was crew on a WA based tall ship, quite a small one, I think a replica of the explorer that found WA, definitely something Dutch related & named. Anyway, when she was in Sydney with that boat, it was docked at the Martine Museum & she invited me & another friend to visit one evening to keep her company & generally hang out, as she was sleeping onboard as the ship's guard or whatever, so I got to (and was encouraged by her) to climb as high as I could on the rigging. I chickened out about half way up, while she was climbing around like a monkey right to the top.
While we were doing it, apparently it caught security's attention inside the museum & a security guard came out to check everything was ok & there wasn't anyone there that wasn't supposed to be, which ended up with the security guard then taking us on an after hours tour of the whole place & this friend couldn't resist but climb everywhere on everything & I followed, cause it looked like fun, other friend followed a little, but not so much. Even stuff like the navy sub, with it's plastic covered ladders to block their use, she just climbed around it & was up before security could say "no", so I followed as he just looked, not really knowing what to say & we climbed all over the whole thing, did the Titanic "I'm the King of the world" off the front of it (WAY beyond where the public were actually allowed) etc etc. Only ones we failed to get onto were the ones hanging inside the museum, suspended midair lol couldn't figure out how to get onto them to explore, but basically everything else, we climbed every inch of, was pretty awesome!
I went to Canberra to work for about 3-4 weeks to help out in the company branch and ended up staying around 7.5 years - loved it there back in the 1970’s to early 1980’s - would have stayed but my parents got sick and had to go back to Brisbane to help look after them- I loved and will always cherish my time and memories of living in Canberra 🥰 by the way, I designed a cycle path In Commonwealth Park in Canberra back in the late 1970’s - not bragging 👍🏻🇦🇺
Go Girl.
thank you .
Mine's a similar story, went to Canberra for a 3 month long job from the UK, that was back in 1997, still here! 😀
@@Snowman29101963 - thanks Andy - your story is similar to mine but you are still there 👍🏻 I’ve been now living in Cairns for 16 years- hope you’ve ridden on my cycle path in Commonwealth Park 🚴♀️ unfortunately I wasn’t there to see it constructed- was supposed to have my first clerk of work’s experience with it but was overseas during construction- thank you for your comment 😘👍🏻
@@mariagrant2072 i dont know which path it is exactly, but i guarantee ive skated on it
Canberra is severely underrated by other Australians. Best time to visit is March-April for the beautiful autumn colours and the warm days and cool nights.
That's true. Kids have school camps there and hate the boring bits so it puts them off ever going back.
probably spring imo as a resident except it does have the highest pollen count in the world at times so mayb not if u have asma
I lived there for a year and couldn't wait to get out of the bloody place ID never seen so many mentally retarded people in one place in all my life
Absolute HORRIBLE place ,, HORRIBLE
@@tilapiadave3234 Yes, go to Melbourne instead😊
I just walked up Mount Ainslie and said hi to a roo, the swamp wallaby, hundreds of butterflies, an echidna and some willy wagtails. Life here is wonderful!
I don't know how many animals I killed on the way up to the mountains when I was camping there
What, you missed that cute little brown snake. It is so inquisitive and not aggressive at all..
@@neilsmith8110 I only see a brown snake once in a while. Sometimes under my bedroom window…
Almost everything shown is inside the "parliamentary triangle", where most of the major Federal government departments and national galleries and museums are located. As these are federally funded, it is generally just as clean as you've seen. Outside this triangle is the rest of Canberra and suburbs, which have their own territory government and services, which are... not quite as polished. Because of its position quite close to the high country and snow fields, Canberra actually has four identifiable seasons, including maybe a couple of snow days once every couple of years (unlike the rest of the country, which varies between hot, and bloody hot). So you need to be here in the aussie spring (september) for the annual flower festival Floriade, which is huge, more than 400,000 visitors annually. It has carnival rides and live music and international food stalls and all sorts of stuff going on day and night, so it's not just flowers, and usually runs for about a month. That'll give you time to check out the other stuff like Questacon and the War Memorial. We also have a major hot-air balloon festival around the same time.
Even if it doesn't snow in the suburbs, the ranges surrounding the city always gets a dump in winter. Corin Forest is a great place to take the kids to build snowmen and have a snowball fight.
The main balloon festival is in March near Canberra Day.
It is similar to Penta lines of Washington DC that connects White House to Monument to Jefferson Memorial to Capitol to Lincoln Memorial to Pentagon.
You forgot summer nats the car and burn out competition that is on in early January for a few days , it’s just about to finish this weekend
The guys from America I don't think carnival rides are going to be something hes going to spend 3 days on a Jumbo Jet to come and see . As I said elsewhere just sit on a park bench and watch all the retarded Canberra people that would be more entertaining than anything else
Starry Night lives in NYC, but was and is currently in Australia. We get a lot of art loaned to us, leading to major exhibitions around the country... I think it is many people's favourite Van Gogh, including mine
It's a shame someone doesn't lend the Canberra people some intelligence because I saw fuckall of that when I was there 😂
@@James-kv6kb Perhaps you needed to actually have a look around. All of those buildings can be seen from the city.
@@ariesfool3064 unfortunately you have misunderstood my comment. I was not referring to buildings whatsoever but I understand you're from Canberra. As for the buildings it was nice to see what the rest of the country would have looked like it the 60s lol
@@James-kv6kb I moved here 30yrs ago. Yes we do have some buildings from the 60s, all cities do of course. I've lived in quite a few. We also have a LOT of more modern buildings, but we don't have 'skyscrapers', if that's what you were looking for. The National Capital Plan, and specifically the planning rule RL617, restricts buildings in our city centre to a height of 617 metres above sea level. That’s generally 12 storeys of commercial development or 15 floors of residential.
As someone who grew up in Canberra (it's Can-bra btw :)) until I was 12, this list misses out on some of my favourite things to do in Canberra.
Gold Creek Village, for instance, is an absolute must-go. It's a beautiful, quant village type area you can explore that's filled with gorgeous boutique stores with local art and handmade crafts. It also has some of the most memorable things to do in Canberra that aren't just ostentatious architecture and art and politics.
It has Cockington Green Gardens. Beautiful gardens filled with intricate, miniature displays everywhere. Like of famous buildings or historical street scenes or sports matches. A mini train you can go on. It's just really sweet. There's also the National Dinosaur museum, which is just a really cool dinosaur museum. There's also a bird aviary where you get to feed the rainbow lorikeets. They're very tame and will happily sit on you as you feed them.
As far as festivals go, the National Folk Festival is absolutely amazing. Artists come from all over the world to perform and it isn't strictly folk either. There is also everything from dancing to markets to parades to art murals to amazing food. You can go in with zero interest in folk music, and will probably leave with a 1000 pictures, a pile of signed CDs and merchandise, and with some pretty cool handmade hippy clothes.
The Canberra Show isn't too bad either, especially if you want a festival that focusses more on Australian culture and agriculture and crafts. The National Zoo and Aquarium is also definitely worth a visit.
Also, I would recommend everyone go to Questacon whether they're with kids or not. It's such a fun place to go!
I'm surprised he missed how the narrator was pronouncing Canberra and surprised that more people in the comments haven't pulled him up on it lol
I lived in Canberra for 10 years. I hated it for the first year, but slowly I came to love it. It is so easy to get around, it is 2 hours from some of the whitest sand beaches in the world and 2.5 hours from the ski fields (one owned by Vail)
It has 4 seasons (nearly).
I miss it, but fortunately get back often as I have many friends live there.
Alone among US allies, not just in the Indo-Pacific but globally, Australia has fought in all of America’s major wars since World War I. If you've been at war we have been with you, sometimes before you as is the case with WW2
Also WW1. Joined in 191 7, a year before the end of it.
I travel to canberra to see family each year
Not quite correct Honey McDonald. We are great friends however Australia officially entered WWII in Sept 1939 after our Governments acceptance of the UKs declaration of war on the Nazi Germany. The Navy was engaged against Italy in June 1940 and Australians flew in the Battle of Britain in August September 1940. USA started to provide some assistance in 1940 but officially entered WWII in 1941. We entered WW1 IN August1914 and the first troops fought and took possession of German New Guinea in November 1914. In April 1915 Australian forces landed at Gallipoli Turkey, along with New Zealand British and French troops. The US entered WW1 in 1917.
Yes you can go to parliament house and just walk through. If you go when parliament are sitting, you can go to the public sitting area above and listen in. You can go to the roof and walk on the grass and enjoy the view straight down to the war memorial.
Most schools have 3 day camps that go to Canberra and Questacon is always a highlight. If you do happen to come here, suggest you come between September to March. Then you will be here in our Spring or Summer seasons.
In regards to the War's my grandfather was in WWI he was the only survivor in his regiment.
Can you still access the grassed area? I thought they blocked it off with all the protests.
@Merrid67play The last time I was there was in 2019. Not sure if the rules had changed since then. I wish I could add some personal photos for everyone.
I used to work at Parliament House in the 90s and my son and I used to roll down the grasses areas when he visited. Fun times.
Questacon was the greatest day of my entire childhood. I begged for years to go back.
@@FM-qm5xs it was the best school excursion I ever did and that was back in the days when it was at a different location and a fraction of the size. One of the few tourist attractions that locals will buy the annual pass for their kids. Still great fun as an adult.
As someone who lives in Canberra, this is funny to see other peoples view on the town i call home
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All of the child friendly attractions in Canberra are also adult friendly. Questacon can be enjoyed at anytime by adults but also has the occasional night openings that are adult only. Those are awesome.
I’m a Canberran (or as we call ourselves now, Ken Behrens - which is a bit of an inside, local joke, though a bit of an old one now)
Living in Canberra is great. We call it the bush capital because there is so much green space; massive green zones between suburbs and large nature strips in heavy traffic areas. We also have a building height regulation which cuts down on pollution.
As another commenter stated though, it’s terrible for hey fever and that’s because of all that green space. We have so many trees that just dump pollen in the air come spring and summer - you can literally see the pollen float around on the breeze. Some suburbs have it worse than others. Weather can also range from bloody hot to freezing - we even occasionally get snow in he winter.
Canberra is also pretty clean, as you saw in those videos, especially in the tourist locations. They’re just really well looked after.
Over all, Canberra isn’t like a city that you would be used to, even in Australia it’s not very city like. It’s more like a giant country town only without all the drawbacks of a typical country town. Large population, plenty to do but also pretty quiet and chill.
It's not the children's activities are adult friendly it's just the adults are spastics and act like children I have never seen so many retarded people in all my life . What I saw women doing in Canberra shock to me on a daily basis and not in a good way
They missed the most interesting aspect of Parliament House, in that it is built into the hill in a manner that you can walk over it, representing that the elected representatives are subservient to the people.
You could before they built the big fence
It is all fenced off now so you can’t actually walk over it anymore. You can still go up the sides about 3/4 of the way up.
Sadly, the Coalition Govt when they were in charge put a stop to that in 2017, barricaded it off with security fences, citing "security" concerns. Yet we can all still walk right into Parliament House itself. Speaks volumes about how detached from reality certain politicians and political parties became over time.
A nice idea that lasted right up to 9/11.
@@PaulMurrayCanberra That happened in the USA in 2001. The fences over Parliament House in Canberra weren't even discussed until 2017. They had nothing to do with each other.
My friends dad engineered the flagpole on the new parliament house. Fun fact...he inscribed her and her sisters initials on it before it was installed! And we are lazy with our pronunciation here...its Canbruh!
It was so nice to wake up every morning and see that flag when I was homeless and starving because I couldn't get any accommodation and had to rely on soup kitchens
@eternal monstrosity ID expect someone from Canberra to come up with something so childish .I am not the ice addict I got out of the place because of them
National Portrait Gallery is my favourite, then the War Memorial. Then maybe the botanic gardens. The portrait gallery is the only museum I've ever walked out of with a silly grin on my face. It is so human and wholesome and heart-warming.
Seriously, this is a great place to live. The problem with the video is that is was filmed on glorious (we have a lot of glorious weather) weekdays when everybody was at work. The place looks like an attractive ghost-town. It isn't, It's packed with nearly 500,000 people, and when it gets going, places where people congregate get crowded. it is not an empty collection of empty museums.
And Ryan, it really, REALLY, is Kan-bra, and the birds really REALLY are eem-yoos.
Happy arvo to you Ryan. Thanks for the clip. I live here in Canberra. I grew up in Victoria, but moved here 13 yrs ago. I love it. Cold in winter, hot in summer, 20 minute drive to bush solitude, 2hr drive to ski fields. It is the quintessential 'Bush Capital'. Kangaroo's on the road into the city. Most of the Australian Capital Territory is Namadgi National Park, which borders Kosciusko National Park, which borders Victoria's Alpine Nat' Park. Lots of high country and bush. Love it. There's more to Canberra than Govt' offices. Doubt I'd follow a tour with the narrator of your clip. A bit conservative for me. Thanks digger.
Yeah when my cousins moved here in their yard there was so much kangaroo shit
hot in the summer... mate i dont know if you've experienced this years summer but i havent gotten a swim yet
Jesus mate, ending your comment with digger - crikey!
No one talks about the obscene amount of homeless people or the mental retardation of most of the people there. No one talks about customer service where people tell you to come back tomorrow because they're only minding the store no one tells you about the fact that the camera has some of the dumbest people in Australia which is proven by test scores
Magic mushrooms sometimes in the city during the season.
The advantage of having children is you can do all the things for kids without looking silly
Haha...I was just going to comment now that he has a child he has the most perfect excuse to try all the child friendly stuff out.....aka, the big kids playground!! Although it's starting to become common here that you really don't need kids these days to try all the cool kid stuff out, no matter what age!
No that is a Canberra thing where retarded women want to act like their children the rest of the country does not do that.
I moved to Canberra at the end of 1989. Shortly after arriving, I noted a free presentation at ANU (Australian National University) was being given by the NASA team that was wrapping up their program conducted here which had been going on for decades supporting the Voyager missions at the nearby Tidbinbilla space tracking station. I attended the presentation and it was brilliant! So much science, arts and of course, politics, has a focus on Canberra. As for the architecture - within the Parliamentary Triangle (the 'centre)' it is a bit like living inside an architect's model of a city. All clean lines - lawns and concrete edges. The suburbs however are more like any other suburbs anywhere else. But still, for a lot of reasons Canberra is an underrated and amazing place in which to live.
Why would you use the abbreviation and then explain what the abbreviation is ? you must be from Canberra because only a Canberra person would be that insane lol
@eternal monstrosity who is an insect
What I'd love to see now is a reaction to some Tasmanian content. The island state is Down Under even to Down Under. Every state obviously has its own thing going on, but I think it's hard to dispute that Tasmania ("Tassie") is the most unique state, even if it is the smallest (still twice the size of Maryland). I moved here from Queensland, and things I thought were just Aussie stereotypes are common in the wild down here. It's pure, distilled Australia, while also being super-distinct. It has snowy mountains instead of dry deserts, but the people have more convict heritage than anywhere else and Hobart was the second capital founded after Sydney.
P.S. Not sure the good folk at Warner Bros had ever seen a Tasmanian Devil when they designed the character, because apart from both being mammals, there's no similarity whatsoever. Maybe watch a vid about real Tassie devils.
If you haven’t heard much of Australian armies, the ANZAC’s are members of the Australian New Zealand army corps I’ve heard a lot about their journey during world war 1 and 2
Believe ANZAC and US forces were under the of General Monash in WW1?
Villers Bretonneux the efforts made by the Australian force in particular saved that town and the schools there sing the Australian nation anthem to this day in recognition of how they stopped the Germans from invading
My great great grandfather (on my mums side of the family) fought it Gallipoli, he was one of the gunners.
And although he isn’t Australian my great grandfather (on my dads side) fought for the Netherlands in ww2.
and dont forget to try anzac biscuits n read the stories about them xxx
I"m from the UK, my family live in beautiful Canberra. I love it!!
It's pronounced CAN-bruh, with the emphasis on the first syllable. Listen to how he says it all the way through the video. 😊 The way you're saying it sounds as strange as if we were to put the emphasis on the second syllable in cities like Dallas, Boston or Portland.
I notice he's back to saying EE-MOO again instead of EEM-YOU. 18:03 😄
@@Zac-qo9id I heard that too. I thought he'd got that one down by now.
To be fair, it’s really Can-ber-ra. Can-BRUH is not a word, it’s a contortion
Aussie here! Canberra inner city is super clean. I’m from Sydney and it always messes with my mind when I go there. They also have excellent food and the whole thing is super easy to navigate.
Just recently discovered your channel and have been binge watching. I expect that at some point you will need to travel here and judge it all for yourself!
Yes, but the suburbs have grafiti on the bus stops and run down houses too, depending where you are.
He/she was putting lemon on a green salad - a mix of different lettuce leaves ( coral lettuce, butter lettuce, iceberg lettuce, rocket ), it's not a tree lmao
I think there were some edible flowers in there too - a posh mesclun.
Happy arvo Ryan . Canberra is pronounced Canbra . We do like to keep our cities clean, Littering is one thing guaranteed to get us worked up.
I know right he even got this Aussie saying Can-Berra instead of Can-Bra....lol
I say Cambra lol
I went on my grade 6 camp to Canberra. (Also note, you are saying it wrong it's Can-Bra) the whole trip was a week long and was played all throughout my grade 5 year. The trip costed around $2000AUS. We had an hour flight from welcamp to Sydney where we went to the great harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera house. Learnt some history before we took a 5 hour drive to Canberra. The next day we went to the historical museum, the science building and the lookout. On Wednesday (my birthday) we went to the new parliament house. Inside the parliament house we visited the house of representatives and the senate. In a roleplay formate, I got to be the judge in the house of representatives which to me is very cool. We met an important official and got to learn some cool things. Thursday we spent in the snow, that was interesting and defiantly not what I thought snow would feel like. We had a snowball fight and a snowman building compition (my group came second) the last day was spent at the war memorial. We got to spend time looking about the aircrafts, got to see the marching and hang out in the unknown soldiers tomb. (My friend was laughing because they imagine the unknown soldier was an enemy and so we just been praising this enemy soldier) went home after a 5 hour drive and 1 hour flight to arrive home at 10pm. Good trip, got some good photos. I also learnt a lot which was good.
@eternal monstrosity Are you even aussie? Its Can-bra
@eternal monstrosity that's how you pronounce it. Not spell it lol
I haven't read all the comments but Canberra is generally pronounced as Canbra by most Australians, an example of our abbreviation of many common words. It's a great place to visit, but as someone who visited it regularly for work a few decades ago, I'm less sure about it being a great place to live.
Canberra is honestly very underrated. Sydney siders and Melbournians like to crap on Canberra but the locals actually guard their secrets. The things in this video barely scratch the surface.
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A bit of culture here if you don’t mind. If you go to Parliament House and look north you will notice that it is perfectly aligned with Old Parliament House, Anzac parade and the Australian war memorial with the lake between them. This is no coincidence. It was designed that way so that every politician can look to the north from Parliament House and see their history and remember the men and women that fought for our country to make it the place it is today.
I like that and had forgotten that was the purpose of the War Memorial on the axis. Yes, if it’s visible from Parliament House it might make the pollies think twice before sending our soldiers off to wars.
Parliament House is not off limits Ryan. It’s the people’s house. It was designed so that the public could walk on top of it while the government toiled below. That is, the people are above the government. As it should be. Canberra is a great place and highly underrated. Expensive though, much like Sydney.
Thanks so much for this Video!! Woohoo. I live in Ainslie, Canberra, which is just up the road from Anzac Parade and the War Memorial. Visited there many times with my children. Lived here since I was 12. I have visited all these places in the video. I love living here. One extra tidbit. I once went on a guided night walk through the Botanical Gardens with my daughter and her Scout group. We were given windup torches (No batteries) and we got to see a nocturnal mammal, the Sugar Glider, gliding from tree to tree. Interestingly, I now work in the Parliamentary Triangle at the present and see all the tourist sights every day. It is this beautiful and clean most of the time, except in Autumn as the gorgeous multi-coloured leaves fall from the trees and wither. But there are special machines that come around to pick up the dead leaf litter.
I just walked up Mt Ainslie!!!! 😺
You live in Ainslie too? Lucky us!
The other interesting thing to do around Canberra is visit some of the space observatories. Although Mt Stromlo was sadly damaged by fire some years ago, there's still an exhibition and cafe there, with great views, and you can also visit the deep space tracking station at Tidbinbilla, that was an instrumental part of the Apollo space program along with the radio telescope at Parkes.
Deep Space Tracking Station has been closed to visitors since the pandemic. They need more volunteers to open the exhibition part again and the cafe isn't open anymore.
I understand from a friend who visited the National War Memorial that you don't just need several hours, but several days to really see everything there. It's huge.
i don't know much about australia but watching this im so in awe how family friendly canberra seems to be. nearly everything has places and activities children also enjoy? this is amazing
As you're a dad you have the perfect excuse to go to any of these places you want :)
Just FYI, Questacon do run 'Adults Only' nights a couple of times a year. Also, we do have a couple of things besides museums. There's a pretty solid local music scene, a lot of theatre & other entertainment to be had.
How funny seeing my 3 times great-grand parents & their daughter and son- inlaw portraits, to the right of the curator. I'm proud that their portraits hang in the National Portrait Gallery.
Your comments make Canberra much more interesting. My particular favourite was the Captain Hook comment!!😂
Happy arvo Ryan, the War Memorial is amazing but by far, the 'Zoo Keeper for a Day' experience at the Canberra Zoo is the coolest thing I have ever done. I interacted with animals such as tigers, cheaters, penguins, bears, monkeys, giraffes, and many more.
Oh flipping hell - Peter pans nemesis is Captain HOOK, not Captain Cook
Are you sure? 😉
Hi all. Just checked. Parliament House, the building with all the grass around has 4,700 rooms.
The flagpole is above the New Parliament House. A miracle of engineering design and visible through windows under the hill.
The pool is out front.
The public access is separated from the working space.
This building needs its own review.
The Australia War Memorial is truly spectacular and has only improved over the years. If you intend visiting plan on setting aside a whole day or you won't get to see everything. Part of the National Gallery is the Film and Photograph gallery. My wife and I lost a whole afternoon going around the exhibits. It is way more interesting than you'd think.
First time I visited, my travelling companions were dismissive, thinking it would take half an hour at most. The staggered out after me four or five hours later. Second time I went alone, leaving the companions to catch up with local friends, arriving at opening and emerging almost at closing to several hours of text messages asking where I was....
Grew up there , moved all around the world, still love going back to an amazing place . Yes it is that clean! What they forgot to mention is the fabulous foodie cuisine. If you’re staying there stay in Braddon, centre of the city
I’ve lived in Canberra for 35 years. It’s an awesome city.
A drive ( by car) along the road that follows the lake is just wonderful. So beautiful.
Australia is so beautiful!!! I need to visita some day!!
The Lake (Burley Griffin) is big enough and deep enough (18 metres in the middle) to hold yacht races. I used to race Flying Fifteens on the lake. It's a quite a colourful sight when the spinnakers are out on all the yachts with the Brindabella ranges which surround the city in the background, and absolutely stunning in the autumn when the leaves are turning. Speaking of the Brindabellas, there are a number of ski runs up there (Mt Franklin & Mt Ginini). It certainly gets cold enough to snow in Canberra (and is at high enough elevation) but the air is normally too dry as the city is in a rain shadow. Most of the snow therefore falls on the ranges, although it does snow occasionally in the suburbs as well.
Since Matty's gone the ff15 fleet isn't what it used to be, my husband sailed one for a while, we've got a Magic at the moment. Twilights are over pretty quick in the Magic and then there's the VX fleet, fastest on the water, the fleet is slowly increasing.
@@kbal1451 That's a real shame about the ff15 flotilla. I certainly remember Matty. I used to sail with Peter Forster 10 or so years ago. Thoroughly enjoyed the races and camaraderie. Whenever those bullets ripped across the Lake, we took off like a rocket. Peter always knew how to get the most of the conditions and I learned a lot from him. I planned on buying a boat of my own but I never got around to it.
@@optimusmaximus9646 Amazingly I think Peter Forster is still going! Lovely man and yes, I always got the low down on the conditions from him before we launched the boat. He always knows before anyone else if there's a change coming. I was sailing a SKUD18 for a few years and we had the park next to Peter on the hardstand. Small world 😀
I have travelled from west to east and north to south and have always been struck by how clean and pristine the towns and cities and beaches are in Australia,it really is a beautifully stunning country.
It makes me really happy seeing Australia make you happy. It’s not perfect here but I love with all my soul.
It is great in Canberra. Grown ups can play in the Science museum too.
Ahhhhh the Arboretum 😍 I’m obsessed with that place, I love it so much there, the war memorial was pretty fantastic too, it pissed down rain thst day 😂 I’ll never forget cos I saw Parliament House for the first time on the way back to my sisters house…. In the rain lol
I grew up in Canberra. As a child, I was among several schools welcoming the Queen to Canberra. As a teen, I had dinner in the old Parliament House and was in the room of the New Parliament House with the Queen during the opening ceremony. I was married on Aspen Island below the Carillion. My ceremony was well timed between the bells from the Carillion.
This video was centred around the Parliamentary Triangle but there are other places worth visiting. Canberra is also a short distance (just over an hour drive) from the beach and the Snowy Mountains.
I have lived in Canberra for 14 years and I absolutely love it. The Australian War Memorial is world class and definitely worth the visit. My favourite thing to do is to go bushwalking in our national parks. Namadgi and Tidbinbilla are both wonderful places to enjoy wildlife and nature. You can also see some First Nations rock art and shelters. The only bad thing about Canberra is that it gets pretty cold in winter, but the pay-off is that we live in close proximity to the Australian Alps and ski-slopes. We also have no beach, but the South Coast is only a 2 1/2 hour drive away.
I live in Canberra, and I do really like it here. It’s interesting to see it from an outside perspective, thanks for the video!
I remember back in junior prep geography class (yr 3 or 4) that the standard "trick" questions were to name the capitals of Australia, Canada, the US, and Switzerland. Those who said any of Sydney, Toronto, New York, or Geneva/Zurich were given 500 lines: "I must learn the leading world capitals". Start your lines, sir!!
A friend and I went to Canberra for a conference and the person who was supposed to pick us up didn’t show and the place we were supposed to go to didn’t have our reservation. So a couple of complete strangers took us to their place from the airport, hosted and fed us, took us to the conference venue and nice restaurants afterwards (Indonesian food’s great there) and took us out clubbing on our last night (the club scene’s pretty mild). I don’t think I could live in Canberra full time but you won’t get that offer of hospitality in Sydney. And if you do you should run 😨.
Canberra is a great place to live. So much to see and do, cafes, resturants, clubs, and out door activities. One thing to remember is Canberra gets really really cold -6c in winter and really really hot 45+ in summer.
In 1983 while in Europe an American woman approached me and said "you're Australian, I just want to know why you don't celebrate Christmas in winter like everyone else.".
😂
What did you tell her??
We call it Yulefest?
I live in Canberra and it is a beautiful place, if you ever visit Australia I do recommend you plan to stop in Canberra for 5 to 10 days if you want to see everything. Also this video was mostly focused on the city centre also known as Civic, there are plenty of other places worth visiting like Black Mountain Tower and the National Zoo & Aquarium, also Questacon is an amazing place I haven't been there since I was..... 12? I think you would have a lot of fun there.
I have live all of my life in Canberra, school, college, work. I became Park Ranger for ACT Parks and Conservation Service. Planted many trees and was very involved in the city. A great life here.
Canberra is a great place, my wife and I go there a couple of times each year just to check it out. It’s about a 3 hour drive from Sydney and it’s a great drive to do. We go there for floriade, which is a huge flower mainly tulip show that they hold each year, thousand of people go to see the tulips each year.
My daughter currently lives in Canberra, she says no one would go to live there except for work or study. She also calls Canberra 'Hay fever City'. She sent photos, it looked like snow but was actually pollen, it covered EVERYTHING!!
400k Canberrans like it. There's a trees near the university that do that. They're not everywhere. In fact there's a saying, if you don't know your stuff by the time the fluff falls, you'll fail.
She sounds like she isn't a fan.
If you like the outdoors, exercising, playing sport, riding your bike, the bush, the clean air, Canberra is better than any of the other capital cities.
I live in Canberra and love it. In my late teens, early 20s I found it boring, and moved to Sydney. After I was done with the party life I moved back to Canberra for its beauty, and its slower pace, some people live here because they love the area, not just for work or study.
The fluff trees don’t actually cause most of the hayfever.
@@wheatnblue2419 - that's the stuff she's talking about though 🤷♂
The High Court of Australia is like your Supreme Court in DC. You can learn about it if you watch “The Castle”, it’s all about the vibe.
Also I recommend the War Memorial if you ever get to Canberra. You’ll learn plenty about Australia’s Military history there.
Old Parliament House is pretty good too.
/LOL "the vibe".
Love that movie.
I still say this sometimes but very rarely ppl get it lol
It's just...the VIBE...of the thing.
I for one totally disagreed with the ending. Compulsory acquisition is the difference between having a city and having a shanty town with raw sewerage running down the street. Dude was perfectly happy driving around on roads that were widened by compulsory acquisition, and his wife having their kids in hospitals built on land likewise acquired. Grrr.
Worked in Canberra for three years on Forde Project & Casey Urban Landscape. Canberra is a must see and soak up when your in Australia !😀
Those “massive paintballs” at the end are hot air balloons, you can get a hot air balloon tour over the City.
I’ve seen people in giant inflatable balls playing some sort of game near lake burley griffin. No idea if it is a public game or invitation only.
I agree that the War Memorial is probably the top thing to do, but don't forget about the Australian Institute of Sport (the tour is pretty good). -You could also consider the Telstra Tower on Black Mountain.- If you do visit in winter, please keep in mind that it can be bitterly cold.
Coldest overnight minium in winter is around minus 8 degress Celsius (14 degree Fahrenheight), coldest maximum in winter is is 2 degrees Celsius (34 degrees Fahreneheight). Most Americans (especially those from the NE) probably woudn't find it very cold at all, even when it snows. What makes it especially cold is the wind chill factor.
Unfortunately, Telstra Tower is now closed to the public - at least it was a couple of months back when I visited. I'd been up the tower several times in years past.
Telstra Tower is "closed for refurbishment". Maybe indefinitely. It has been since 2021 :(
Hi Andrew, the tower on top of Black Mountain is now closed and they’re looking at demolishing it.
@@marklivingstone3710 Thanks for the update. I'm a bit sad about the news.
My current city, my pic is literally a sunset over lake Burley Griffin. A beautiful, clean city indeed. I'm between Moncrieff and Chifley, so Im on both sides of the city.
Canberra is close enough to the snow fields to go day-skiing in winter, and close enough to the coast for a day trip to the beach in summer.
When are you moving to Australia 🇦🇺?
the night noodle markets are gorgeous as all of the parliamentary triangle and buildings are lit up with lights and interactive displays. lots of yummy food till late and loads of activities and outdoor entertainment till late at night. best 👌
also you can catch outdoor events and concerts at stage 88 throughout the year. there is alot to do in the city and yes it generally is a clean city. At the moment we have Summernats happening (first weekend in January every year). This is a car lovers dream. The city doesn't love it but we do appreciate it boosts our economy. Most of the city goes coastal during this time of year. but worth looking into if you are a car lover.
another great thing about Canberra is that we are very close distance to many great wineries 🍷 and vineyards. ❤
when i was 15 i went in the top of the corrilian to watch the striking of the bells , it looks like an organ , he wares leather half gloves covering his little and ring finger tied around his wrist , then strikes the keys with force , it was quite amazing
I live in Canberra and I agree it's a great place to live and is very clean. It's so beautiful
We do not fight wars IN Australia. Australia fights to defend its borders (WWII) and with the British in both world wars. Since then, as an ally of America, notably, and shamefully, dragged into the Vietnam war and other American battles in the region. Unfortunately, being so isolated, Australia needs a strong ally…..
Darwin begs to differ 😉
Lol Ryan I know you’re American but I didn’t think we would have to explain what a salad is.
Nothing beats a crystal clear blue winter morning looking from Mount Ainsley towards the snowcapped Brindabella ranges.
Canberra is very underrated.
Maybe the thousands of homeless people lining the streets getting to see parliament house as they wake up in the freezing mornings on all the footpaths
@@James-kv6kb geeze man, why be a Debbie Downer? It's not like the housing affordability crisis is unique to Canberra.
@@godamid4889 No in other cities you can actually get accommodation you can't get any in Canberra unless you have a well-paid job . The amount of homeless people for that amount of population is absolutely ridiculous but no one seems to care because all the do-gooders like helping these poor bastards but not actually giving them accommodation I know I was homeless there. I still remember the women at the Salvos I told them I was living in my car so what did they do gave me a heap of food that had to be cooked . really didn't like that place far too many junkies and stupid people
@@James-kv6kb you're wrong about that, Canberra has a homeless rate of about 0.5% which is on par with every other major city in Australia.
Anyway, what do you want me to do about it? I left Canberra because I couldn't afford to buy a house there.
@@godamid4889 5% is a load of bulshit I remember queueing up outside of the churches in freezing temperatures trying to find somewhere to sleep for the night I remember the soup kitchens being full with people lining up . Now I'm not having a go at you personally I'm simply saying it's disgusting the way there are so many homeless people and the way they wake up every morning on a freezing footpath and see the Australian flag over Parliament house . Leaving that shit hole was probably the best thing you could have ever done lol
My mum went on a mystery flight one time. Ended up in Canberra on a public holiday... she said it was the most boring trip she’s ever taken 😂
Yes, water dragons are a thing, but unlike those depicted in the statues seen in the clip, they are beautiful gentle creatures and mostly shy of humans. They can swim well and are commonly found around fresh water bodies in the bush. My previous property had a creek/billabong at its rear boundary where I made considerable efforts to rehabilitate the remnant indigenous vegetation along the creek line. This involved a lot of hand weeding and after a time, I was often accompanied by the big male dragon that inhabited the area keenly awaiting any grubs or bugs that I unearthed. Eventually, he’d be there to greet me whenever I came down to continue the work. While I had been considering a pet dog, I had no need to replace my loyal reptilian companion.
I was waiting for this one 😂 I did see the Australian quiz video and honestly I was shocked you said Melbourne but at the same time, it makes sense. I don’t know too much about Canberra being from South Australia. It certainly has its differences from Adelaide 😅
Not as much difference now that all drugs are legal now ( in user quantities)
Melbourne was the capital actually until Canberra took over in 1927 I think it was...
@@ingridclare7411 I did write ‘but at the same time, it makes sense’
@@ingridclare7411 Melbourne was the location of the parliament. Not sure if it was the capital.
My recommendation if you go to Canberra is ask the locals what to do! Don't just go to the places listed in this video. But definitely do go to Questacon, whether you have kids or not. It's the coolest place ever.
Ryan Ryan Ryan. It's eem-you and I know you can say it when you try.
I remember litter on the streets in the 1970s and 80s. I don't remember why or how we all stopped littering, but part of the process is that people like me started picking up other people's litter on the footpath and binning it in the nearest public bin. Once more of us were binning rubbish than dropping it on the street, the paid street cleaners had much better chances to get the streets pristine in their allotted hours of work.
Part of it was a heavy duty crackdown of people flicking their cigarette butts out from car windows because they could cause bushfires, and we had some really terrible fires during my lifetime. A big part of that change was the acceptance that second hand smoke caused cancer, and cigarettes being banned indoors where people worked, like bars, pubs and restaurants. When that happened smokers became conscious that they shouldn't be smoking in cars with children at all, and a LOT of car smoking went away. (Smokers mostly stopped smoking inside their own houses too, going outside or on porches or doing up a shed or garage to smoke in.) The change in smoking culture between the 1980's to the 2000s is one of the biggest cultural changes in my lifetime.
I think the change in smoking culture really changed how littering with cigarette butts used to be accepted, and now wasn't accepted. That might have contributed to the change in it not being acceptable to just drop litter on the footpath any more.
I used to live in Canberra and it’s a lovely place to live. I moved there after 10 years in London so very different. It was Well paid pubic service jobs, driving distance to the beach for the weekend so lots of people went their on the weekends. Camping in the local bush landscape, Skiing in the winter, not far from Sydney. No traffic. I loved it. Always lots of interesting exhibitions on. Could go to the high court and watch or the national gallery. Anzac Day was awesome. All Very chilled.
Starry Night was on display some years ago and they had to extend the tour...1000's of people a day queued to get in ... I went, it was fabulous..
Ryan not to correct you but if you say it like this "CAM-BRA" instead of "CAN-BEH-RAH" you're golden for eg. "Hey mate where ya headed this wknd?" "Cambra mate"
Heard a lot of words to describe Canberra before, including "cold", "confusing", or "God-forsaken wasteland where we dump out politicians and try to forget about them", but never "beautiful". So thanks for introducing me to something new! Still, at least they gave us James Hird, so it does have that
No one is mentioning the thousands of ice addicts and homeless people that line all the streets and doorways into Westfield shopping centres
Questacon is awesome. I went in the late 80's, 90's 2x and 2001. Just amazing. I want to go back to Canberra just to visit that joint! 🤘
I rolled on my side down those grass hills on the side of the nice building at the start lmao, it's really nice there.
Canberra isn’t going to get a lot of love due to the political basis, but it really is a small clean and safe city to raise a family.
Edit: another place not mentioned on this list is Mount Stromlo Observatory. Looking at space through a giant microscope! They also tried using giant lasers to fire at space junk but I don’t know if that is still happening. Surely that is middle-aged man friendly material!
Edit Edit: Emu is pronounced Eem-you. 🙂
it's also ridiculously expensive, like 1% rental vacancy and skyrocketing rental rates, one of the most expensive in the country.
@@oz_bat you are absolutely right there. A captured market.
It's expensive because the average salary is so high there, with all those politicians, public servants and university types 😉
Oh, I only hate Canberra because the weather's so dreadful. Freezing, foggy, full of pollen - the whole thing's built in a foggy river valley surrounded by highly combustible trees 😉