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Old 24-04-2009, 08:46 PM   #31
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Old 24-04-2009, 08:49 PM   #32
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I love the Bell UH1 display they have, as well as the bridge from the HMAS Brisbane.

Incredible stuff.
There's just so much good stuff to be seen.

To my embarrassment though, I've been to the War Memorial so many times, but I've never set foot on the bridge of the Brisbane! I'd see the outside of it every time, but didn't even realise you could get inside.

One of my students at school this week told me about it!

Next time. That would be in about 6 months I'd reckon.

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Old 24-04-2009, 10:16 PM   #33
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There's just so much good stuff to be seen.

To my embarrassment though, I've been to the War Memorial so many times, but I've never set foot on the bridge of the Brisbane! I'd see the outside of it every time, but didn't even realise you could get inside.

One of my students at school this week told me about it!

Next time. That would be in about 6 months I'd reckon.

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Yeah you do have to explore the place pretty well to find it. I must admit I did find it by accident.

They have LCD screens where the windows are depicting one of it's support missions off Kuwait in the Gulf War. Very cool.
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Old 24-04-2009, 10:52 PM   #34
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We just got back from spending a week there Russ and still wasn't enought timre .
Everyone else has pointed out the good places to stay ,but I'm sure you are going to need more time or you might be wasting your bus trip .
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Old 24-04-2009, 11:26 PM   #35
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Yeah you do have to explore the place pretty well to find it. I must admit I did find it by accident.

They have LCD screens where the windows are depicting one of it's support missions off Kuwait in the Gulf War. Very cool.
I'll make sure I check it out next visit.

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Old 25-04-2009, 02:34 AM   #36
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Out of interest, are you coming to where the weather is always good? Where else but QLD!
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We just got back from spending a week there Russ and still wasn't enought timre .
Everyone else has pointed out the good places to stay ,but I'm sure you are going to need more time or you might be wasting your bus trip .
It will cost me less to go to Canberra return than I pay for the train to get from Chatswood to the Airport here in Sydney... so at that rate I could always come back for more another time.


I get bored with sightseeing quickly, but would like to add this place to my list of places I visited. And of course meet more Ford owners! I've been really bored here so far.


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Old 25-04-2009, 09:22 AM   #37
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Hmmm I wouldn't be going to Canberra then.....

Whoever takes him on a tour should take him to visit the natives out the front of old Parliament House.
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Old 05-05-2009, 11:31 PM   #38
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anybody still up for lunch?
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I live near Canberra, when were you thinking of coming down?

Oh and I have know Meg (ausbird) for years so she can tell you I am not a serial killer
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Old 06-05-2009, 05:20 PM   #41
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this Saturday... I'm taking a Greyhound bus down... first bus out of Sydney, last bus out of Canberra heading back.


I'm not really worried about serial killers... Meg will tell you that too, lol
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Old 06-05-2009, 07:45 PM   #42
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Dam, did not realise your trip was this weekend. I am on call for work this week being pre budget, otherwise I would have been fine to take you on a tour of Canberra.

Being on call mean with a very hight likelihood of being called in means I cannot make a commitment.

I hope there are some Canberra folk who can take you o a tour, you might want to put a copy of this in the FPV & XR owners of Canberra forum as that would have the highest concentration of Canberra people who will see your coming to visit.
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Many thanks to zhodak for showing me around Canberra!

I had an excellent time... the Aussie War Memorial was excellent... I went there twice!

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Many thanks to zhodak for showing me around Canberra!

I had an excellent time... the Aussie War Memorial was excellent... I went there twice!

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I will be visiting CBR again... but only for about an hour... decided to book a flight to Sydney from Melbourne via Canberra for the sake of having visited another airport and trying another aircraft.

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