Unlike most world capitals that have histories of hundreds or thousnads of years, Canberra is a 20th century city that looks really modern. The city was designed by Walter Burley Griffin. There is a huge artificial lake there named after him. Actually there are two parliament buildings, a old one shaped like a cake by Griffin lake and a newer, much more impressive and marblelined then the one that replaced it. Next I visited the high court which is like the Supreme Court in Washington.
Every capital has it's supreme center of justice in it's capital.
Australia began as a penal colony, a place where they sent prisoners and criminals. Next I went to the Australia War Memorial. Given Autralia's isolated location one would think that it hasn't seen a war in a long time. But Australia played a role in defeating Japan in WW2. After that I went to Griffin lake in the center of town.