THIS is Canberra?! (Not What We Expected)

[@sanricrous5507]

Those hot air balloons are udderly amazing

[@lydiaandwehan]

If only skywhale had been there! 😉🐮

[@toddavis8151]

A fun fact about that Australian of the year display. You would have noticed that the signs aren’t in a straight line and they are placed along 5 lines on the ground. They actually correspond to music notes for Advance Australia Fair

[@freebirds67]

So much to see and do in and around canberra. Also close to snowy mountains.

[@lydiaandwehan]

Such a great city! You're right there's so much to do and being close to loads of great spots (including the snowy mountains 🗻) is a major bonus. Definitely exceeded our expectations

[@pageup213]

It's an odd Australian tradition, people that have either never visited Canberra, have PTSD from school trips or generally just think of the place as being only the Government and that's it, take turns shitting on the city and it's surrounds. People I've met that eventually visit (whether for the first time or a revisit later in life) tend to have the same response - it is a quieter city than the other capitals, but there's loads to do if you look for it.

[@karlmccormack1078]

I am new to the city (from spain) and i find it quite interesting and beautiful!

[@luchocuba9406]

Thanks

[@lydiaandwehan]

Thank you so much! 💙

[@matthewcullen1298]

I could spend a couple of weeks in Canberra. The war museum was amazing

[@mddawson1]

Canberran here. Nice video and I like Skywhale. You should also Google Belconnen's Owl statue 😁.

[@kayelle8005]

I hope you got to visit the National Library, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery etc and the National Arboretum.

[@mjc2000au]

Must remind myself to do this when next in Canberra. I have only visited Black Mountain, not Mount Ainslie.

[@Varboopela]

8:19 if you didn’t know, the paths have some metal bars that make the Australian National Anthem song

[@EvanHart-d1n]

Skywhale, is truly wonderful. It should be flown every year!

[@mikh9202]

People get stuck living here, its so easy and convenient, peak hour is 20 mins, and we have everything big cities have.

[@Elimination19]

Never knew there where so many hot air balloons. Everytime i go there for a school excursion or visit my auntie theres none. But hopefully on wednsday when i go again i hope to see some

[@Jaya-zn7vr]

Canberra is unique as its a fully designed Capital City. Designed by Walter Burley Griffin. Griffin was the original designer of Canberra. He won the Federal Capital Design Competition, launched by King O’Malley, Minister for Home Affairs, in May 1911.

[@lydiaandwehan]

So fascinating, we really enjoyed reading up on the history of his plan and actually executing the build!

[@yasserqadoura427]

Great vid guys! new sub

[@Haguchi3]

wow❤

[@Ninchi_TrueCrime]

Have you considered, given that you have ready made accommodation, travelling down to the Ballarat area & using your drone to help in the search for Samantha Murphy - i honestly believe that it’s going to take either a prospector happening across her accidentally or people taking the time to fly the area with drones to find her… it would be good if there were someone who could take drone footage & make it available online for people to review…..

[@peterbreis5407]

Best view of Canberra is from the Arboretum.

[@craighall5045]

@peterbreis5407 the best view of Canberra is in Sydney.

[@peterbreis5407]

@@craighall5045 Really/ Where in Sydney?

[@Carlito.undercover]

As a kiwi visiting it makes sense you would love it. The climate is tolerable coming from New Zealand, which typically would be one of its biggest downsides as the coldest eastern city. It is also fairly spacious and roomy, possibly feeling familiar to NZ. You also mentioned you enjoyed the chillness of Canberra, as you value relaxing cities, I also prefer relaxing cities but it still doesn't make Canberra an 'incredible city' with a lot to see and do for a tourist. If you go to Perth or Adelaide or somewhat Brisbane (busier now), you will find them relaxing but also having beaches and better CBDs and many more attractions. Canberra continues to grow and become better, yet so do the other cities while Canberra always lags behind and never obtains true capital city status or features. There is some benefits for living, still not strong though, for touristing, I don't see any point and I would recommend to others to skip Canberra and head somewhere else.

[@EvanHart-d1n]

Most Australians have never been to Canberra but because it is the seat of government they tend to have ridiculous views about it.

[@strangevideos3048]

800m mountain 😅 ? Australia is so flat that people call every hill a mountain,everything above 900m is mountain !!!

[@glennhumphries9444]

Hot air ballons are symbolic of Canberra; being full of hot air they represent our politicians.

[@keepingupwiththejoneses06]

Not a big Canberra fan too sterile for me. All the Canberrains cone down to the coast on the weekends and invade our towns that's why it's empty 😂

[@lydiaandwehan]

The day we went was the perfect weather for it, maybe we should have joined them! 🤣☀️

[@chapmansbg]

Is it me or are you pronouncing the words 'last and past' like a yank? Some odd accents going on there. 'The mom'? The bloke has some really odd accent, is that how they speak in WA?

[@lydiaandwehan]

Maybe, never put too much thought into how we pronounce things 🤷‍♀️ Wehan is from South Africa and I'm from the UK. We moved over to Australia when we were kids so have these weird mixed accents 😅

[@chapmansbg]

@@lydiaandwehan that explains it then, I didn't think Poms used the term 'Mom' in my experience they largely say 'Mum'. I was going to guess there was a Dutch or German influence so Sth Agrica too makes a lot of sense. Hope you enjoyed Canberra, I was born and bred in Canberra, there are some great nature walks around the area. Ginninderra Falls is a good day out, for a picnic and a swim. It is also free!

[@craighall5045]

Very boring place, wokest place in Australia.

[@mediamike693]

++++++CANBERRA 🦘+++I 🐸 LOVE IT🤩🥰🤣+++YOU MUST GO THERE🤣😛🤣+++

[@kelvinring5690]

Melbourne was built from Sydney's mistakes, as Sydney was just built which Is what seems to be no plan and it makes it difficult to get to where you want to go, but Melbourne was built in blocks, squares, so if you miss one street you can turn down the next one to get to where you want to go fairly easily but some people find box turns difficult Especially for American tourists who drive on the wrong side of the road anyway...🤣😂

[@strangevideos3048]

That is true,i am from Europe and i hate SYDNEY.Its fu... awful

[@timrozitis961]

Sydney evolved - there wasn't an opportunity to plan - the first fleet landed and..... Melbourne (and other capitals) were planned because there wasn't the pressure to just settle....