Tagged With "Australian Capital Territory"

No boomerangs?

thanks for the pic PH. Nice to see the Aussie coat of arms in other parts of the world. You're right about the reputation for casualness too. We don't take anything too seriously and have a "she'll be right" attitude about life.

IslandMan - A superb experience ! Thank you for sharing !

This looks like a fantastic trip and any reason to go by train is good one to me. Wondering if the place names (Adelaide, Alice, Katherine) recall days of too few settler women for the number of men?

Thanks for taking us on that journey! A wonderful piece!

M. Poirot regrets that he had necessity of leaving the journey before the end. An important affair required the attention of his gray matter...

Did you know there was a Museum dedicated to Australian Aboriginal Art in the USA? George G visits and shares the experience today.

When we talk about luxury train travel, we conjure up images of the Orient Express and the British Pullman, Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot, Indian Rajas and world heads of state, royalty and opulence, con men and espionage, and journeys that take...

  Washington is a city with many embassies and international organizations, decked out with flags and formal coats of arms. But Australia has a reputation for casualness, and this free-form version of the Australian seal caught our attention....

Amazing how the structure bearing the flag looks as if it were a dome on the building!

Yes, looks different up close though. I'll post a close-up later.

Barry Barford takes us on a tour of Broken Hill, one of Australia’s most diverse outback communities, and shares its fascinating history.