Recently, I decided to drive to Canberra over a week-end.
It took us about 3.5 hours from Sydney, and despite what people had told me, it dull etc, it turned out quite an interesting visit.
The best I liked was the War Memorial. Did you guys know that more than 100,000 Indian soldiers died in the first world war?!! The whole area was fabulous - I could have spent the whole days there.
The Parliament house is built in a hill, in a hill !. They dug out a whole hill, built the parliament building and then again covered it up with mud, such that grass is growing on the top of the building!!
The city has a large Student population due to the Canberra University, but overall it is quite sparcely populated.
The lake, fountain and layout of the city is beautiful. The freeways / motorways were really good.