Business as usual with the sunshine first thing, thank goodness. Onward through Kosciuszko NP (the eponymous mountain apparently
named for an American Independence War general)
and through golden hillsides
rather spooky forests of petrified gumtrees
And into a new State (well, Territory),
and of course Canberra - Australia's capital. After the various States came together to form a Federation in 1901, a site for the new capital was sought, and Canberra was selected. The ACT was actually declared on 1 January 1911 and an international competition held to design the new capital city. It was won by a an American architect Walter Burley Griffin (with drawings drafted by his wife Marion Mahony Griffin) and the lake which runs through the city is named after him.
We headed up the Telstra Tower in Black Mountain NP (195m though obviously the viewing platform is nowhere that high)
for some views and orientation
And to our cabin for the night, with kangaroos and galahs in the fields behind
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