“Regional interests and loyalties are even stronger among Australians than among Americans - in that in social life they exist almost without challenge. Canberra is a poor thing compared to Washington and there is no great metropolis like New York that sets many of the nation's trends. There is no generally acknowledged central city where the important things are believed to happen and it seems better to be.” AmericaCultureHistoryAustraliaSydneyMelbourneCanberra Book:The Lucky Country Source: The Lucky Country
“A school out of Canberra sends me a term's worth of work. I sit on the couch by myself and complete it and send it back.” SchoolTermCouchesCanberra Author:Callan McAuliffe
“I had some vague memory of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father by car. But when I made the long train journey from Sydney to Canberra and arrived at the little stop, I did wonder slightly whether this really was the national capital.” LittlesLongMadeFatherMemoriesWonderJourneyCarTrainVagueVisitingLadSydneyCanberra Author:John Henry Carver
“You can draw any kind of picture you want on a clean slate and indulge your every whim in the wilderness in laying out a New Delhi, Canberra, or Brasilia, but when you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax.” WayWantKindDrawsCleanMeatWildernessIndulgeWhimHacksSlateDelhiMetropolisClean SlateCanberra Author:Robert Moses
“When youre asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.” CountryGrowsGrowing UpMinistersPrimePrime MinisterCanberra Author:Andrew Forrest
“I used to live on the other side of Canberra so it'd take me about 20-25-minutes to come into training. I was so thankful to have a car. Mum was also happy because she had all this extra time instead of driving me to training, waiting around, and then taking me home.” HomeUsedWaitingSidesMinutesCarTrainingDrivingExtrasTake MeMumWaiting AroundExtra TimeCanberra Author:Melissa Breen
“Learning to drive in Canberra is pretty easy and I had great teachers in my parents.” EasyParentTeacherGreat TeacherCanberra Author:Melissa Breen
“After I broke the Australian record in 2014, Audi Centre in Canberra gave me a beautiful black A1 with the number plates AI 1111, because the record I broke was 11.11 in the 100.” BeautifulBlackNumbersRecordsBrokePlatesCentreAustralianAudiCanberra Author:Melissa Breen
“I want to make it clear as Premier and as local member that I strongly support the Renewable Energy Target. Our message to the Federal Government and to Canberra is stick to the Renewable Energy Target.” WantGovernmentEnergySupportClearMembersMessagesSticksLocalsTargetFederal GovernmentRenewable EnergyCanberra Author:Denis Napthine
“Space is about 100 kilometers away. That’s far away—I wouldn’t want to climb a ladder to get there—but it isn’t that far away. If you’re in Sacramento, Seattle, Canberra, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Phnom Penh, Cairo, Beijing, central Japan, central Sri Lanka, or Portland, space is closer than the sea.” IfsWantSpaceSeaClimbsJapanFar AwayLaddersSeattleBeijingPortlandSri LankaCairoSacramentoCanberra Author:Randall Munroe
“Because each are going to blame each other. The thing that Canberra has to really get right is the sharing of the resource. But my problem with people in the government who are there for a short time is that there's no consequences for some of these decisions they make.” PeopleProblemGovernmentDecisionConsequenceResourcesBlameShort TimeCanberra Author:Rex Hunt