563. Day of travel

16.670 km

As I arrived in the center of Canberra, I missed the people. It seems like a ghost town. Later I found out that Canberra has several satellite towns, where the people are living. My host picked me up with his cycle and we went together to his home. I cycled a lot around Canberra on the next day. This city is a planed city with big, long roads and many parks. In the center is an artificial lake, the Lake Burley Griffin. On the main road, the Canberra Avenue, I nearly run over a brown snake. She was very alive and I avoided an collision at the last moment. Canberra is the capital of Australia, there are mostly government buildings in the center. Not that interesting for me. I visited the National Museum of Australia (free admission) and I like it. From Mount Ainslie I had a good view of Canberra.

My host is originally from Tasmania. His name is Anthony Mann. He did an awesome cycle trip in 2006/2007 around Australia. On this trip he cycled 27.000 km in 18 months. His blog: http://ozbybike.com/