The Parliament House and Much More
This morning began for me with a 7 AM run around the lake in the city of Canberra with a fellow Fulbrighter Mary Ellen (pictured earlier on the plane). After this and breakfast, our group set-out for several hours visiting the Parliament House. This is similar to our Capitol Building in Washington DC. We got to visit each house and then tour the facilities. They have a beautiful building that was built in the late 1980s by an American architectural firm. We then had a meeting with Jason Wood MP who is a member of the Parliament House. After that we had lunch at the National Botanic Gardens and then we went to the National Museum of Australia. Needless to say this took our entire day, but we still had time for a short reception at the Australia Fulbright office and dinner at a local Italian restaurant. The picture below is of the Australian crest on the Parliament Building.
posted by Mark Heiden @ 9:38 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Glad you are running to keep in shape for tennis!
Seth M.
Thanks for the running update, i just ate a meal of hot dogs, fries, and pop...Looks like you will be enjoying some research today (22nd). I still am searching to see any activities involving sidewalks....
Have you been to the Opera House yet? It is very hot here today, 95 degrees in fact.
Are laws made at parliment house?
Phil: Not a problem. I'll let her know tomorrow.
Seth: Keep up the good work and as for the sidewalks, I have no idea what you are talking about. You were right about the platypus being from Australia. We saw several the other day at the zoo.
Alex and Jacob: I haven't been there yet, but I have seen it. We are scheduled for a play there when we return to Sydney in a couple of weeks.
Madalyn: Yes, laws are made at the Paliament House.
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