Royal National Park and Canberra

Today was our last day in Sydney for a while. We loaded up and went to the Royal National Park, the second national park created in the world with Yellowstone being the first. It was a beautiful park as the picture below demonstrates. From there we headed on the several hour drive to the national capitol of Australia, Canberra. It is actually pronounced “Canbra” and was derived the Aboriginal name Kamberra that is thought to mean “meeting place.” Canberra is much like our Washington D.C. in that it is in an area all its own and is a planned city. It was actually planned by an American named Walter Burley Griffin. When we finally arrived, we went to the National Library to learn about its functions and to receive library cards. Then, we headed back to our hotel for dinner and then we are free for this evening.