No thanks.

It sounds as if you lot frequent Mitchell and Fyshwick!!!!!!!! - I would say the water jet - AKA Captain Cook Fountain - wonder around civic - coffee and lunch - go to mount Ainsle to see the view from the top - it really depends on what you like - Canberra is very different every day - only been here for 3 months, but LOVE IT!!!!

We spent the day there and just walked around (walked for miles actually). Did the walk they suggest in the Lonely Planet to see the main 'sights'. Enjoyed it actually.

We went to see the Parliament building, had a tour, watched PMQs (funny to see the similarities and differences to Parliament and PMQs at home) Had a fun day!

Took a visitor around the other day - started at the National Capital Exhibition centre which gives you a brief history of the place. Up Mt Ainslie gives you the best view of the layout of the city and follows nicely from the models in the NC exhib centre. At the foot of Mt Ainslie (if you are a bit of a masochist you can actually walk up the path) is the War Memorial - bit sombre but an amazing museum and memorial all rolled into one, definitely worth a quick visit. Then we went to Parliament House and had a quick tour. That was just about it for the day actually.

Personally I dont enjoy the National Museum that much. Apart from the fact that it looks like the result of an architect's bad acid trip, it just didnt grab me with its collection, very banal I thought but each to their own. The High Court has some amazing wood panelling and is very impressive. Next door the National Gallery is free and you can wander in and see Blue Poles if that is what floats your boat. The National Portrait Gallery is in the old Parliament House which is an interesting look into how our pollies lived before the new House was built. The National Library also in the Parliamentary Triangle is fairly dry and dusty unless you happen to want to do a whole load of research or family history in which case it is an absolute gem!

If you book ahead and have plenty of $$$ you can have dinner in the rotating restaurant at the top of Black Mountain Tower but if you dont have the $$ you can go up to the top just for the view which is fairly spectacular but doesnt give the same layout appeal that Mt Ainslie does.

You could wander out to Fyshwick if you really wanted to but you would probably be better just ordering over the internet and waiting for the brown paper parcel to drop into your mailbox