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(Not) NSW 2: Canberra


tim_A

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Today we're heading up to Canberra. This serves two purposes -- to deliver the Duke as promised, and to 'knock off' an entire state (Australian capital Territory) in one hit. But since we're starting in NSW, and ACT is entirely contained within NSW, we're counting it in the tour...

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Lining up at Albury.

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Heading out over the city

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A brief detour back over the border into Victoria. This is Wodonga. I've stayed with cousins in one of those houses... everybody wave!

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Turning on track. The Murray river forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales.

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Lake Hume. When I was there three years ago, this was mostly empty lake bed.

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Canberra in the distance

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Descending into Canberra. We're somewhat North of track. Beneath the tail, you can clearly see the Tidbinbilla Deep Space Tracking Station (the orange Restricted zone on the map). Its 70m dish is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.

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A wide left base, South of the city

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Final

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