Black Mountain
This is famous because of the old Telecom Tower, then renamed Telstra Tower that forms a symbolic landmark of Canberra. The tower itself has visitor facilities that provides a good lookout across Lake Burley Griffin, but we walked around the base of the tower. There are many observation platforms but sadly the view from most of them have been obscured by vegetation.
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Glebe Park
Glebe Park is a remnant of a hundred acres (40 hectares) of land allocated to the Anglican Church in the early 1840s for use as a glebe, an area of land whose revenues contribute towards parish expenses.
City Hill and London Circuit
City Hill is a park located in Canberra, Australia on one of the points of the Parliamentary Triangle, a feature of Walter Burley Griffin’s plan for the city. It is surrounded by London Circuit, which is a hexagonal road that encircles the hill.
St Mary in the Valley
This special shaped garden bed represents the Celtic Cross that sits high on the spire of the St Mary in the Valley Church.