Parliament House
The new Parliament House was constructed beginning from 1981 with an original budget of A$220 million and was supposed to be opened on Australia Day 1988. It ended up opening a few months later in May and ended up costing over A$1 billion. Despite that, it is an impressive structure that somehow seems smaller than it actually is as it blends well into the original contour of Capital Hill. We did not go inside but took some photos from the entrance.
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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.