Petrik+Cristian-Canberra

**Canberra**
is the capital of Australia. It’s an own federal state, called Australian Capital Territory. It’s situated 660 km north-east of Melbourne and 288 south-west of Sydney. The city was planned because of an argument between Sydney and Melbourne in which of those cities the seat of government is. So a garden architect, called Walter Burley Griffin planned it as a “garden town”. And that’s why it’s said that Canberra is the city on the drawing board. People say that the architect must have forgotten that there should also live people. There are hotels, shopping malls and this and that but only few houses and fewer inhabitants. Canberra is the only metropolis of Australia, which is not situated near the coast. It’s guessed, that the reason for this are the canons of the ships. Canberra is so far away from the coast, that the canons could not reach it. In 2002 and 2003 Canberra was stroked of forest fires. The name “Canberra” came from the Aborigines name: Cranberry, this means “meeting point”. Canberra is known as a boring city, because this city is not so great and big like other metropolises of the world. But other advantages make the inhabitants loving this city. For example the nature which is everywhere. In summer the lakes are commode to swim and in winter the Snowy Mountains are near enough for a one-day-skiing-vacation. The Snowy Mountains are part of the Great Diving Range, a mountain range that extends from the north of Australia to the south of Victoria.
 * Canberra**