I've been spending the last day and a half here in Canberra. It's one of those planned cities which always seem like no one lives in them. As I walk around, it looks like everyone are daytrippers even though I know they aren't.

Yesterday was pretty much spent catching up on sleep I didn't get the night before (too much coffee with Terry) and today I spent out in Parliament Triangle, where the business of running Australia gets done.

The building itself has an interesting design and is built into Parliament Hill so that people can walk on the park above, thereby emphasizing the "people above te parliament" symbolism.

I went to the Question Hour of the House of Representatives and it's a complete free for all. I thought watching the Brits on BBC was bad but it's much more of a ruckus in person when you can see all the other reps laughing at the speaker. Basically, everyone rips on the "other" guys. I thought people were going to start throwing things and starting the Aussie version of Smackdown.

I am currently enroute to Adelaide to begin heading north from there on a hop on/hop off bus thingie I bought. The end of the route is the Red Center of OZ, Alice Springs. I am VERY stoked. I hope to capture many kickass photos.