Canberra is the capital of Australia and the parliament is based there. Capital because of a controversy between Sydney and Melbourne and the decision for Canberra was as a good compromise. None of the two cities got penalised with this solution and Canberra is in addition appropriate on half distance between them. As a retort city, which was just created 100 years ago, it is very strong structured City and the most of the Australians say Canberra is unreal. It is also the sole large city in Australia, which is not located at the sea. Allegedly it was put on consciously in such a way, so that the ship cannons at that time couldn’t reach it. The name Canberra descends of the Aborigine term "Canberry", which means as much as meeting place. Canberra is almost as largely as Berlin and has only one tenth of its number of inhabitants.

With its many politicians Canberra is called a boring and uninteresting administrative city. Actually it can’t keep up within many ranges with other bulk city metropolises. However it has other advantages. The climate is very pleasantly, in the winter not too cold and in the summer not too hot. It was built as a garden city and lies moreover in the midst of a magnificent shrub country, which is particularly inviting for lovers of nature. There are lakes for swimming in the summer time and the snow-covered Snowy Mountain is close enough for winter-sporty daily trips in the winter time.

From in the middle of September to in the middle of Octobers takes place the colourful "Floriade Festival". A pleasant movement provides the free Tram within the town centre range, which operates to the usual office hours.

Friends of media shouldn’t miss a visit at the "National Film & Sound Archive". This is regarded as the “Mekka” of the Australian film history and offers the possibility to hear the sound starting from 1890 and to watch historical films and television cut-outs.

Canberra offers with five universities and 13 TAFE's a lot of opportunities to study or to study further. The courses at the TAFE's are becoming ever more popular, which is on the one hand because of the fact, that the courses for Australians are nationally promoted. The advantage is on the other hand a stronger practice purchase and a shorter and more flexible study time. This is the point, which might particularly be interesting for all non-Australians.