Comments on: Australian Parliament House

By: Piper

Piper — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:33:03 +0000

Jaridon,

I don’t see how the trial of Rod McCracken had anything to do with google earth or where the hospital once stood. Shut the hell up and get over it.

By: dikko

dikko — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:12:10 +0000

Also note Floraide flower festival to the NE of the water jet

By: woowoowoo

woowoowoo — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:11:35 +0000

Placemark: telstra tower / Google Earth top of Black Mountain

By: jared

jared — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:08:04 +0000

I visited canberra recently and the taxi driver told me that the fountain is the biggest in the world. Australia is in the middle of a huge drought, so they turn off the fountain like every hour or so.

Its pretty incredible to see firsthand. There’s also a pretty cool Telstra Tower in canberra. If i find it i’ll post it. Its on the top of a huge mountain

By: Cyrris

Cyrris — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:38:57 +0000

I remember running down one of the big grass hills on Parliament House back on a sixth grade excursion almost 10 years ago. My teacher tripped and fell as we were all going down, and rolled the rest of the way.

I think the building, overall, is pretty good lookin’.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:29:47 +0000

Only one post on 2 days !
Holydays ? Another job ? Come on guys !

By: Nightbringer

Nightbringer — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:11:20 +0000

Actually, the wiki picture shows the old Parliament House in the foreground (white complex directly NE) of the current Parliament House. Current Parliament House is quite nifty at ground level, from inside, rolling around on the roof lawn, and from way overhead.

By: Jaridon

Jaridon — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 00:07:35 +0000

National Museum of Australia, Canberra located about 1 mile away NNW of the Parliament House. Looks pretty trippy from above.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

http://www.eryptick.net/oz2001/national-museum-of-australia-011027.jpg

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The land where the museum is located used to be the Royal Canberra Hospital, demolished in 1997.

Royal Canberra Hospital implosion: On 13 July 1997, the Royal Canberra Hospital was demolished by a planned implosion. A 1kg fragment of steel expelled during the implosion killed a spectator who was 430 metres away from the hospital among a watching crowd of over 30,000. The project director was the government-owned enterprise Totalcare (TCL), the project manager/contract superintendent was Project Co-ordination (PCAPL), the demolition contractor was City & Country Demolitions (CCD), and the explosives sub-contractor was Controlled Blasting Services (CBS). The CBS explosives sub-contractor and shot-firer, Rodney McCracken, was committed for trial for manslaughter by gross negligence in December 1999, and the CCD demolition contractor, Tony Fenwick, was committed for trial in February 2000 for being knowingly concerned in the commission of that offence by Rodney McCracken.[i] (source: http://www.siliconrose.com.au/Articles/CaseStudies.htm)

PHOTO URL: http://www.arta.com.au/actmaps/canberra11.html

By: woowoowoo

woowoowoo — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:26:55 +0000

Simon is right – the fountain is a Canberra fixture, but the URL is stuffed. try this

oh, and what do you guys mean _again_ !?! yes, I’ll admit it, I’m a google map tragic! no life.

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:57:46 +0000

That’s the Captain Cook Memorial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Burley_Griffin#Captain_Cook_Memorial).