Living and Working in Canberra

With a population of about 300,000 people, Canberra has excellent facilities and services for its size. Canberra is modern and pollution free, with none of the peak-hour traffic problems common to other cities. It is a two-hour drive to beaches and snowfields and a three-hour drive to Sydney.

For more information on Canberra, take a look at the sites below.

	http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/ This is the Canberra tourism site offering a great deal of information about the city and what you can do here.
	http://www.canberratimes.com.au The site of the local daily newspaper
	http://www.citysearch.com.au You search for just about anything in Canberra on this site eg. Movies, restaurants, florists, sports, real estate agents.
	http://www.act.gov.au Home page of the ACT Government. A good place to start when looking for infrastructure information like schools, car registration and the like.
	http://www.allhomes.com.au A good starting place when looking for real estate in Canberra

Social Network of Graduates (SnoG)

Every year over 700 graduates join government agencies in Canberra. The Social Network of Graduates (SNoG) provides support for all public service graduates who have recently arrived in Canberra. SNoG organise social events which assist graduates meet people across the whole public service. You can find out more on their website:

http://www.snog.orac.net.au

Graduate Social Committee (GSC)

The Graduate Social Committee (GSC) helps the participants of the Program settle in to life in Defence and, for many, to life in Canberra. The GSC is comprised of volunteers from the previous year's program. Members of the GSC are allocated new graduates along similar lines to the more formal mentor system. Support activities undertaken by the GSC include meeting graduates when they arrive at Canberra airport; organising social functions before, during and after the Program; and being available to discuss any issues that Program participants may feel more comfortable talking about with recent graduates. The GSC also produces a Hints and Tips Guide for newcomers, which answers a lot of the questions graduates may have about living and working in Canberra.

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