Living and Working in Canberra
About 325,000 people live in Canberra. Canberra is located in the Australian Capital Territory, which is surrounded by New South Wales. The city is 150 kilometres inland and 571 metres above the Pacific Ocean, 281 kilometres from Sydney and 660 kilometres from Melbourne. Located on the ancient lands of the Indigenous Ngunnawal people, Canberra’s name is thought to mean ‘meeting place’, derived from the Aboriginal word Kamberra. Canberra can get cold in winter, down to -8°C and hot in Summer up to 40°C.
As Australia’s capital city Canberra offers a variety of accommodation, entertainment and employment options. Nothings is too far in or from Canberra. For more information on Canberra, take a look at the sites below.
- This is the Canberra tourism site offering a great deal of information about the city and what you can do here http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/
- The Canberra Times is the local daily newspaper and can be found at http://www.canberratimes.com.au
- You search for just about anything in Canberra on City Search eg. Movies, restaurants, florists, sports, real estate agents http://www.citysearch.com.au
- Home page of the ACT Government. A good place to start when looking for infrastructure information like schools, public transport, car registration etc http://www.act.gov.au
- The following websites will assist you when looking for real estate in Canberra: http://www.realestate.com.au/, http://www.allhomes.com.au, www.homes247.com.au and www.domain.com.au
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