Back in the capital

So I am back in Canberra.

I have gone from this

to something a lot more suburban and even bush-like. And yet I am now in the capital city, which is very confusing.

You may have wondered why I took an aeroplane for what is only a 37 minute flight. Why not take the train? It could be only a couple of hours surely.

Well, here's the thing. There is no train station in Canberra. No trains come here. There is no railway line leading to or from the capital city. To get a train, I would have had to take coach for some hours to pick up the main line between Melbourne and Sidney (both of which are not the capital city).

It's more small town here. I got a bus from the airport. I was the only one on the bus and I asked the driver to drop me at the central bus station (they do have one of those). Where was I going?, he asked. I told him my address. 'Oh, I'll drop you off there' he said. And proceeded to drive right through town and several miles off the bus route in order to do that. Like I said, a small-town approach to a capital city.