' The Capital of Australia '

Wednesday 15th July 2009
9.30 am sydney time..

along with 11 students of
university of new south wales,
we joined their road trip
for 3 days...

we rented a trio of
white toyota ascent
from 'no birds' company
to accommodate all of us
during this long journey
covering the new south wales province...

approximately 150km from sydney,
canberra is the capital city of australia
equivalent of putrajaya in malaysia...

it boasts the parliament house,
the australian war memorial, the black mountain tower...
to name a few.

during our time in the parliament house,
all necessary security checks b4 entering the house
had been implemented...

i bought the gold coin
embossed the picture of parliament house itself..
exclusively sold in their
souvenir shop.

we also visiting
australian war memorial,
in honour of courage & braveness
showed by their demise armies

the very moment of silence
once we entering the structure
but for us, erm..
it just next
tourist attraction to explore...

next stop :
australia national university
to pray our solat jama' takhir,

then proceed to
'jewel of india'
in the canberra city centre..

steamed rice & mango chicken curry
here awaiting my presence...hehe

later, we drove to cooma
nearly 110km from canberra city -
checked-in the high country motel,
hire the skiing and sandboarding equipments
- pakka jacket & pants, pools, boots & xxx...

lastly,
slept with the eletric
blanket comforting me
don't really care
about winter cold outside..