Photos by ANDREW CAMPBELL
Photos by MADDIE McGUIGAN
Photos by Holly Williams.
DESPITE predictions to the contrary the Canberra Centre is playing host to a queue at the Apple Store for the new iPhone 7 range. Sadly your correspondent is still lumbered with the now obviously awful […]
AS PROMISED the Battle of Long Tan commemorations today featured fearsome American B-52 heavy bombers wheeling in the skies over Canberra. It was some consolation to those watching that if you can see these behemoths […]
“CITYNEWS” was impressed to see “The Fish Shack” on Petrie Plaza getting into the “Pokemon Go” craze and offering a “Crispy Tentacool Chips Bucket”. While the Tentacool is normally found near water there was a […]
[Photo by Konrad Lenz]
A WALL on London Circuit, literally across the road from the Legislative Assembly, is sporting an unusual addition. While the minds of illicit intravenous drug users are not always easy to fathom it certainly looks […]
SOME Canberrans are still coming to terms with the alleys through the Sydney and Melbourne buildings having names at all. Others it seems can’t come to terms with the Government using the abbreviation “La” for […]
IT IS said that Mussolini made the trains run on time. One wonders what it says that our city centre’s grand clock manages to be completely accurate twice a day by virtue of not moving […]
GLENN Martin caught two of the floodgates on Scrivener Dam open last night letting some water out of Lake Burley Griffin. You can see more of his work on facebook at facebook.com/GlennMartinPhotographer
THE ACT Government is advising motorists and other road users that the left and middle lanes of Vernon Circle (city bound) are temporarily closed due to an accident involving a streetlight. One lane remains open […]
AS the long weekend is consigned to history we have at least one monument to revelry in Civic’s Petrie Plaza. The much loved “Eternity” sculpture bears witness to some high times, and someone going home […]
MIKE Welsh has sent in these lovely pictures from the other side of the Balloon Spectacular. Balloon rough landing in field near Will Hovell Dr this am Seen something around town? Email it in to […]
AS THE vast Mayfair building on the corner of West Row and Alinga Street nears completion there is a tiny consolation for those in the area. The screens covering the building’s multi-level car parks have […]
PHOTOGRAPHER Andrew Campbell sent in two wonderful pictures from the annual Balloon Fiesta. Social media has also been abuzz with pictures including the police helping tow becalmed balloons to safety. Our officers were out bright […]
THIS morning the intersection of Barry Drive and North Road was adorned by the sad wreck of someone’s car. Fortunately it had been surrounded by cheery little orange flags, perhaps to serve as an additional […]
TODAY is, of course, International Women’s Day. This gentleman was seen celebrating the day handing out four dozen roses outside the Canberra Centre. Seen something around town worthy of note? Email it in to john@citynews.com.au […]
CHRIS Emery has sent in these pictures from Friday night at Enlighten, taken by Sabine Friedrich. If you’ve got photos from around Canberra you’d like to share with the world email them in to john@citynews.com.au […]
ORGANISERS of the Enlighten festival have sent through a preview of what festival goers can expect over the next couple of weeks in the Parliamentary Triangle.
A LARGE mobile crane tipped onto its side during routine maintenance at a business site in Hume today (February 22). No one was injured in the incident, which occurred around 1.15pm. WorkSafe ACT inspectors and […]
IN an ACT government attempt to improve quality building in Canberra, a number of Canberra builders will undergo mandatory exams next week, according to Minister for Building Quality Improvement Gordon Ramsay. “Any applicant who is […]
AS a parliament that will be unmourned winds down to the election, this fortnight has been the season for goodbyes from those departing (voluntarily). The most dramatic was Thursday’s announcement by Julie Bishop that she […]
CANBERRANS might be surprised to know that the black and white swans on the local coat of arms doesn’t represent the Canberra jurisdiction, according to the Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services. […]
By LORANA BARTELS
