I moved to Canberra 11 years ago. I visited all of Canberra plus Queanbeyan in a week, mind you I was only 25. I eventually grew to love Canberra and now I call it home. I wouldn't trade it for anything else. When sun goes down on a week day the city sleeps on weekends the city is alive.

Canberra is one of those underestimated places. There is more happening there than you think but you need to look a little harder and have wider interests than in the bigger cities. BTW I've always heard two theories on the meaning of Canberra, first that it means 'meeting place' which is why it was chosen and second, the place between breasts. Perhaps it simply means the meeting place between two breasts. We should refer to Canberra as the bosom of the nation. May she nourish us all.

@johnclayden1670

3 жыл бұрын

"bosom of the nation" .... pricelss!

@meganwatson3732

3 жыл бұрын

I will now refer to Canberra as bosom of the nation! 😂

@tazkrebbeks3391

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. I was gonna say something smartassed. But I won't speak disrespectful of another's capitol. Since I've family in Australia.

@tazkrebbeks3391

2 жыл бұрын

Canberra. Its the Tit's dude. Okay. I lied. 😂😂😂. Long live the Queen. God bless Australia. ✌

@James-kv6kb

Ай бұрын

Canberra had the chance to find out from the last Aboriginal woman who spoke the language but the young Aboriginal people refused to put the effort in to recording the language and it was lost

That one dislike is from a meanie we love you Tony you da man

@James-kv6kb

Ай бұрын

Oh my god you just bought the horror of spending a year in Canberra flooding back lol

Nothing more Australian than a man and his dog taking a duffel bag for a walk.

I had a week's holiday in Canberra. It's interesting for sure. A nice place to visit.

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

Yeah there's just so much going on lol

@James-kv6kb

Ай бұрын

I spend most of my time in shock I could not believe the people ,vastly different to where I came from

Tony really GREAT STUFF. Keep up the GREAT WORK. SUCH AN ENCOURAGMENT. To stay active for THE older generation.!!!NEVER TO OLD TO EXPLORE NEW THINGS AND NEW ADVENTURE,S

When I was young, the 80's, a group of 5-10 of us, from all around the world, spent months living and working in the country side and bush of Canberra working on conservation projects. Each Friday we would shower and dress in clean cloths riding into Woden singing "Woden Woden Woden" to the tune of Raw Hide. I miss those days. Actually I just realized my profile photo is from Canberra.

Having lived most of my life in Canberra, I am going to guess you shot this on a week day. Since it is a government town, 9-5 Monday to Friday is the norm. If this had been a Saturday, very different story.

@frankryan2505

4 жыл бұрын

Looks to be winter too.no surprise that everyone is inside..

@MrBignick88

3 жыл бұрын

i don't think they wanted to film Fyshwick too many politicians down there

@nosseibagacem9014

Жыл бұрын

Hello amy, i'm really interested in Canberra, is there a chance we can chat abit about it, i think local has the best to tell

So glad they put that lake in it gets so much use lol

That scene where he’s standing in the middle of road In civic on lovely grass, there are trams there now, ☹️

@dayda40

3 жыл бұрын

Yes much improved now

@LordDavid04

3 жыл бұрын

Can't stop progress. Especially on a planned city.

@classicfords8171

3 жыл бұрын

@@LordDavid04 it would be nice if it came to Woden or Tuggeranong though?

@TheHitlister

3 жыл бұрын

@@classicfords8171 stage two will go to Woden. Another fun fact Woden is named after the Norse God Odin, aka Wodan, Woden or Wotan.

@Maxyshadow

3 жыл бұрын

You have trams in Canberra now? Awesome!

I've visited Canberra twice and found it boring. But I also know people who've lived there and they loved it. Maybe Canberra is one of those places it is better to live than to visit.

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

It is pretty boring

@James-kv6kb

Ай бұрын

You have to be genetically Canberran to like the place lol

The biggest gripe about how Canberra is portrayed is the use of lazy shorthand in the media: Canberra decided this, Canberra said this ... Meaning that Federal Parliament decided.

I never knew Tony came to Canberra good on him

Hi, born and grow up in the Australian capital territory "Canberra", also my my two children both are second generation Canberran, also where your standing Tony there's light rail now that's all changed

Im from wollongong and love visiting Canberra.. so much to do thru the summer and winter

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

I think you got it confused with some other place

Crazy how much development has changed Canberra so quickly, especially the nature spots and mature trees - most seem to be gone now and more planned to be taken down. A lot of the old buildings also taken down without warning or consideration, and WBG's vision isn't even being acknowledged in the development process anymore - the government only cares about the money, not about the heritage and sadly no-one is stopping them. Actually quite painful to watch this now.

@wishtheyunderstoodme

3 жыл бұрын

they care about hiding our history. thats why they are destroying and replacing with low quality stuff to depress us into being something were not.

@pollybird7827

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that is shit what is a country without heritage and streets lined with trees and national parks 🦋 That sucks for sure 😐

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

They've ruined it!

Buongiorno Tony Robinson’s🥰grazie mille del bellissimo pensiero,molto piacere del interessante video ,Canberra la Mia seconda Patria 15 anni

@mariazorzi9723

2 жыл бұрын

Saluti from 🇮🇹 Italy buon giorno Austeliia🤗🌹🌻🌿🕊🌴🌈🌇🌞🌏🇳🇿🙋‍♀️👋👋👋

@mariazorzi9723

2 жыл бұрын

Buongiorno Family and Friend’s in Canberra from mi Maria Zorzi in Itali ciao !🤗🌺🌆🌿🕊🌴🌈🌞🌏🙋‍♀️👋

I love it

The Australian people are a handsome lot!

@ghs7714

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. The whites i assume or the Abos or both?

@Elitist20

3 жыл бұрын

@@ghs7714 You what?

@westaussie965

3 жыл бұрын

@@ghs7714 abbos aren’t attractive or Australian so why ask that?

@ghs7714

3 жыл бұрын

@@westaussie965 most abbos are tribal looking

@westaussie965

3 жыл бұрын

I guess you’re taking the piss when these two came along!😂 18:15

It also means “meeting place”

Home of the RAIDERS! Woohoo! Cheers from New Zealand!

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

They were actually originally from Queanbeyan

When I was in Canberra the Rangers were telling me a very sad story. There was one Aboriginal woman who knew The complete language of the area the young people were supposed to record the language and save it but they were too busy protesting and screaming about rights and all that sort of thing and they let her die without recording it .

Tony should have taken a stroll through Charnwood at 2am.

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

Not as bad these days.... lol

I live in Canberra and love it here so many interesting places!:) Its a beautiful charming place:) Canberratopia

@nosseibagacem9014

Жыл бұрын

Hello, i'm interested in Canberra and i want to know more about it, is there a possibility for us to chat about it, i believe locals always tell the truth better

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

​@@nosseibagacem9014there's not much to talk about just do a bit of a google search

Can you do a program on the UK islands, especially Guernsey, where I live. I'd really like to know if & when we were French & about becoming English or were we always English from when the UK became an island

@michelvisser7051

4 жыл бұрын

With Time Team they had an episode about Guernsey in fact Tony did choose that spot watch that cheers here is the link if i am allowed to share it kzread.info/dash/bejne/nptm2dJvdZu7aJc.html

overdeveloped now, was good in the 90's now it looks like a Lend Lease display model 100x the size

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

Spot on

Tony.. Canberra location was chosen for military and strategic defence. ''desert to the west mountains to the east''..

@wishtheyunderstoodme

3 жыл бұрын

wow interesting, can you please tell me more about this. also do you watch autodidactic channel? he just did a video on canberra.

@AnonyMous-ph3dl

3 жыл бұрын

in prime time tv documentaries like this they will always just say what sounds colourfull rather than what is most truthful

A local here. I've heard family members from out of town comment on all the "millionaire public servants" from Canberra. I don't know one. Most are lower paid staff. And there's lots of people not working in the public service here too. And no, I don't see politicians everywhere I go. They come from everywhere else in Australia. They're the locals in other communities. The communities that like to complain about Canberra.

He should have visited Ainslie village few colourful characters round there

Make a v2

It's only when you watch fatuous coverage of something you know that you realise that a large proportion of everything else they do is probably crappy too

je rêve aller visiter Australie

scotty from marketing can be added to this list

“The name of Australia’s capital is named for a big pair of tits. Is that respectful?” Well, as an Australian who grew up in Canberra, I’d respectfully say that it’s very Australian! Definitely.

I wonder if he was joking about the spying through those two windows?

@lottieclemmo5341

3 жыл бұрын

No, it was a real thing that happened!!!

@davemustaki134

3 жыл бұрын

@@lottieclemmo5341 wouldn't surprise me

@shenanigans3710

2 жыл бұрын

No, very real. I can assure you. My uncle ran the funeral parlour.

Thanks so much for your disdain, Baldrick. We'll soon be free of you.

Yes I did enjoy your story on Canberra my Mothers family came here in 1827 yes not a typo pity you did not talk to more locals

It's a long way from the beach, just sayin, 😎

Riverside

Hmm. How do you build a capitol? Well first you find a swamp. Drain it. Oh. No wait. That's America. Lol.

Standing in the top end of town, Manuka, asking ratepayers, if they mind buying houses on the parliamentary 'living away from home allowance ' legally, renting room's to back and front benchers, Menzies would disagree, with today's liberal party and build some social housing, rather than destroy whats left, not destroying the main avenue, Northbourne, with much social housing demolished, gone, move the poor out of sight, Tony your wrong Melbourne was centre of government ,and king omalleys is the Boot & Flogger, before they kicked out the poor

When old haggs do a docco 😂🤣

canberra can be fun for about a day, after you have been through the main attractions its dull, unless your really into "fancy malls" that are all developed by lend lease and you find the public service interesting than it for you, I find the place has a weird vibe everyone stares at you when you pass by them and its not to say g'day, its just to stareeeee with freaky eyes

@wishtheyunderstoodme

3 жыл бұрын

we are all soulless because of the geometrical design of canberra. it harnesses our powers toward the parliment house, thats how they feed on us.

@Elitist20

3 жыл бұрын

Maybeeeee you just look like a freak.

@ihatekillerclowns

3 жыл бұрын

want weird vibes with a sprinkle of arrogance, go to Melbourne or Sydney

To have been born in the District of Corruption and raised in the Australian Criminal Territory is better to have lived the opposite.

Living in Canberra at the moment. Cant wait till my contact ends so I can leave the soulless place!!!

@shenanigans3710

2 жыл бұрын

It's a quite coincidence, I heard that everyone can't wait until you leave.

J

When can Australia be a republic and stop being a sheep to the English?? 🦘

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

When they can get a few things right healthcare for a start...

this is cringe to my home town, you highlighted the crap junk of canberra, the old fake history that means nothing to anyone normal.

@davemustaki134

9 ай бұрын

Yeah where are the brothels and strip clubs