Canberra or Canboring? Let鈥檚 Find Out, Canberra, Australia

Australia鈥檚 capital city was described to me as many things. Exciting wasn鈥檛 one of them.Dull, boring, and cold or any combination of those less-than-appealing words were usually the second thing out of any Aussie鈥檚 mouth when I told them I was heading that way. 鈥淵ou mean Canboring?鈥� or 鈥淲hy?鈥� was always the first. With so much negativity around a place I was heading, I felt obligated to prove otherwise.

Cathal Kelly. Truth be told it was this jerk-head that really made me want to prove Canberra isn鈥檛鈥淐anboring.鈥� This Toronto journalist had just written a hateful article slamming Edmonton, a聽city I lived in for 10 years, all because it was hosting the women鈥檚 World Cup of Soccer opening match and Toronto wasn鈥檛. This article was so offside, whiny, hateful, and downright un-Canadian. I felt sick reading it. Leave the slamming to the outside world. Let us celebrate our own.

Anyway, Edmonton (or any city in Canada that is not Toronto) has had its share of negativity. It鈥檚 been called dull, boring, and cold. 鈥淵ou mean Deadmonton?鈥� or 鈥淲hy?鈥� are usually the first words out of any Canadian鈥檚 mouth that I have told I used to live there. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Canberra or Canboring? Let鈥檚 Find Out
Guide Location: Australia » Canberra
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Shaun Robertson
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