Young visitors get a close-up view of the attractions.

Visit an old flame or two

The Museum of Fire is in a former power plant built for the burgeoning homes of the western suburbs in the early 1950s and is a veritable elephants' graveyard of fire engines of every shape, size and age.

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Hotel Kurrajong Canberra. The original building was designed by John Smith Murdoch.

The unknown Aussie who built our capital

He left a lasting stamp on our capital, yet few have heard of the man who designed some of the country's most historical buildings.

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