As Himalaya Day approaches (commemorating Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay’s summit of Mt Everest) a Canberra man quietly mentions that he is the only Australian to have climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000m peaks.
A lot of thirsty Captains Flat residents are cheering the purchase of their long-closed pub – the 1937 Captains Flat Hotel – which was recently bought by Captains Flat-born Sharanne Witt.
A Canberra lawyer and an emerging filmmaker have made a world first, re-creating a long-lost scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that was left on the cutting room floor.
In a renovation that could have won reality TV show House Rules, Old Parliament House has just done the big reveal, showing off its $2 million refurbishment of the House of Representatives chamber.
It’s called the Matildas bounce – the surge of women spurred on by last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup frenzy, who are signing up to join a soccer team.
May the fourth is special at Canberra Daily because we have a bona fide Jedi in our office - art director Phoebe Yiamkiati – and not only has she wielded a light saber in a Star Wars film, heartthrob actor Ewan McGregor called her “gorgeous”. True story.
Unbeknownst to many Canberrans, Marion Mahony Griffin (the artist behind Walter Burley Griffin’s plans) had a vision for performances in public places and a local duo is fulfilling her dream with “random acts of music”.
