It’s hard to really see a place when you’ve known it your whole life… especially when you’ve been trying to escape it for almost as long.
So what happens when you make a choice to be right back - smack bang - in the middle of that place? Can you learn to love it when you’ve struggled to in the past? If so, how?
I spent 14 years of my childhood in Canberra, then 17 years in other places, and now I’ve returned. I want to reconnect. I want to seek out the good bits and rediscover a city that I think I know but really don’t. My mission is to open up my heart and mind; to learn to see the Can, the Berra, Canberry with new eyes.
But I can’t do it without your help!
Have you ever lived in Canberra?
Have you ever had fun in Canberra?
Do you know someone who has or does?
What’s your number one Favourite Canberra Thing to do?
I pledge to embrace your Favourite Canberra Thing as my own. Or at the very least to give it a damn good go. I’ll even document my progress so that you can see how this town and I are gettin along.
It’s sink or swim people, so help me get beyond a dog-paddle!
Send your Favourite Canberra Thing to canberrachachacha@yahoo.com and stay in touch with the adventure right here.
And please spread the word to anyone you know who has a Canberra connection.
Cheers,
Claire
