Russell is one of the smallest suburbs in Canberra and no one actually lives there, unless you count the defence force...it does not appear to be strictly named after anyone, rather Surveyor Charles Scrivener, who surveyed sites for the construction of Australia's capital, gave the name to an adjacent trigonometrical station in 1910 and the local area eventually took on its named (and yes Scrivener dam is named after him).
The streets here are not surprisingly named after armed services personnel.
So as a pacifist, I wasn't exactly looking forward to exploring Russell - essentially defence force central. But, as usual, Canberra surprised me.
Russell was in fact a land of pretty flowers....
As well as the Duntroon Dairy. This is believed to be the oldest standing building in Canberra. Built around 1832. Even if you are not interested in the history, I recommend a walk around here - and if you love rabbits this is the place for you (I have never seen more in my life).
The views from here are also pretty incredible in all directions....
And, I admit it, even the Australian-American war memorial is impressive in its own macho war type way. 73m tall apparently for those measurement inclined folk.
But just a word of warning folks - take a lot of photos around here and you may get a visit from the AFP...thankfully for the 2nd time in this project I avoided being arrested though :)
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