Suburb #65 O'Malley

So I haven't gone to a new suburb in ages! Sorry folks. Life has been a bit complicated of late and a lack of internet at home hasn't helped. But it was such a glorious day in Canberra today that I decided to check out O'Malley.

O'Malley is named after King O'Malley - the person not the pub. O'Malley was famous for many things including helping to establish the Commonwealth bank, helping to select the site of the national capital and taking the 'u' out of the Australian Labor Party. He also implemented a ban on alcohol in the ACT in 1911 *shakes head*.

The streets here are named with Aboriginal words.

I will be honest. I found O'Malley to be quite a strange place - particularly as there were almost no signs of human life.

First stop was the reserve at the top of the suburb...this was very dry and admittedly not the most picturesque Canberran hill I have stood on. Nevertheless, I met a nice family of kangaroos and this was certainly bush capital atmosphere...

Back down the hill and O'Malley is basically embassy after embassy. Big big big buildings of questionable attractiveness....mmmm money certainly does not buy taste.

It was all a little bit odd... including the garden decorations...

And they seem to do things very BIG in O'Malley - for example you don't just adopt a tree, you adopt a landscape...

Even the street lights seemed confused...

Nevertheless, there was a nice view....

And a nice pond...although seemingly lined with animal carcasses for some reason...

And it was great to be out and about adventuring again....