Garran is named after Sir Robert Randolph Garran - Australia's first (and for a period only) public servant and an expert in Australian law. He was head of Attorney Generals for 31 years. He also helped establish the ANU and was strongly involved in the Australian Federation movement. Though as usual weird facts interest me - for example, while his family lived in Phillip Street in central Sydney, apparently his mother had a deep distrust of milkman's milk and so she kept a cow in the backyard, which would walk on its own to the Domain each day to graze and return twice a day to be milked.
The streets here are named after Australian writers.
Garran is known for housing the Canberra hospital, but again I was surprised by what I found here...like Pearce nearby, I made some new friends :)
I also came across some amazing mountain views from the higher parts of the suburb...
Similarly there were a large number of mega-mansions in this suburb....some tasteful...some not so tasteful...
There were also some gorgeous gardens on display - some even with their own helicopters :p
Last but not least, I was glad to see that the local shops here are still alive and kicking - despite Woden not being far away...
And in true Canberra style the bush is just around the corner...
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