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• Food bloggers helping put Canberra on culinary map

  

  Food bloggers helping put Canberra on culinary mapUpdatedJanuary 06, 2016 17:43:00 It seems almost every week a new restaurant or cafe opens its doors in Canberra, enticing the territory's growing food blogger community.Over recent years, food bloggers have become a growing force in Canberra's food scene, with the industry saying the reviewers are helping put Canberra on the map as a culinary destination.Public servant by day and food blogger by night, Eileen Tang, has been reporting her foo..

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• Canberra weather: 2015 a year of extremes, climate report says

  

  Canberra recorded 122 days over 25 degrees in 2015.Photo: Jay CronanWe shivered through Canberra's coldest winter in 15 years and sweated through an early-season heatwave but the Godzilla El Nino pushing our weather to its extremesmay have peaked.Australia lived up to its reputation as a land of droughts and flooding rains in 2015, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's annual climate statement, and the ACT was no exception.Around a third of our days were above 25 degrees while our rainfall wa..

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• Wet weather road closures in Canberra

  

  Wet weather road closures in CanberraTourist Andrew Platt was prepared for Canberra's wet weather conditions on Monday.Photo: Melissa AdamsWhile Canberra has escaped thewidespread flooding which swallowed parts of the south coast and the Hunter regions, receiving more than 20 millimetres of rain in two days has resulted in some road closures around the capital.Angle Crossing is closed to motorists and other road users indefinitely.The Tuggeranong crossing of the Murrumbidgee is regularly closed ..

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• US exchange student returns to Canberra and NSW south coast 35 ...

  

  US exchange student returns to Canberra and NSW south coast 35 years after original visitPostedJanuary 06, 2016 13:02:28 An exchange student from the United States has returned to Canberra and the south coast of New South Wales 35 years after his original visit to see what has changed and catch up with his host families.Tom Harrer stayed in Canberra during 1979–1980 as part of a Rotary Exchange program before starting university.The then 18-year-old from California lived at four households, ..

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• Canberra Weekender: What's on in Canberra January 8-10

  

  Miss Summernats Monique Dignan-Smith with Grand Champion Nathan Borg on day 4 of Summernats 2015.Photo: Jeffrey ChanAll weekendAdvertisementSUMMERNATSThe annual celebration of horsepower and street machines is on at Exhibition Park from Thursday to Sunday. There will be cars from all around the world on display plus the city cruise, a burnout competition, the crowning of Miss ​Summernats and more, plus live music from You Am I, Seth Sentry and the Hoodoo Gurus. For tickets seesummernats.com.au.C..

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• Canberra's arts diary from January 8

  

  E. Phillips Fox's "Promenade" (c.1909) is part of an exhibition of Federation-era artwork at Canberra Museum and Gallery until February 21.Photo: StudioArts diary – January 8What's on in Canberra's art sceneVISUAL:Belconnen Arts Centre:College Express 7.An exhibition of artwork by students from north Canberra colleges. Until January 31. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-4pm. 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen. See:belconnenartscentre.com.au.AdvertisementCanberra Glassworks:Borland+Borland.A photographic and g..

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• Was this 'ball of light' over Canberra a UFO?

  

  Is this a UFO over Canberra?0:22Vision emerges of a strange round light over the nations capital. Courtesy: YouTube/John Thompson.Mysterious light ... YouTube users believe a video shows a UFO over Canberra. Picture: ThinkstockNetwork WritersNews Corp Australia NetworkA MYSTERIOUS light over Australia’s capital has captured the imaginations of social media users, with many declaring the baffling flare as evidence of a UFO.Since the video was uploaded to YouTube on January 3, it has been viewed o..

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• Claxton Shield MVP Aaron Sloan returns to Canberra Cavalry line ...

  

  Claxton Shield MVP Aaron Sloan will play his first ABL game for more than a year.Photo: Jeffrey ChanClaxton Shield most-valuable-player Aaron Sloan will answer the Canberra Cavalry's SOS to help replace the departed Derrick Loveless and injured Boss Moanaroa and play his first Australian Baseball League game in more than a year.And Cavalry manager Michael Collins will bolster his bullpen with an extra pitcher for the trip across the Nullarbor to face the Perth Heat for the four-game series start..

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• Canberra scientists on board first all-female expedition to Antarctica

  

  ANU science student Nina McLean and CSIRO scientist Deborah O'Connell will be among nine ACT women to take part in the first all-female trip to Antarctica.Photo: Jay CronanCanberra scientists are set to be at the heart of a global project that aims to bolster the role of women in leadership positions and help tackle climate change.Nine scientists from the ACT are among 78 women from throughout the world chosen to take part inHomeward Bound, an initiative that aims to bring together 1000 women in..

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• Canberra Capitals insist Belconnen is up to the task to host Perth ...

  New move: The Canberra Capitals will meet Perth at Belconnen Basketball Stadium on Saturday.Photo: Jeffrey ChanThe Canberra Capitals insist Belconnen Basketball Stadium meets the criteria to host Saturday's Women's National Basketball League clash with Perth, and it could be their home base for the rest of the season.The Capitals have delayed their move to the National Convention Centre until next season and electrical damage at Tuggeranong Basketball Stadium has also put it out of action.Belcon..

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