Canberra 'city to visit' listing revives Australian debate
Image copyright AFP Image caption Canberra is most recognisable as the home of Australia's parliament "Canberra is of its essence a great mistake. The capital should never have been there, it should have been in Melbourne or Sydney." That was how former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating described Canberra in 2009, more than a decade after he left office. "There is an air of unreality about Canberra," he added. Indeed, Canberra is often the subject of discussion among Australians - a debate reignited on Wednesday when it was named the third-best city in the world to visit, according to travel publisher Lonely Planet. The listing renewed talk online about the virtues of "the bush capital" - a nickname enshrined on the city's number plates - which is best known as the centre of Australia's politics and bureaucracy. However, according to the publisher's Best in Travel 2018, Canberra is "criminally overlooked" as a desti...