Calvary Clinic

Calvary Clinic, located behind Calvary Hospital in Bruce, contains the rooms of various medical specialists, as well as a small cafe that does decent hot chocolate.

I like the repair van in the clinic carpark - it appeals to my sense of humour ;)

Building 12

 

Building 12, University of Canberra.

UC is one of Canberra's five main tertiary institutions. Established in 1967 as Canberra College of Advanced Education, the first students were enrolled in 1970, in four course areas: Administrative Studies, Applied Science, Computing Studies and Liberal Studies. Twenty years later, and with many more courses on offer, CCAE became a university - the University of Canberra. Since 1970, the university has produced over 65,000 graduates, and current enrolment exceeds 12,000 students.

Building 12 (along with Building 3 nearby) contains the Faculty of Health, including the health clinics which are available to the public.

Reaching for the stars

... or the basketball, as the case may be.

This is the huge sculpture of the wheelchair basketball player from the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics. She now sits outside the Visitors Centre of the Australian Institute of Sport in Bruce. The gymnast is also at the AIS, while the sprinter remains in Sydney.

Designed by Dominique Sutton and commissioned by AMP, the three massive figures once adorned Sydney's Centrepoint Tower (aka Sydney Tower), nearly 300 metres above street level. They remained there between July 1998 and 2003, when they were removed, although apparently they were supposed to go in 2001, presumably when Westfield bought the tower from AMP. Up to 15 metres high, and each weighing between 4 and 6.5 tonnes, installation (and removal) were big engineering challenges, involving a helicopter and some incredible maneouvering.

This photo was taken yesterday evening, as the last of the light disappeared.

CIT sculpture

I was over at the CIT (Canberra Institute of Technology) campus in the suburb of Bruce yesterday, and came across this sculpture in the courtyard enclosed by A, B, C and J blocks. I haven't yet been able to find out who designed and made it, or even its name (if it has one), but I like how it's set amongst native trees and bushes, almost as if it's old machinery, adandoned to rust and be absorbed back into the earth.

The Bush Capital

This photo was taken on Saturday from the water reservoir hill in Spence, near the top of Copland Drive. That's Black Mountain, with the tall telecommunications tower on its summit, and in between are the suburbs of Evatt, McKellar and Bruce. Roughly 12,000 people live in those three suburbs, although it's a bit difficult to imagine that from this angle - you can certainly see why Canberra is called the 'Bush Capital'!