Curious Canberra

Janet Reynolds lives in Queanbeyan and she shops at the fresh food markets in Fyshwick. One day she stopped in on a Sunday and saw that there was plenty of produce left. Knowing that the markets wouldn't reopen again until the following Thursday, she wondered what happen to any leftover food.

Here's a question we've received numerous times - only no one is willing to put their name to it. So how do Canberra drivers fare when compared to their Australian counterparts? Police reporter Jesse Dorsett goes looking for an answer. Photo: Gerardofegan on Flickr (CC-BY-2.0) https://flic.kr/p/aaDqEX

The Australian-American memorial, of 'The Chook on the Stick' to some Canberrans', has looked out over the city since the 1950's. David Prest has often looked at the structure, which stands close to 80 metres tall, and wondered how they mounted the eagle on top of the column.

Over summer, Madeline Cooper noticed a huge build up on spiders on the two bridges that cross Lake Burley Griffin. It prompted her to ask: Is there something about the bridges that make them good spider homes? Tom Storey, an intern from the University of Canberra, accepted the challenge and met Madeline on the Commonwealth Avenue bridge with terrestrial invertebrate expert Dave Rowell. Photo: Mike Leonard on Flickr