Talk:Canberra/Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden

Banner

Here's a banner that shows a better view of the National Arboretum which I believe is taken at the top of Dairy Farmers Hill, instead of the current (which only shows the village centre). Don't know if it's a better banner though. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 08:02, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Banner 0 (current)

Banner 1

The village centre is still visible in the new banner if anyone liked the old banner solely due to the architecutre. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:11, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, but in this case I prefer Banner 0, which appears to be more distinct. Although I have been to Canberra, I don't think I visited this district, so I would defer to those that know the area better. AlasdairW (talk) 19:54, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

(just asking out of curiosity btw) If I may ask, when did you (last) visit Canberra? If you visited before 2013, then that'd make sense since the (current) National Arboretum only opened in 2013. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 04:59, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

It was in 2000. AlasdairW (talk) 07:41, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Definitely explains why. This area was mostly just grassland back then. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 07:42, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Static map?

Would it be worth the time and effort drawing a static map for the Orientation section? Personally, I think the dynamic map does a great job already but would like another opinion. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 13:20, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

This is a particular good dynamic map, as it has clear colored areas for each neighborhood. Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:37, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Good to have another opinion. Personally, I'd like to introduce more of these maps to huge cities (as many travelers including myself use OSM whilst traveling), but tracing it through geojson.io is often time consuming but well worth the result IMO. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:04, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Image addition?

Proposed addition

Would this image on the right be a good image addition? It's a 35-m by 3-m sculpture that reads out "wide brown land", which is an excerpt from the classic Australian poem, My Country by Dorothea Mackellar. FWIW, Mackellar is a famous Australian poet – many excerpts from her poems are well-known in Australia. Should this be included? --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 09:05, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

For extra clarification, "wide brown land" is found on the last line of the second stanza in s:The Witch-Maid, and Other Verses/My Country. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 09:07, 13 October 2022 (UTC)