After a string of early flights, the 2026 Frank MacDonald Memorial Prize Group touched down safely in Canberra. Any travel fatigue quickly faded at the Australian War Memorial, where the group was enthralled by the immersive storytelling of AWM education officer, Nathan, and the profound reverence in every detail of the site. Highlights included seeing one of the boats used in the ANZAC Gallipoli landing; original George Lambert paintings (referenced in some of the students’ winning essays); a s

🎥 🎡 Videographer Dave Fanner has created a hyperlapse video using a 360-degree camera that features Canberra’s 145km Centenary Trail. 🏏 The full seven-minute video took Dave more than a year to shoot and features some of Canberra’s seasonal attractions including Floriade in spring, live cricket at Manuka Oval in the summer and the Canberra Balloon Spectacular in autumn. 📺 Watch the full video here: https://rb.gy/la61d 🎧 Listen to Dave's chat with ABC Radio Canberra here: https://rb.gy/l5lcr

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