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Parliament House - ACT

Parliament House Canberra

The Flag Pole

View of Parliament House from War Memorial

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -35.307949 149.124573

DMS: 35º 18' 28.62" S 149º 07' 28.46" E

UTM: 55 H 6090735mN 693156mE

Altitude: 596.82m

Address & Contact

Capital Hill
ACT 2620

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: http://www.aph.gov.au/visit_parliament

Information

You can be like a politician and visit parliament house. There are a number of conducted tours our just grab a booklet from the information desk and spend a few hours visiting the areas you are allowed to enter. You can attend a sitting of the cabinet and senate by going to the public viewing areas and see how the decisions are made (or not made).

Easy parking and free access, great way to spend a few hours. Make sure you take the elevator behind the security station for the cabinet area and press RF - to go onto the roof and see the view and gigantic flag that sits atop the building.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Canberra at 20/08:00am EDT

Distance from Parliament House 6.87km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
16.0°C	17.1°C	91%	14.5°C	1019.4hPa	0.0mm	E	2km/hr 1knots	7km/hr 4knots

Closest Climatic Station

Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) Aws

Distance from Parliament House 12.59km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.6	28.1	25.2	21.0	16.5	13.0	12.3	14.1	17.6	20.6	24.1	26.9
Mean Min. °C	14.3	14.3	11.2	6.7	2.5	1.2	-0.2	0.8	3.8	6.3	9.8	12.0
Mean Rain mm	50.7	73.7	51.7	27.8	22.1	48.6	41.3	49.0	60.5	57.0	74.3	69.2