Inside tip · Canberra (ACT)
Lake Burley Griffin honours Canberra's designer. Which country was he from?
Answer: United States
American architect Walter Burley Griffin won Canberra's design competition; PM Menzies rejected the name 'Lake Menzies'.
40.5km shoreline · walking and cycle track
After a drought broke, the lake filled in a few days behind the new Scrivener Dam. Menzies officially commemorated the filling on 17 October 1964.
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