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Captain Cook is a racist and this memorial deserves to be made in a better persons name. It's sad to see such a beautiful water jet named after such a horrible person.
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Date of experience: June 2020
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The Captain Cook Memorial Water Jet is a Canberra landmark. It is a great sight and can be seen from a number of spots at some distance. We have seen it on many occasions when visiting Canberra, although on a few it has not been in operation. It operates quite regularly, from 11am to 2.00pm every day. The water jet is part of a memorial for Captain James Cook who arrived on the eastern coast of Australia in 1770 for the British government. The other "half" of the Memorial is a sort of bronze sculpture of the globe showing Cook's journeys. Quite fascinating.…
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Date of experience: September 2019
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Spent 5 days in Canberra and the water jet is visible from many locations. Not sure how often the jet is on as it wasn’t working everytime we went past, but we stopped on a couple of occasions just to take photos. Worth stopping for a photo as it’s seen in lots of photos of Canberra. …
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Date of experience: August 2019
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This looks beautiful in the lake and makes a lovely setting. It certainly powers up to a great height but even though it does this, it is not something I would go purposely to see. If you are going past, then it makes a good photo.
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Date of experience: July 2019
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