SARAH WILLS and Anthony Braybrooke prefer Canberra to Adelaide.
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So far, anyway.
The British couple have based themselves in South Australia for their year-long Australian study trip. They plan to explore various corners of the continent while they are here.
One day after arriving in Canberra they had no criticisms.
''Even your airport was cooler than Adelaide's,'' Ms Wills said.
They preferred Canberra to Adelaide because of the bush surroundings and outdoor activities it offered.
The two history students are part of Australian Capital Tourism's campaign to drum up interest in the national capital via social media.
Dubbed the ''Human Brochure'' project, this brings 500 visitors to the ACT at a cost of about $1 million and asks them to blog and tweet their reviews of the capital.
Ms Wills and Mr Braybrooke, both aged in their early 20s, have their own blogs and will compare Canberra with Australia's popular eastern coastline when they travel the sandy strip later this year.
''I've had views [on my blog] from 130 countries,'' said Mr Braybrooke, who gets about 1000 readers a month. ''Only 5 per cent of that would be people I know.''
Both were impressed by the Australian War Memorial and were looking forward to visiting the other cultural institutions.
Yesterday they and 46 other special visitors seeking adventure went mountain biking and were soon sharing their thoughts with the world.
Ms Wills said her British friends would be interested in Stromlo Forest Park's bike course.
''All my friends mountain bike, so I'll tell them about this,'' she said.
Sydney student Jessalyn Pinneo tweeted that she fell off her bike soon after starting.
''But all good now,'' she wrote. Not long after, she dispatched: ''Whoops, spoke too soon, stacked it & fell off a bridge. (Don't worry Mom, it was a very small bridge).''
Elsewhere, the coffee at Two Before Ten won rave reviews from other visitors taking part in the project, as did the kangaroo tail and beetroot tortellini at Lark Hill Winery.
Australian Capital Tourism director Ian Hill said the project drew some inspiration from the Best Job in the World campaign run by Tourism Queensland to promote the Great Barrier Reef.
''The pressure is on now to keep things innovative,'' he said.