Steve Waldon Steve Waldon went to the national capital for its Floriade festival and found it awash with colour and ready to rock.
![Media Preview Floriade, Commonwealth Park. Canberra. For Information contact Clare Sullivan 6207 2887 or Tania Ward 02 6162 0021. Floriade is Canberra annual flower show which opens to the publc Saturday [13Sept] Photograph taken / jat on the 12Sept2003 FLORIADE](http://images.canberratimes.com.au/2008/11/13/264961/th_floride1_index-thumb__60x40-90x60.jpg)
Sylvia Wyer All the home improvement and gardening shows flashing across our television screens means that by now we at least should know our celery from our rhubarb and the difference between violets and irises.
10:24am | Fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane to a London airport following a row between family members on board.
JULIETTA JAMESON | This principal dancer with the Australian Ballet is always prepared.
JANE REDDY | Should one tire of Bosphorus views while at the new Istanbul Shangri-La, there's always the lobby with its dome-shaped atrium illuminated by natural light and a Bohemian crystal chandelier that "rains" for nearly two storeys to gaze upon.
JULIETTA JAMESON | The Cool Capella Deal includes seven nights' accommodation for the price of six, two return flights.
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