Does Canberra have any bad nicknames?

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Sammy Rose

RoundABOUT Contributor

Tourism authorities in South Australia have asked the media to refrain from calling Adelaide, Radelaide.

Journalists were asked to simply refer to the City by it’s ‘proper’ name, during the AFL’s Gather Round.

They were also asked to avoid using the phrase ‘City of Churches’, another common way to refer to the South Australian capital.

Which got us thinking, what nicknames do we have for Canberra?

There’s the Berra, Bush Capital, the Can, Canby and even Cantarctica!

Hit 104.7’s Wilko & Courts think Radelaide is a great nickname for the South Australian capital…