Beam me up, UC

Updated September 7 2012 - 9:18pm, first published 8:34pm
Helsinki’s colourful Futuro
Helsinki’s colourful Futuro
In  need of some TLC – University of Canberra’s Futuro
In need of some TLC – University of Canberra’s Futuro

I’ve never set foot in a spaceship before (who has?!), so it’s with a sense of trepidation that I approach the metallic, domed structure that recently ‘‘landed’’ at the University of Canberra campus. As I get closer, the full moon reflects off the dome’s outer shell with dazzling effect, while a band of black and yellow ‘‘Do not enter’’ tape flaps waywardly in the breeze. But for the tan bark garden bed and surrounding gum trees, you’d be excused for thinking it was a scene from some B-grade sci-fi set in Nevada’s UFO hot spot, Area 51.

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