Sugar Babies From Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory

Sugar babies are women who provide intimate relationships or simple companionships to men in exchange for monetary favors or gifts. It is a mutually beneficial arrangement that can work for both those who need companionship and those who desire nice things or money. It is a type of relationship, not a business transaction, unlike other methods of garnering companionship in exchange for money. Sugar babies are not stereotypical "gold diggers." They come in all shapes and sizes and can be any type of woman in Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory.

A sugar baby may be a college student who is paying her way through college, has some spare time to commit to a sugar baby/sugar daddy relationship and enjoys nice things. She may be intelligent, self-sufficient and classy. She may also be the opposite. The thing to remember is that sugar daddies are looking for different things. Therefore, sugar babies can be any combination of those things.

Sugar babies can also be independently successful women. They may have money of their own, spend time traveling as an executive for a big company, be a business owner or be perpetrator of any number of successful business endeavors. This type of sugar baby may find excitement in this sort of relationship. She may not need anything monetary or nice gifts from her partner. She may just enjoy having a man spend money on her, despite having plenty of money of her own. Many men find success attractive in a woman. Therefore, certain sugar daddies may have exactly this type of woman in mind when they seek to initiate a relationship with a sugar baby.

Monetary success and intelligence or lack thereof are not the only things in which sugar babies differ. A sugar baby's appearance is another area that may differ in Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory due to cultural expectations or simply differ by personal preference. One sugar daddy may like a classic trophy girlfriend. He may want her to be young and very attentive to her looks on a superficial level. Another sugar daddy may not care how his sugar baby dresses but wants her to be athletic. Yet another sugar daddy may not care about looks at all and simply wants a woman who is entertaining.

When one envisions a sugar baby, the image of a young woman typically comes to mind. This is not always the case. Sugar babies may be older women because older and younger sugar daddies alike may prefer older women. Older women may also seek a life of relative luxury in their later years. It is a good way to have fun, receive gifts and take a break from the hustle of life.

The diversity in sugar babies also applies to ethnicity and weight. There is no set standard for any of these things when it comes to sugar babies. Any woman can strive to be a sugar baby and find the right sugar daddy for her. She can be tattooed and pierced or girl next door sweet. She can be funny or serious. She can be a lover of the arts or a computer geek. In short, sugar baby is as diverse a word as the word woman.

Description

Belconnen is a district of Canberra, the Capital city of Australia, comprising 25 suburbs with 29,900 dwellings housing 82,247 people of the 311,518 people in the Australian Capital Territory (June 2001 Census). Belconnen is situated to the north-west of Canberra's city centre, and surrounds the artificial Lake Ginninderra on Ginninderra Creek that runs north-west towards the Molonglo River and then into the Murrumbidgee River.'

Education

The University of Canberra is located in the suburb of Bruce and has a student population of approximately 10,000. A Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) campus is also in Bruce. The Australian Capital Territory Government operates 23 Preschools, 19 Primary Schools, 5 High Schools and 3 Colleges (Senior Secondary Schools) within the District of Belconnen. There are also 8 religious schools and one Government special school for students with disabilities.

Gungahlin Drive Extension

In November 2004 construction commenced on the Gungahlin Drive Extension (GDE). This road is to connect Gungahlin Drive in Gungahlin with Parkes Way and the Tuggeranong Parkway at the Glenloch Interchange at the south eastern corner of the Belconnen district. The proposed road will run north south passing through forest and woodlands within the Canberra Nature Park, including parts of the Black Mountain Reserve. It will also pass beside the Australian Institute of Sport. The project had been a major political issue across Canberra from the mid 1990s until construction was so far commenced that all damage to the environment which had been objected to was done. The 'Save the Ridge' group had campaigned against the proposed road since that time and took legal action which stalled the project until October 2005. The ACT Government had legislated to prevent further legal delays from community groups however this did not affect Save the Ridge continuing action which they had commenced in the Federal Court. After several cases before the ACT Supreme Court and the Federal Court, the Federal Court ruled in favour of the road construction project going ahead. On 15 October 2005 Save the Ridge announced that they would not be appealing the decision to the High Court and would not be further opposing the construction of the road.

History

The urban environs of the city of Canberra straddle the Ginninderra Plain, Molonglo Plain, the Limestone Plain, and the Tuggeranong Plain (Isabella's Plain). The district of Belconnen is sited on the Ginninderra Plain which forms part of the Ginninderra Catchment. The plain contains the entire water catchment area of Ginninderra Creek, which empties into the Murrumbidgee River and forms part of the Murray-Darling Basin. The earliest European settlement in the Belconnen area dates back to 1830, when farming estates such as Ginninderra Estate were first established. The district's wild beauty was first captured on canvas by the early colonial artist Robert Hoddle. Between the years 1830 and 1836, Hoddle made several visits to the district, to survey property boundaries during colonial times. Gininderra Village, Hall and Queanbeyan were the local commercial centres during this earlier period until the development of Canberra. One of the properties 'Belconnen' from colonial times was named after the original land grant of 800 ha to Charles Sturt the explorer for his exploration work. Sturt sold the property to Charles Campbell. [1]. It is the origin of the presentday name Belconnen. Belconnen's development as a modern urban centre dates back to 1966. A stone tablet at the Aranda district playing fields marks the beginning of the development of Belconnen district. It reads: The first suburb to be developed was Aranda in 1967. The nearby Jamison Centre was the first commercial centre in the district, opened in 1969. The Belconnen Town Centre was developed on the shore of Lake Ginninderra in the late 1970s.

Places of note and interest

* The Belconnen Town Centre has a major shopping mall operated by Westfield, surrounded by government and private offices, and a light industrial area. * Government offices headquartered in Belconnen include the Australian Taxation Office, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, the Australian Communication and Media Authority, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. * In the suburb of Bruce are: * University of Canberra campus * Canberra Stadium * Australian Institute of Sport * The Royal Australian Navy established a very low and high frequency radio transmitting station in Belconnen in the 1930s, predating the establishment of Belconnen as a suburban complex. Part of the site will become the new suburb of Lawson from 2005/6. * The three 600 foot high towers for the now decommissioned 44 kHz transmitter were able to be seen from most places in Belconnen. They were felled on 20 December 2006. * Belconnen Remand Centre was a remand custody facility which was replaced by the Alexander Maconochie Centre in late April 2009, located the suburb of Hume. Sentenced prisoners in the ACT formerly serve their sentences in prisons in neighbouring New South Wales.

Public transport

The ACTION bus service which provides public transport throughout Canberra is the only form of regularly scheduled public transport in Belconnen. Services from the various suburbs generally pass through a bus interchange at Belconnen Town Centre from where they continue to Civic and the other town centres to Canberra’s south. Some services travel to Gungahlin. There are also express services which connect directly with Tuggeranong. The bus interchange located in the Belconnen Town centre is connected by footbridge to large shopping centre and to office buildings occupied by major Government departments. It is an ageing facility which has been earmarked for major renovations. It has been criticised for being unsafe, particularly at night, and for being dirty and prone to vandalism. The ACT Government plans to construct a busway to connect the Belconnen Town centre with the hospital and CIT precinct in Bruce and the city centre

Roads

Belconnen is well served by a network of near-freeway-quality roads located between suburbs and intersecting the district. The main roads between suburbs are typically landscaped with mounds of earth and vegetation to form ‘parkways’. The main roads connecting the district with North Canberra and the city centre are Belconnen Way and Ginninderra Drive. These roads are 6 lane parkways for the majority of their length and run in an east-west direction. Belconnen is situated south of the Barton Highway which leads to Yass, where it connects with the Hume Highway to Sydney and Melbourne. To the south of the district is William Hovell Drive which connects the southern and western suburbs of Belconnen with Parkes Way and the Tuggeranong Parkway which lead to the city centre and Canberra’s southern districts respectively.

Transport

The primary mode of transport within the District is by private vehicle. The District of Belconnen was planned in the 1960’s and was guided by a philosophy of reliance on private personal transport and an abundance of roads. Public buses serve the district and a bus interchange exists in the Town Centre.

Urban structure

Belconnen consists of 25 suburbs, the majority of which are predominantly characterised by detached single family homes on suburban blocks. Some suburbs also have pockets of medium density units or town houses, such as Hawker and Holt. Significant pockets of multi-unit medium density housing exist in the suburb of Belconnen, and the northern section of Bruce. In both of these suburbs, the bulk of housing is medium density. Residential development is still taking place in the central suburb of Bruce and the outer suburb of Dunlop in 2005. There is almost no industry in Belconnen, other than light automotive repair industry and similar services and the Westfield Belconnen shopping centre located in the Belconnen Town Centre.