Canberra spotlight

Summerside Festival

Escape. Embrace. Enjoy. Celebrate everything good about summer in the Canberra region with a month-long festival of dining events celebrating local, seasonal produce, taste the region’s best wines and experience innovative and exciting performances, events and exhibitions.

Feeding bears at the National Zoo and Aquarium

A touching experience

Did you know the National Zoo and Aquarium offers some of the most amazing and genuine animal experiences in Australia? The opportunity to feel the breath of a giraffe, meet a cheetah and get up close and personal with beautiful bears awaits you. Discover a touching experience...

Home life in the 1920s

Explore a home with unchanged contents and gardens from the 1920s and step back in time to early Canberra at Calthorpes' House in Red Hill. See for yourself another of Canberra's art deco treasures.

Visitors Centre

Make your first stop 330 Northbourne Avenue when you drive into Canberra. Meet a helpful, friendly local for maps, brochures, souvenirs, and guidance on accommodation, attractions, tours, tickets and things to see and do while in your nation’s capital. Call in or call us on 1300 554 114.

Lest we forget

Experience the Australian War Memorial. This shrine, world-class museum, and extensive archive was created to assist Australians to remember, interpret and understand the Australian experience of war and its enduring impact on Australian society. Visit one of the world’s great museums.

Centenary of Canberra

Canberra will celebrate its first 100 years in 2013. Discover a 12 month program of celebration with sport, science, arts, community, architecture, environment, diverse cultures and big ideas. Celebrate the history and heritage of one of the most successful planned cities in the world.
Get involved right now.

The 26-metre wide dish of Deep Space Station 46 points skyward while the 70-metre dish of Deep Space Station 43 points in a sunward direction. (credit: CDSCC)

Deep Space Calling

Discover the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex near Tidbinbilla and peer into our great universe. The array of antennas send commands to NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Saturn explorer Cassini and the two Voyager spacecraft, which are near the edge of the solar system. Make space in your day to visit...

Come and play

Designed by world champions so you experience outstanding fun and healthy challenges, Stromlo Forest Park is a venue sought after and enjoyed by recreational and professional athletes from all over the world. Only minutes from the city with exceptional views. Spring into a playground like no other.

See kangaroos in the wild at Tidbinbilla

Discover our natural capital

Come and discover the natural wonders of the Sanctuary at Tidbinbilla. Join in activities for all the family with places to explore, and wildlife displays, and close encounters with native fauna and flora in a native bush setting. No bookings required. For details visit the Tidbinbilla website.

Canberra Gift Voucher from Canberra and Region Visitors Centre

Gift vouchers for summer

Celebrate summer in Canberra with a gift voucher from the Canberra and Region Visitors Centre. Vouchers are a great gift for accommodation at over 70 properties, admission to exhibitions and attractions and a range of souvenirs and gifts from our store. Call 1300 554 114 to order now.

What's on in Canberra

10-12 Feb

Enjoy all the colours of the National Multicultural Festival

National Multicultural Festival
Eat, drink, laugh and dance your way around the world at the National Multicultural Festival 2012. Celebrate...

1 Dec
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1 Sep

Nurses: From Zululand to Afghanistan
Visit the Australian War Memorial's "Nurses: From Zululand to Afghanistan" exhibition. Discover the story of nursing...

7 Jan
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25 Feb

Outdoor Film Screenings at the National Film and Sound Archive
Arc Outdoors returns to the stunning 1930s art deco gardens and deckchairs of the National Film and Sound Archive's...

25 Nov
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4 Mar

McCubbin, Petit Dejeuner (detail), National Gallery of Victoria

Impressions: Painting light and life
Step into the world of big hats, veils, lace, satin, moustaches, pipes, sunshine and shimmery rain this summer as the...

3 Dec
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1 Dec

Glass Art Education
On the first weekend of every month, Canberra Glassworks hold exclusive, intimate classes for those wanting to learn...

7-19 Feb

Akmal
Join Akmal as he tries out new material for his new show. The show promises to be Akmal's most punctual and jam-packed...

17-19 Feb

Stromlo Running Festival
Get fit in the nation's capital during the Stromlo Running Festival. Races include the Mizuno Lightning Strike 30km,...

28 Oct
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10 Jun

Off the Walls: Art from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Agencies 1967-2005
For more than 40 years, government bodies dealing with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs built significant...

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