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

14 Dec
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11 Mar

Behind the Lines: The Year's Best Cartoons 2011
Take a journey back over the year in Australian politics with Behind the Lines: The Year's Best Political...

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...

29 Oct
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4 Mar

King O'Malley
King O'Malley, an insurance salesman from the United States of America, injected colour into Australian politics from...

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...

6 Jan
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5 Feb

Roller Skate in the City
Garema Place is set to ignite this summer with a 450m2 open air roller skate rink for Roller Skate in the City. The...

3 Dec
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1 Dec

Two Day Introduction to Glass Blowing
Are you fascinated by the 2000 year old art of glass blowing? If so, this is your chance to enrol in an exclusive...

10-12 Feb