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Canberra City Centre
The ample dining options and fantastic lake views are top of the list for many visitors to Canberra City Centre. A stop by Canberra Museum and Gallery or Canberra Theatre Centre might round out your trip.
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Visit Parliament House, cruise Lake Burley Griffin, hike the Australian Alps and explore Canberra’s national museums, war memorials and galleries.
The Australian Capital Territory is the home to Australia’s capital city, Canberra, the hub of Australian political life and a treasure trove of historic and cultural artifacts.
Any Canberra visit should start with the Parliamentary Triangle, impressive urban design by American architect Walter Burley Griffin. Watch live debates and Q&As in the public gallery of Parliament House, a modern structure featuring a roof garden of lush turf. At the Old Parliament House, see the historic Aboriginal Tent Embassy. Smell flowers at the National Rose Garden and enjoy views from a Lake Burley Griffin cruise.
The National Gallery holds some of Australia’s most captivating pieces of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and pivotal works in Australian surrealism, modernism, impressionism and social realism. Channel your inner scientist at Questacon, the National Science and Technology Centre. The Royal Australian Mint showcases a historic coin collection and the production of Australian money.
Delve into Australia’s natural history, colonial life and indigenous culture at National Museum Australia. Pore over collections of manuscripts, letters, maps and newspaper archives in the National Library. See the Australian Constitution and exhibitions on Australian life at the National Archives of Australia, and learn about the nation’s role in World Wars I and II in the Australian War Memorial’s poignant exhibits.
Discuss politics with locals in one of Canberra’s many wine bars, pubs and microbreweries, or dance the night away at funky warehouse nightclubs. Spoil yourself with degustation dinners, fusion cuisines and very good coffee. Complete your evening with contemporary theatre, comedy or performances by Australian singer-songwriters at Canberra Theatre Centre.
Escape to the wilderness of Namadgi National Park. Grassland, woodland, wet forests and sub-alpine heaths provide habitat for kangaroos, wombats, crimson parrots and threatened species including the corroboree frog and smoky mouse. Explore the rocky outcrops and densely forested valleys by mountain bike or on horseback. See the prehistoric Aboriginal artworks on boulders at Yankee Hat, take in the views from long bushwalks and camp out under the stars.
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Parliament House
There are few parliaments that have such a dramatic view as Australia's second parliament to house its elected politicians, and so few that let the public in.
Australian War Memorial
Canberra has placed the remembrance of its fallen servicemen at the heart of the capital. Gain some understanding at the adjacent ANZAC Hall museum.
National Museum of Australia
A daring and innovative museum that looks at the social history of a nation whose 'two tales' have intertwined, to produce the fascinating artefacts on display.
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