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Canberra holidays

January 2024

  • Zoya Patel at an outdoor table

    My big move
    My big move: on the other side of the world, I realised nowhere but Canberra would do

    Coming back to the city – especially from overseas – was seen as settling. But for me, quietness has never meant a lack of activity and excitement

August 2023

  • Composite feature image for Journey Through Seasons: A Hypnotic Hyperlapse of the Canberra Centenary Trail

    Canberra hyperlapse: a year walking 145km around Australia’s capital – squeezed into seven minutes

    David Fanner spent 12 months documenting the Centenary Trail that circles the ACT – showcasing the stunning beauty and quiet rhythms of Ngunnawal and Ngambri country

February 2023

  • Composite illustration of Canberra landmarks including the National Carillon, Australian Academy of Science, Parliament House, the Telstra Tower on Black Mountain

    A local's guide
    A local’s guide to Canberra: ‘There’s this new energy and exploration’

    Australia’s capital is severely underrated, says podcaster and Capital Food Market consultant Anthony Huckstep. There’s a thriving arts and food scene, with the bush just a short drive away

December 2020

  • A dingo in Namadgi national park

    Namadgi national park: ‘A mystery, a relic, a vibrant pulse in the earth’

    At the northern end of the Australian Alps, just a 45-minute drive from Canberra, evidence of culture is all around you

June 2020

  • Josephine Tovey

    'Coronavirus closed our borders. Now even a trip to Canberra has me excited'

    Josephine Tovey
    Affordable travel to far-flung places has been put on indefinite hold, but there are comforts and discoveries close to home

April 2016

  • Australia’s fledgling capital Canberra circa 1920.

    The story of cities
    Story of cities #17: Canberra's vision of the ideal city gets mired in 'mediocrity'

    Chicago pacifist Walter Griffin’s design for Australia’s new capital promised so much – even German beer gardens. But when war broke out, his ideas were shunned by planners and politicians alike, and a more prosaic city emerged

May 2015

  • Canberra’s Parliament House was built to mark the bicentenary of European settlement in 1988.

    A history of cities in 50 buildings
    Canberra's Parliament House: a 'symbol of national identity' – a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 39

    Carefully integrated into the configurations of the land and stuffed to the brim with Australian pride, the Canberra Parliament Building represents the city’s development from remote bushland to a bold democratic capital

March 2015

  • A supplied undated photo obtained Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 of the view across the city of Canberra showing Lake Burley Griffin. (AAP Image/Australian Capital Tourism) NO ARCHIVING EDITORIAL USE ONLY

    Canberra weekender: 48 hours of eating, drinking and arts in the nation's capital

    Alongside the traditional attractions of the National Gallery and Lake Burley Griffin, a new breed of hoteliers and chefs are turning the city into a compelling urban destination
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