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Autumn 2019 17 DAYS, 6 EVENTS 1 ENLIGHTEN FESTIVAL The capital shares its celebration of autumn with the rest of Australia. Front cover: Wake up to the view of hot air balloons floating across the city during the Canberra Balloon Spectacular. VISITCANBERRA.COMAbove: See the Canberra Balloon Spectacular.AU from a unique perspective like @leantimms did! Enlighten Alley and Canberra Night Noodle Markets will be making a return this March. EAT, SEE AND EXPLORE… See Canberra come alive to celebrate Democracy, Questacon, the culture and creativity, when the National Portrait Gallery and the Enlighten Festival presented by National Gallery of Australia as the Singapore Airlines returns. Held over Enlighten Illuminations light up after 17 days from Friday March 1, the city dark (1–11 March). Eat your heart out will be a hive of activity with a range of at the Canberra Night Noodle free and ticketed events combining to Markets (1–10 March) and Enlighten make the Enlighten Festival a highlight Alley and indulge in an experience for on Canberra’s 2019 events calendar. all your senses. Witness stunning architectural Wake up to the view of hot air projections on Australian Parliament balloons floating across the city House, the National Library of during the Canberra Balloon Australia, the Museum of Australian Spectacular (9–17 March). Settle in for a great night of film FOR THE FOODIES viewing at Lights! Canberra! Action! Good Food Month (1–31 March) (8 March), which shines a spotlight returns for another year of delicious, on our talented local filmmakers. unique and engaging events taking Or sit back and relax as the Canberra place across Canberra. With three Symphony Orchestra fills the air with incredible fine dining events music at Symphony in the Park featuring both local and international (10 March). Celebrate Canberra’s chefs, you’ll be left with lasting 106th birthday on Canberra Day memories of good food and good (11 March) with music, food and times. April will see the return of the entertainment for the kids. Returning Canberra District Wine Week for its 31st year, Hit 104.7 Skyfire (5–14 April), offering a program of (16 March) will fill the sky with a wine dinners, tastings and themed dazzling display of aerial acrobatics events in the city and right around and spectacular fireworks. the Canberra wine district! FOR THE CULTURE BUFFS EXPLORE The Spiegeltent (30 March–21 April) THE GREAT OUTDOORS returns to Civic Square with a mix of Rise early and take to the skies in a circus, cabaret, contortion, acrobatics, hot-air balloon as the early morning dance and live music, LIFE—The sun fills the valley and lakes with soft Show will be headlining the month morning light. Take advantage of the long party. Or if comedy is more your capital’s fabulous weather by hiring a style, head along to Canberra bike or segway to tour around Lake Comedy Festival (18–24 March) Burley Griffin. Hire Goa Boat picnic and catch comedians Dave Hughes, boat, kayak or stand up paddle board Akmal, The Chaser plus more. to explore the Lake or do the ‘bridge to bridge’ walk around the inner Get in quick and experience basin, stopping off at attractions along Love and Desire (until 28 April) at the way. The MV Southern Cross and the National Gallery of Australia Lake Burley Griffin Cruises offer a before the Pre-Raphaelite paintings more leisurely way to sightsee. head back home to the Tate Britain. Or see the National Portrait Gallery’s Electric! Portraits that pop! (until 22 April) to celebrate their 20th birthday. VISITCANBERRA.COM.AU Autumn sees the kick off of the NRL and AFL seasons. SOMETHING FOR money for charity by taking part in the THE SPORTS LOVER 5km + 10km fun runs, half marathon, Autumn sees the kick off of the AFL, marathon or the ultra-marathon! NRL and Super Rugby seasons. Head From Super Rugby to cycling, there’s along to UNSW Canberra Oval to see something for all sports spectators the GWS Giants men’s and women’s and participants this autumn. teams compete in the AFL. If NRL is your sport of choice, autumn sees Make the Canberra and the Canberra Raiders host six home Region Visitors Centre games at GIO Stadium. your one stop shop for all We’ll also see the Brumbies continue your booking, shopping and their season with matches against the Waratahs, Lions, Blues, information needs. Head to Sunwolves and Bulls at GIO Stadium. Regatta Point, Barrine Drive For all the keen runners out there, enter the Australian Running to organise your short-break Festival (13–15 April), and raise in Canberra. Fun for all the family Treat the family to a glamping experience like no other at Wildfest at Tidbinbilla. WILDFEST AT COLOUR THE ANTARCTICA TIDBINBILLA QUESTACON EXPERIENCE TIDBINBILLA See colour as you’ve NATIONAL MUSEUM NATURE RESERVE never seen it before. OF AUSTRALIA Experience Canberra’s Is your yellow the same Travel to Antarctica premier wildlife as mine? How do pixels using the latest sanctuary like never and paint differ? 360-degree virtual before with the ultimate Visit the Room of reality technology and family sleepover— Missing Colours and follow in the footsteps A Wild Night Out at hear fascinating stories of the scientists Tidbinbilla for two from people who see researching this weeks only colour when they hear mysterious continent. (12–27 April). music. See the world Bookings are essential wildfest.com.au/tidbinbilla in a new light. for this 30 minute questacon.edu.au VR experience. nma.gov.au VISITCANBERRA.COM.AU Let the kids train like Australia’s elite athletes at the AIS. AIS TOURS DISCOVERY ZONE PLAYUP AUSTRALIAN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT WAR MEMORIAL DEMOCRACY AT OLD Discover where our Ever wondered what life PARLIAMENT HOUSE top athletes train in might have been like on Discover PlayUp’s Australia’s premier board a submarine in the exhibition that in the elite sports precinct. Cold War? Visit the name of democracy, Go behind-the-scenes Discovery Zone to find out. takes play—and the and challenge yourself Practice Morse code in a rights of children— in Sportex, an engaging First World War trench, seriously. Listening pods, sport experience explore the Australian a fuzzy felt wall and where you can try home front during the a kindness cafe are wheelchair basketball, Second World War, climb all part of the space. virtual downhill skiing into an Iroquois helicopter, moadoph.gov.au and more for yourself. and try your hand at some experienceais.com.au/ of the jobs done by today’s visit-ais/tours peacekeepers. awm.gov.au What’s on throughout Autumn Explore personal stories of war through the After the War exhibition. AFTER THE WAR BODIES OF ART: DRESSUP: EXHIBITION HUMAN FORM FROM CHANGE THE WORLD AUSTRALIAN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL COLLECTION DEMOCRACY AT OLD Explores the personal NATIONAL GALLERY PARLIAMENT HOUSE stories of hope, loss, OF AUSTRALIA Discover the incredible and love of ordinary Two bold new sculpture journeys of some of the Australians whose lives galleries traverse genre, world’s most inspiring have been altered by gender and time through people, taking the time to war, from those who investigations of the walk in their shoes. Connect have served to loved human form with a huge with the lives of historical ones left behind. array of extraordinary and contemporary figures, awm.gov.au works of art including including Frida Kahlo, Adam Jeff Koons’Balloon Venus Goodes, Beyoncé, and many Dolni Vestonice, Peruvian others, by dressing up in figures from 900AD and their most iconic outfits. Francis Bacon’s Triptych. moadoph.gov.au nga.gov.au VISITCANBERRA.COM.AU See the country’s best cartoonists look back on Australian politics at the Museum of Australian Democracy. A FLAG OF OUR OWN BEHIND THE LINES BREAKING CANBERRA MUSEUM 2018: CURIOUSER THROUGH: 75 YEARS AND GALLERY AND CURIOUSER OF WOMEN IN It’s been flying on flag MUSEUM OF PARLIAMENT poles for 25 years but AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM OF DEMOCRACY how much do you know AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY about the Canberra It’s been another flag? Discover the crazy year in Told through never before history, controversy and Australian politics. seen portraits and humour of the current See the country’s best powerful stories of Canberra flag… and why cartoonists look back change-makers breaking there is discussion for on the year that was. through, you will be it to be changed. moadoph.gov.au inspired to think about the role of women in cmag.com.au parliament, what it took to get there and whether we’ve come far enough. moadoph.gov.au The Spirits of the Pumpkins Descended into Heavens 2015 by acclaimed artist Yayoi Kusama on display at the National Gallery of Australia. Image: Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore/Shanghai, copyright Yayoi Kusama. YAYOI KUSAMA FILMS AT THE LAST POST INFINITY ROOM NATIONAL FILM AND CEREMONIES AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY SOUND ARCHIVE AUSTRALIAN WAR OF AUSTRALIA NATIONAL FILM AND MEMORIAL Cult contemporary SOUND ARCHIVE AUSTRALIAN artist Yayoi Kusama Check the website for WAR MEMORIAL features at the NGA an extensive screening At the end of each day with one of her popular program and a range the Memorial farewells infinity rooms.The of special events visitors with its moving Spirits of the Pumpkins throughout autumn Last Post Ceremony in Descended into the at Arc Cinema. the Commemorative Heavens 2015 is an nfsa.gov.au Area. Each night the immersive installation ceremony shares a of endless reflection, different story behind yellow pumpkins and one of the names on black dots.