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Canberra Experience Guide CANBERRA EXPERIENCE GUIDE VISITCANBERRA.COM.AU INTRODUCTION DID YOU KNOW…? • The name Canberra is believed to mean Ensure your clients experience “meeting place” in the Ngunnawal language, one good thing after another one of several Indigenous languages spoken in Canberra thanks to the in the district by Aboriginal people before European settlement. Canberra Experience Guide. Canberra’s red-hot food and wine • Nestled conveniently between Sydney and scene combines with world-class attractions, Melbourne, Australia’s vibrant, multicultural award-winning hotels and breathtaking natural capital city is home to about 390,000 people. beauty to offer an abundance of unexpected wonders just waiting to be discovered. • Canberra is only a short 3-hour drive (or 40-minute flight) from Sydney and Within this guide you will find a snap shot of an hour flight from Melbourne. must-do experiences, events and places to stay in Australia’s capital. However, if you require any • Singapore Airlines offers direct flights assistance in customising the perfect itinerary, from Singapore to Canberra and Canberra please reach out and our passionate team will to Wellington on its ‘Capital Express’ route. help to create an unforgettable experience. • Most of Canberra’s attractions are within a 10-minute drive of the city. With no tolls, minimal traffic and plenty of parking, Canberra is a perfect self drive destination. • More than half of the Australian Capital Territory is made up of nature reserves, national parkland or state forest making Canberra a nature lover’s paradise. INTRODUCTION DID YOU KNOW…? • The name Canberra is believed to mean Ensure your clients experience “meeting place” in the Ngunnawal language, one good thing after another one of several Indigenous languages spoken in Canberra thanks to the in the district by Aboriginal people before European settlement. Canberra Experience Guide. Canberra’s red-hot food and wine • Nestled conveniently between Sydney and scene combines with world-class attractions, Melbourne, Australia’s vibrant, multicultural award-winning hotels and breathtaking natural capital city is home to about 390,000 people. beauty to offer an abundance of unexpected wonders just waiting to be discovered. • Canberra is only a short 3-hour drive (or 40-minute flight) from Sydney and Within this guide you will find a snap shot of an hour flight from Melbourne. must-do experiences, events and places to stay in Australia’s capital. However, if you require any • Singapore Airlines offers direct flights assistance in customising the perfect itinerary, from Singapore to Canberra and Canberra please reach out and our passionate team will to Wellington on its ‘Capital Express’ route. help to create an unforgettable experience. • Most of Canberra’s attractions are within a 10-minute drive of the city. With no tolls, minimal traffic and plenty of parking, Canberra is a perfect self drive destination. • More than half of the Australian Capital Territory is made up of nature reserves, national parkland or state forest making Canberra a nature lover’s paradise. HOTELS HOTEL HOTEL QT CANBERRA ARIA HOTEL Rating: 5 Star Rating: 4 Star Rating: 4.5 Star Total Rooms: 68 guest rooms Total Rooms: 205 guest rooms Total Rooms: 128 guest rooms Location: NewActon Location: NewActon & apartments Close to: Bars, Restaurants, Close to: Bars, Restaurants, Location: Dickson City Centre, Lake Burley Griffin, City Centre, Lake Burley Griffin, Close to: Chinatown, National Museum of Australia National Museum of Australia Exhibition Park, Braddon dining precinct ABODE NOVOTEL CANBERRA DIPLOMAT HOTEL NARRABUNDAH Rating: 4 Star Rating: 4 Star Rating: 4 Star Total Rooms: 286 guest rooms Total Rooms: 130 Guest rooms Total Rooms: 86 guest rooms Location: Canberra CBD Location: Griffith Location: Narrabundah Close to: Bars, Restaurants, Close to: Manuka, Cafes, Close to: Manuka, Cafes, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra Railway station, Kingston Foreshore, Canberra Theatre, Questacon Parliament House Old Bus Depot markets VIBE HOTEL EAST HOTEL CANBERRA REX HOTEL CBR AIRPORT Rating: 4.5 Star Rating: 4.5 Star Rating: 4.5 Star Total Rooms: 140 guest rooms Total Rooms: 123 guest rooms Total Rooms: 191 guest rooms & apartments & 23 apartments Location: Canberra Airport Location: Kingston Location: Braddon Close to: Pialligo Estate, Close to: Kingston Foreshore, Close to: Bars, Restaurants, Mount Majura Winery, Manuka, Cafes, Restaurants, Shopping, Chinatown, The Truffle Farm, City Centre Parliament House, City Centre, Canberra Theatre National Gallery of Australia HYATT HOTEL CANBERRA PACIFIC SUITES CROWNE PLAZA Rating: 5 Star CANBERRA CANBERRA Total Rooms: 252 guest rooms Rating: 4 Star Rating: 4.5 Star & suites Total Rooms: 153 guest rooms Total Rooms: 240 guest rooms Location: Yarralumla Location: Braddon Location: Canberra CBD Close to: Parliament House, Close to: Bars, Restaurants, Close to: Bars, Restaurants, Lake Burley Griffin, National Shopping, Chinatown, Casino, Shopping, Gallery of Australia, Questacon, City Centre, Canberra Theatre Lake Burley Griffin, Old Parliament House National Museum of Australia TOURS AND EXPERIENCES MULGA BIKE TOURS BLUE SKIES BLACK GLASS Explore the historical, ADVENTURE TOURS WINE TOURS political, artistic and cultural Offering a range of Canberra Visit four of the region’s finest sites of Canberra on a guided City half-day tours, nature cellar doors with a stop for bike tour (4 to 6 hours). walks and camping and lunch at one of the delicious Tours Operate: hiking adventures. local restaurants. Sun, Mon, Thur, Fri Tours operate: Daily Tours operate: Fri–Sun only THE TRUFFLE FARM PIALLIGO ESTATE COCKINGTON GREEN TRUFFLE HUNTS CANBERRA GARDENS Join Jayson and Australia’s Sit back, relax and take in Venture into this delightful best truffle dog team on the picturesque Pialligo and fascinating display an exhilarating truffle Estate Farmhouse, of meticulously crafted hunt experience. a sensational food, wine miniature buildings set within Tours operate: and lifestyle destination. beautifully-landscaped gardens. Daily from Jun–Aug Farm tours operate: Daily Open Daily SUNRISE HOT AIR AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL GALLERY BALLOONING WAR MEMORIAL OF AUSTRALIA With 30 years’ experience Bringing together a world-class Delight in the art and conducting balloon flights museum, a shrine and an world-class exhibitions on over Canberra, Balloon Aloft extensive archive, the Australian show at the National Gallery are among the leaders in War Memorial is a moving of Australia, on the shores of commercial hot air ballooning. and insightful experience Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin. for both young and old. Flights operate: Daily Open Daily with free admission Open Daily with free admission DAVE’S CANBERRA SECRETS DHAWRA BREWERY TOURS Canberra Secrets are INDIGENOUS TOURS Canberra’s only specialist personalised tours that Join Dharwra Aboriginal Craft Beer and Micro Brewery provide you with a true local Cultural Tours on a journey Tour Operator, Dave’s Brewery perspective of what makes back in time to become Tours takes you inside the this city tick. a part of ‘The Dreaming’. city’s finest breweries. Tours operate: Wed–Sun Tours operate: Tours operate: Fri & Sat Daily on request EVENTS ENLIGHTEN FLORIADE FLORIADE NIGHT FEST See Canberra in a different Each September Floriade Commonwealth Park comes light during Autumn as the celebrates the return of spring to life after dark for Floriade city’s national attractions open with one million blooms NightFest — a magical evening their doors after-dark to host and a 30-day program of event featuring spectacular an array of exclusive events entertainment and festivity lighting, live music, comedy, and surprising experiences. showcasing the best night markets and When: March in horticulture, landscaping, roving entertainment. innovation and design. When: Over two weekends When: Sept–Oct during Floriade CANBERRA BALLOON ANZAC DAY AT TRUFFLE FESTIVAL SPECTACULAR THE WAR MEMORIAL The Truffle Festival — Held over nine days each autumn, Take part in the national Anzac Canberra Region is the ultimate the Canberra Balloon Spectacular Day ceremony or experience the foodie festival. Each year during sees dozens of hot air balloons Dawn Service, a moving tribute Winter, exclusive events are held take to the skies against the commemorating those who across the region highlighting picturesque backdrop of have served and died in war. the rare Black Winter Truffle. our national attractions. When: 25 April When: June–Aug When: March EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES NATIONAL MUSEUM QUESTACON AUSTRALIAN OF AUSTRALIA Free-fall down a six-metre slide, INSTITUTE OF SPORT Australia’s stories come alive freeze your own shadow and Go behind the scenes on at the National Museum of experience an earthquake an award-winning 90-minute Australia, on the shores of at Questacon — The National guided tour of Australia’s Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin. Science and Technology Centre. premier elite sports precinct, Open Daily with free admission Open Daily the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). Guided tours available Tours Operate: Daily PARLIAMENT HOUSE ROYAL CANBERRA DEEP See democracy in action at AUSTRALIAN MINT SPACE CENTRE Australia’s iconic Parliament See where every coin in Take a leap into outer space House high on Capital Hill. the pockets of millions of at the Canberra Deep Space Open Daily with free admission Aussies was originally made. Communication Complex. Guided tours available by Open Daily with free admission Here you’ll discover NASA’s
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