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The house is decorated with attractive oriental carpets, rugs, wall hangings and textiles. Specialising in the conservation, restoration, valuation and loss assessment of Persian and oriental rugs.
Learn to swim programs, fitness and recreational activities. Indoor swimming pool. Squash, tennis, creche, exercise rooms, massage, 400-seat theatre, meeting rooms. Cardio gym and weights gym. Aerobics and aqua classes.
Ten pin bowling alley with 20 lanes, bumper bowling and glow in the dark available. Day and night and junior leagues. Cafe and bar, nursery, pro shop and ball driller. Catering for birthday parties and special functions, schools and groups welcome.
Specialising in regular imports of personally selected fine English Victorian, Edwardian and 1920s furniture as well as a large selection of sterling silver and porcelain including Shelley, Derby, Doulton etc.
Anzac Parade is the national capital’s major ceremonial avenue and is easily recognisable from Mt Ainslie lookout.
Spanning the length of the Parade are 11 memorial sites dedicated to the many Australian and New Zealand soldiers who lost their lives in war. The Parade is set along the magnificent Land Axis which forms a key feature of Walter Burley Griffin’s original 1912 plan for Canberra. The Australian War Memorial is located at the northern end of the Parade. The Parade features red gravel ...
Specialising in fine antique and periodic Persian carpets and Oriental rugs, tribal pieces, kilims, collectables, textiles from Iran, Turkey, Afganistan, Turkmanistan and Caucasus. Also offering conservation, restoration and appraisal services. All pieces are exhibited in an original two storey heritage listed house with ample visitors parking.
Specialising in Australian colonial furniture and collectables. Restoration and custom built furniture from new and recycled timber. Large variety of furniture handles, castors and fittings.
The Australian Bicycle History Centre brings together Australia’s cycling history. They are involved in the conservation and preservation of Australia’s cycling heritage. Discover cyclists’ biographies, records and racing results, bicycle manufacturers information and cycling memorabilia. The library and research facility also have numerous books, magazines, posters and photographs preserved for future reference. The database is available to the public. On-line resources are also available. The...
See the world of an elite Australian athlete at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), a world class sporting facility where athletes train.
Join a tour of the complex with an athlete as your guide – you might even see one of the country’s sporting heroes training. At the Sports Visitors Centre, test your sporting skills at Sportex – an exhibition of interactive sports displays, videos and tributes and learn about the latest sports technology. If you’d really like to experience sport where th...
Indulge yourself and escape from the everyday in the national collection of Australian plants.
See the rare and the beautiful. Hear the native birdsong. Walk our winding paths. Explore the Rainforest Gully, the Rock Garden, the Eucalypt Lawn and the Mallee Shrublands on marked trails. Browse Canberra's best range of nature publications at the Botanical Bookshop. Then relax in Canberra's most popular garden cafe, Hudson's in the Gardens.
It's academic, but certainly not dull. Libraries, galleries, exhibitions and research collections - there's a great deal to see at the Australian National University, founded in 1946. The Drill Hall Gallery and the Canberra School of Art, both on the ANU campus, have changing exhibitions. The Classics Museum has a fine collection that takes you back to Ancient Greece and Rome and the Prehistory Museum chronicles the earliest days of humanity in Australia and the Pacific. The ANU Information Offi...
Great concept of wood fired gourmet pizza and micro brewed beers. APK is warm family atmosphere that caters for small groups, birthdays, parties and social events as well as pre theatre dinner. Micro-brewery in-house 2 beers available. Bronze medal for the 2003 International Beer Award.
The Australian War Memorial commemorates the sacrifice of Australian men and women who have served in war.
Through its exhibitions the Memorial presents stories of Australians at war, in armed conflict and during peacekeeping activities. With its ceremonial areas, extensive exhibitions and research facilities, the Memorial has, since the present facility was opened in 1941, become a significant and important part of the National Capital. Each gallery contains magnificently presented relics, ar...
Established in 1975, Beaver Galleries is Canberra's largest privately owned gallery. It includes four exhibition galleries, a sculpture garden, Gallery Shop and licensed cafe. The exhibition galleries feature work by contemporary Australian artists in a range of disciplines including painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics and glass. In the Gallery Shop are beautifully crafted products by some of Australia's leading craft artists.
Belconnen Fresh Food Markets have 31 specialty stores. Come and enjoy the ambience of spruikers offering competitive prices, delicious flavours and aromas, and a cornucopia of fresh produce. There is a smorgasbord of market-fresh, one-stop shopping coupled with friendly customer service. Have lunch in one of the restaurants or cafés. For the food enthusiast, tasting tours are available on request. All stores open Wednesday to Sunday from 8am - 6pm. Some stores now open 7 days a week.
Visit the Bison Australia ceramic workshop to see beautiful handcrafted ceramics seen in magazines and sold around the world. Buy firsts, seconds and samples.
Enjoy views of Parliament House, Lake Burley Griffin and the Australian Institute of Sport. From this lookout, you can see the Brindabellas, the city centre and Mount Ainslie. Further up Black Mountain is Telstra Tower with 360 degree views over Canberra. Follow one of the many marked walking trails to see a wide range of native plants and animals.
For a spectacular 360 degree view of Canberra and surrounds visit Black Mountain Tower (formerly known as Telstra Tower).
The Tower rises 195 metres above the summit of Black Mountain, not far from the city centre. It is open both day and night and if you like your food with a view, you can dine at Alto Restaurant. The Tower is more than a landmark and viewing gallery – it provides state-of-the-art telecommunications facilities for Canberra. See the Making Connections exhibition tracing the hi...
The British High Commission is located in the suburb of Yarralumla approximately five kilometres south of the city centre. Visa and passport enquiries should be directed to 39 Brindabella Circuit, Brindabella Business Park, Canberra International Airport.
37 Townsville Street, Fyshwick, 2609. Phone/Fax: (02) 61623737. Open 10 am - 5 pm seven days. Canberra's newest antiques and collectables centre. Over one dozen local and interstate dealers selling everything from Australiana to art deco, from militaria art to books, furniture in oak, cedar, pine, mahogany, walnut, etc. Plus quality bric-a-brac including silver, kitchenalia, art glass, top-of-the range Royal Doulton, Shelley, Clarice Cliff and Carlton Ware. Also an excellent selection of vintage...
A visit to Canberra is not complete without experiencing Canberra Centre, the premier fashion and lifestyle shopping destination in Australia’s capital city. Canberra Centre offers David Jones, Myer, Target, Big W, Dendy Cinemas, two supermarkets and 300 speciality stores and restaurants all conveniently located in Canberra's CBD.
A vibrant centre for the experience of contemporary art, presenting a curated program of exhibitions and events by Australian and international artists.
See a piece of Moon rock and learn all about NASA at the Visitors Centre at the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex.
For the past 40 years this Complex has played a key role in the exploration of space as part of NASA’s Deep Space Network. The Complex at Tidbinbilla features four giant antennae including the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Take a look around the Canberra Space Centre where you can see a sizeable piece of 3.8 billion-year-old Moon rock, watch a space movie, check out ...
The Canberra Glassworks is a newly established attraction located in the former Powerhouse in the heart of the vibrant Kingston Foreshore Cultural Precinct. The Canberra Glassworks provides world-class infrastructure for the production of high quality and innovative glass art. The design of the building has been developed within a framework of Ecologically Sustainable Design (ESD), and sensitively responds to the heritage fabric of the 1915 building and its surrounds. A full range of activitie...
The Canberra Museum and Gallery integrates visual arts and social history in a range of exciting exhibitions, projects and education programs, which explore Canberra's cultural and social issues and possibilities for Canberra's future.
Housing a permanent collection, Reflecting Canberra, and a variety of local, national and international exhibitions, Canberra Museum and Gallery provides an insight into the integration of social history and the visual arts.
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