Guidebook for Canberra

Elizabeth
Guidebook for Canberra

Food Scene

This is our favourite! Delicious food, great service and vibrant atmosphere. Great service, BYO no corkage.
7 locals raden deze aan
Rama's Fiji Indian Restaurant
Hodgson Crescent
7 locals raden deze aan
This is our favourite! Delicious food, great service and vibrant atmosphere. Great service, BYO no corkage.
Greek home cooking
Olive at Mawson
Greek home cooking
For the chocolate connoisseur
Bruno's Truffles
106 Mawson Pl
For the chocolate connoisseur
Vibrant and always great food and good value for money. Recommend
8 locals raden deze aan
Sammy's Kitchen
9 Bunda St
8 locals raden deze aan
Vibrant and always great food and good value for money. Recommend
Home style Italian cooking. Recommend.
Figaro
17 Kennedy St
Home style Italian cooking. Recommend.
gluten free bakery and coffee
Deeks Health Foods Production
56-58 Kembla Street
gluten free bakery and coffee
A casual atmosphere with cosy nooks and a courtyard for outside dining. Popular with locals
19 locals raden deze aan
A Bite To Eat
Chifley Place
19 locals raden deze aan
A casual atmosphere with cosy nooks and a courtyard for outside dining. Popular with locals
Highly recommended by our neighbours. Award winning chef.
Pistachio Dining at Torrens
3A Torrens Pl
Highly recommended by our neighbours. Award winning chef.
Good reviews. Have eaten here before and was very good.
The Ridge Restaurant
Farrer Place
Good reviews. Have eaten here before and was very good.
family friendly thai food
Lemongrass
Cnr Corinna & Ball Streets
family friendly thai food
Tasty Thai food, good prices, small indoor and outdoor casual dining
Thai @ Mawson
4480 Mawson Place
Tasty Thai food, good prices, small indoor and outdoor casual dining
Great coffee, indoor outdoor cafe
Italian Continental Bakery
1 Mawson Pl
Great coffee, indoor outdoor cafe
North Indian food.
6 locals raden deze aan
Flavours of India
6 locals raden deze aan
North Indian food.
Italian pasta and pizza, seafood and wine Open 7 days a week
14 locals raden deze aan
Belluci's
4 Irving St
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Italian pasta and pizza, seafood and wine Open 7 days a week
easy and cheap takeaway or home delivery
Domino's Pizza Mawson
93 Mawson Pl
easy and cheap takeaway or home delivery
Great coffee, light lunches, chocolates
Hansel & Gretel
40 Townshend St
Great coffee, light lunches, chocolates
Award winning restaurant. Great service and food.
Chairman & Yip
1 Burbury Cl
Award winning restaurant. Great service and food.
Modern Australian cuisine. Lovely spot can sit outside or in with a beautiful view of the lake.
6 locals raden deze aan
The Boat House
Menindee Drive
6 locals raden deze aan
Modern Australian cuisine. Lovely spot can sit outside or in with a beautiful view of the lake.
Great Laksa, casual dining
9 locals raden deze aan
Chinese Kitchen Dumpling House
Corinna Street
9 locals raden deze aan
Great Laksa, casual dining
Located in the fabulous Nishi Building meet for drinks with friends picture theater here too.
58 locals raden deze aan
Monster Kitchen and Bar
25 Edinburgh Ave
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Located in the fabulous Nishi Building meet for drinks with friends picture theater here too.
Italian restaurant, indoor and outdoor dining.
Corvina Restaurant
84 Ainsworth St
Italian restaurant, indoor and outdoor dining.
Tasty and fresh. Good value
Vietnam House
Corinna Street
Tasty and fresh. Good value
This is such a lovely restaurant for a special night out. Cosy and fantastic service. Wonderful food!
6 locals raden deze aan
Rubicon Restaurant
6A Barker St
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This is such a lovely restaurant for a special night out. Cosy and fantastic service. Wonderful food!
This restaurant is in the Heritage Kurrajong Hotel. Great steaks and a glassed in terrace looking out into the courtyard gardens.
Chifley's At The Kurrajong
8 National Circuit
This restaurant is in the Heritage Kurrajong Hotel. Great steaks and a glassed in terrace looking out into the courtyard gardens.

Everything Else

This is a fabulous deli for the best Italian bread in town and beautiful cold cuts and gourmet foods.
Tutto Delicatessen
142-152 Mawson Pl
This is a fabulous deli for the best Italian bread in town and beautiful cold cuts and gourmet foods.
Lots of boutique shops, good restaurants, movie theatre
11 locals raden deze aan
Manuka Shops Franklin St station
11 locals raden deze aan
Lots of boutique shops, good restaurants, movie theatre
If you like to have a bit of a fossick for antiques this place has some quality pieces
Fyshwick Antique Centre
86 Gladstone St
If you like to have a bit of a fossick for antiques this place has some quality pieces
This area has many garden centres and cafes and a winery.
Pialligo
This area has many garden centres and cafes and a winery.

Essentials

Groceries open until 10.00pm every day.
Woolworths Mawson
15 Mawson Pl
Groceries open until 10.00pm every day.
great value fresh fish and vegetables and butchers in a market atmosphere
33 locals raden deze aan
Fyshwick Fresh Food Market
36 Mildura St
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great value fresh fish and vegetables and butchers in a market atmosphere
Woden Coin-Op Laundry
13 Botany St

Entertainment & Activities

restaurant,cinemas, cafes, coffee and fabulous architecture.
Capital Chemist
62 Jardine St
restaurant,cinemas, cafes, coffee and fabulous architecture.
A fantastic market undercover with fresh produce, jewellery, clothing, arts and crafts the 'glassworks' factory is next door a great day out.
67 locals raden deze aan
Old Bus Depot Markets
21 Wentworth Ave
67 locals raden deze aan
A fantastic market undercover with fresh produce, jewellery, clothing, arts and crafts the 'glassworks' factory is next door a great day out.

Arts & Culture

for all your favourite movies
39 locals raden deze aan
Dendy Cinemas Canberra Centre
148 Bunda St
39 locals raden deze aan
for all your favourite movies
The National Gallery is generally free and also hosts major exhibitions throughout the year.
206 locals raden deze aan
National Gallery of Australia
Parkes Place East
206 locals raden deze aan
The National Gallery is generally free and also hosts major exhibitions throughout the year.
8 cinemas
21 locals raden deze aan
HOYTS Woden
Bradley Street
21 locals raden deze aan
8 cinemas
6 locals raden deze aan
Blundells Cottage
Wendouree Drive
6 locals raden deze aan
A lovely little gallery not far from our home. Has a cafe too. Indoor and outdoor courtyard. Always worth a visit
81 Denison St
81 Denison Street
A lovely little gallery not far from our home. Has a cafe too. Indoor and outdoor courtyard. Always worth a visit

Parks & Nature

Canberra's annual flower extravaganza
15 locals raden deze aan
Floriade
15 locals raden deze aan
Canberra's annual flower extravaganza
Pack a picnic and enjoy the beautiful surrounds. Playground for the kids, walks around the river. With a view of the dam, there are toilets and bbq facilities too. It's about a 25 minute drive from our home.
6 locals raden deze aan
Cotter Dam
6 locals raden deze aan
Pack a picnic and enjoy the beautiful surrounds. Playground for the kids, walks around the river. With a view of the dam, there are toilets and bbq facilities too. It's about a 25 minute drive from our home.
This is a 2 minute walk from our home. Beautiful views from the summit.
Mount Taylor Nature Reserve
This is a 2 minute walk from our home. Beautiful views from the summit.
250 hectare arboretum with a cafe and restaraunt. A stunning collection of bonsai. Beautiful views and walks.
131 locals raden deze aan
National Arboretum Canberra
Forest Drive
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250 hectare arboretum with a cafe and restaraunt. A stunning collection of bonsai. Beautiful views and walks.
999 Lady Denman Dr
999 Lady Denman Drive
Lovely spot on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin great for kids and families or just a lovely walk.
11 locals raden deze aan
Weston Park
Weston Park Road
11 locals raden deze aan
Lovely spot on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin great for kids and families or just a lovely walk.

Sightseeing

Canberra's national museum with fabulous views on the edge of lake Burley Griffin
187 locals raden deze aan
National Museum of Australia
Lawson Crescent
187 locals raden deze aan
Canberra's national museum with fabulous views on the edge of lake Burley Griffin
The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a world-class museum, and an extensive archive. Has a cafe too.
200 locals raden deze aan
Australian War Memorial
Treloar Crescent (top of Anzac Parade)
200 locals raden deze aan
The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a world-class museum, and an extensive archive. Has a cafe too.
Lanyon is an historic homestead and grazing property. You can look through the house and outbuildings and enjoy the garden and restaurant.
8 locals raden deze aan
Lanyon Homestead
Tharwa Drive
8 locals raden deze aan
Lanyon is an historic homestead and grazing property. You can look through the house and outbuildings and enjoy the garden and restaurant.
Open in the spring a must for the garden lover.
7 locals raden deze aan
Tulip Top Gardens
7 locals raden deze aan
Open in the spring a must for the garden lover.
Shaw Vineyard Estate is a lovely spot to have taste some wines and have a meal at is restaurant 'Flint' book a table on the verandah over looking the vines
11 locals raden deze aan
Shaw Wines
34 Isabel Dr
11 locals raden deze aan
Shaw Vineyard Estate is a lovely spot to have taste some wines and have a meal at is restaurant 'Flint' book a table on the verandah over looking the vines
Canberra's botanic gardens at the bottom of Black Mountain. Take a picnic and spread out on the lawns. Has a cafe too.
65 locals raden deze aan
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Clunies Ross Street
65 locals raden deze aan
Canberra's botanic gardens at the bottom of Black Mountain. Take a picnic and spread out on the lawns. Has a cafe too.
You can walk or bike around the lake, push bikes for hire and paddle boats. Picnic on its shores and watch the yachts.
123 locals raden deze aan
Lake Burley Griffin
Flynn Drive
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You can walk or bike around the lake, push bikes for hire and paddle boats. Picnic on its shores and watch the yachts.
You can view glass artists working.
21 locals raden deze aan
Canberra Glassworks
11 Wentworth Ave
21 locals raden deze aan
You can view glass artists working.
Lots of beautiful hand made crafts here
7 locals raden deze aan
Bungendore Wood Works Gallery
22 Malbon St
7 locals raden deze aan
Lots of beautiful hand made crafts here
Lots of little antique shops, cafes, the woodwork gallery. Nice little town for a day trip only 43 minutes from our home to Bungendore
10 locals raden deze aan
Bungendore
10 locals raden deze aan
Lots of little antique shops, cafes, the woodwork gallery. Nice little town for a day trip only 43 minutes from our home to Bungendore
Book a tour and see the beautiful architecture, the lovely courtyards, art exhibitions and where our politicians work
202 locals raden deze aan
Parliament House
Parliament Drive
202 locals raden deze aan
Book a tour and see the beautiful architecture, the lovely courtyards, art exhibitions and where our politicians work
Lovely view at night. Cafe downstairs, restaurant upstairs.
14 locals raden deze aan
Coffee N Beans Red Hill
50 Red Hill Dr
14 locals raden deze aan
Lovely view at night. Cafe downstairs, restaurant upstairs.
Lovely view of Canberra especially beautiful in the Autumn or at night.
66 locals raden deze aan
Telstra Tower
100 Black Mountain Dr
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Lovely view of Canberra especially beautiful in the Autumn or at night.