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Canberra

Canberra was built to be the capital city of Australia, taking up all of Australian Capital Territory surrounded by the southeast of New South Wales. A planned city with national monuments, museums, and galleries all built around large man-made lakes. Wikivoyage

Population 381,488 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

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Visas and entry What your passport needs for Australia
Tourist office · 840 m Canberra and Region Visitors Centre

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. The Multicultural Festival

    February

    A must to visit, has many events, such as concerts, performances and an International Food Fair with over 200 stalls selling food of different countries. Happens every year in February

    Official site

  2. Canberra Truffle Festival

    June – August

    Held June - August, an eight week celebration of the local Black Perigord Truffle harvest

    Official site

  3. Floriade

    September – October

    Festival of flowers, a yearly event held in spring (September–October), not to be missed at [[Canberra/North Canberra#Commonwealth Park

    Official site

  4. Thai Food & Cultural Festival

    September

    Annual festival held in September at The Royal Thai Embassy in Yarralumla. The Festival is a bonus for floriade visitors and Canberrans alike and it's the Embassy's biggest free event of the year.

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Canberra); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 37 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Canberra 4.4 km

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