Guidebook for Wright
Sightseeing
Beautiful views, good café, interesting tours day and night - and amazing star-gazing!
Mount Stromlo Observatory
Beautiful views, good café, interesting tours day and night - and amazing star-gazing!
Gorgeous drive, beautiful countryside/scenery, great swimming locations.
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Cotter Dam
Gorgeous drive, beautiful countryside/scenery, great swimming locations.
A good chance to see all the Australian wildlife - flora and fauna - that you can think of. Great picnic spots, scenery.
45 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Paddys River RoadA good chance to see all the Australian wildlife - flora and fauna - that you can think of. Great picnic spots, scenery.
Great views, good café/restaurant, fantastic playground, beautiful picnic spots
131 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Arboreto Nacional de Canberra
Forest DriveGreat views, good café/restaurant, fantastic playground, beautiful picnic spots
Everything Else
As natural as a zoo can get for caged animals. Wonderful hands-on zoo experiences. Get up close and personal with the animals.
90 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Zoológico y Acuario Nacional
999 Lady Denman DrAs natural as a zoo can get for caged animals. Wonderful hands-on zoo experiences. Get up close and personal with the animals.
Food Scene
Roasted on the premises, tres yummy. Good second-hand bookstore (Beyond Q) in the same shopping area...
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Red Brick Espresso
35 Curtin PlRoasted on the premises, tres yummy. Good second-hand bookstore (Beyond Q) in the same shopping area...
Funky, cool place to hang, listen to a Sunday sesh with local musicians, drinks, coffee, good food.
19 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
A Bite To Eat
Chifley PlaceFunky, cool place to hang, listen to a Sunday sesh with local musicians, drinks, coffee, good food.
Beess & Co Cafe
29 Bentham Stits an odd combination of smallgoods and café!
9 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Meating Room
45 Liardet Stits an odd combination of smallgoods and café!
Equinox actually has a café/restaurant/bar, as well as bakery but its the bakery food I like best (bakery section open Mon-Fri only but some of the pastries are available in the café on Saturdays. Closed Sundays). Good Hot Chocolate and Coffee
Equinox Specialist Centre
70 Kent StEquinox actually has a café/restaurant/bar, as well as bakery but its the bakery food I like best (bakery section open Mon-Fri only but some of the pastries are available in the café on Saturdays. Closed Sundays). Good Hot Chocolate and Coffee
+++ coffee, tea and FABULOUS Hot chocolate (my favourite in all of Canberra). Great shopping scene up and down Lonsdale too.
Elemental
30 Lonsdale St+++ coffee, tea and FABULOUS Hot chocolate (my favourite in all of Canberra). Great shopping scene up and down Lonsdale too.
Its a piece of Italy in Canberra. Authentic Italian everything. Even the chefs barely speak English. And its classy, has great red wine, excellent pizza and even better Chocolate Lava cake for dessert.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Locale Pizzeria
5 Hopetoun CctIts a piece of Italy in Canberra. Authentic Italian everything. Even the chefs barely speak English. And its classy, has great red wine, excellent pizza and even better Chocolate Lava cake for dessert.
Fyshwick Markets. Its more about the atmosphere on a Sunday here than the food or coffee. Its nice for people watching and for stocking up on fresh fruit and veg for the week.
Bean & Grain
12 Dalby StFyshwick Markets. Its more about the atmosphere on a Sunday here than the food or coffee. Its nice for people watching and for stocking up on fresh fruit and veg for the week.
Great coffee, nice service, lovely enclosed outdoor space at the rear, easy free parking, local scene and the most delicious vegetarian/gluten free breakfast in town ('Full Moon').
13 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Stand By Me
9 Lyons PlGreat coffee, nice service, lovely enclosed outdoor space at the rear, easy free parking, local scene and the most delicious vegetarian/gluten free breakfast in town ('Full Moon').
Best Greek/Italian food in Canberra. Only the locals know/go. Divine...I shouldn't share this one but I want my guests to know how great it is! Can be a little noisy when crowded (which is most of the time because it is super popular - book before you go!) but that's the Europeans way. BYO.
Olive at Mawson
Best Greek/Italian food in Canberra. Only the locals know/go. Divine...I shouldn't share this one but I want my guests to know how great it is! Can be a little noisy when crowded (which is most of the time because it is super popular - book before you go!) but that's the Europeans way. BYO.
The BEST vegetarian (and I presume other) fresh dumplings in Canberra bar none. We love dumplings and only found this recently (its new). It was very busy at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, full of Asian eaters - always a great sign of a very good Asian restaurant. It did not disappoint. Yum.
11 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Yat Bun Tong Dumpling House
10-12 Lonsdale StThe BEST vegetarian (and I presume other) fresh dumplings in Canberra bar none. We love dumplings and only found this recently (its new). It was very busy at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, full of Asian eaters - always a great sign of a very good Asian restaurant. It did not disappoint. Yum.
Very authentic Indonesian food (at Australian prices though!) Try the satay...tasty! Lovely for a before or after meal stroll along Lake Ginninderra too.
Sanur's Balinese Restaurant
114 Emu BankVery authentic Indonesian food (at Australian prices though!) Try the satay...tasty! Lovely for a before or after meal stroll along Lake Ginninderra too.
Strongest coffee in Canberra. Quirky little corner coffee place in the newly established Acton area. Walk over the pedestrian bridge next store for quick Lake Burley Griffin access. Close to Electric Palace cinema - a good option for quieter movie viewing as more adults than kids go there...and you can take a glass of wine and cheese platter into the movie with you.
34 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Močan & Green Grout
19 Marcus Clarke StStrongest coffee in Canberra. Quirky little corner coffee place in the newly established Acton area. Walk over the pedestrian bridge next store for quick Lake Burley Griffin access. Close to Electric Palace cinema - a good option for quieter movie viewing as more adults than kids go there...and you can take a glass of wine and cheese platter into the movie with you.
Delish Café - a local treasure. Run locally, food cooked on premises; last year I gave them our apricots from the tree in the front yard and they made desserts from them. The food is THE BEST (try the French vanilla slice, nothing even from France comes close to how good this is). Silky smooth coffee, great breakfasts. Small and cosy. Next to a newsagents for the paper, open until 6pm on weeknights, Saturdays only on weekends.
Deakin
Delish Café - a local treasure. Run locally, food cooked on premises; last year I gave them our apricots from the tree in the front yard and they made desserts from them. The food is THE BEST (try the French vanilla slice, nothing even from France comes close to how good this is). Silky smooth coffee, great breakfasts. Small and cosy. Next to a newsagents for the paper, open until 6pm on weeknights, Saturdays only on weekends.
Shopping
Humongous second-hand bookstore. Great place to hide from the Canberra winter, lovely in-house café, warm, cosy and comfy. Local musicians on weekends.
Beyond Q Books, Bar & Barista
11 Brierly StHumongous second-hand bookstore. Great place to hide from the Canberra winter, lovely in-house café, warm, cosy and comfy. Local musicians on weekends.
Its up and coming and has really cool stuff to buy. Not standard Mall stuff.
24 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Braddon
Its up and coming and has really cool stuff to buy. Not standard Mall stuff.
Essentials
Woolworths Weston Creek
Mahony CourtDecent shopping centre/area with everything you could want/need.
Coles Curtin
51 Curtin PlIGA
1 Wattle PlArts & Culture
Great café, excellent bar on Fridays in summer, good for kids and adults alike, lots of changing exhibitions, beautiful views over Lake Burley Griffin
187 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Museo Nacional de Australia
Lawson CrescentGreat café, excellent bar on Fridays in summer, good for kids and adults alike, lots of changing exhibitions, beautiful views over Lake Burley Griffin
Drinks & Nightlife
Molly
Odgers LaneWhiskey. Lots of Whiskey.
Variety of things going on. Free pool on Mondays. Trivia, cocktail nights, special events. Cosy place to hang in the depths of Canberra winter.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Polit Bar - more than cocktails
8 Franklin StVariety of things going on. Free pool on Mondays. Trivia, cocktail nights, special events. Cosy place to hang in the depths of Canberra winter.
Trivia and cheap eat Wednesdays. Great place to watch sports on TV, hang with friends
45 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Dock
81 Giles StreetTrivia and cheap eat Wednesdays. Great place to watch sports on TV, hang with friends
Its retro, its hidden away in a hotel, its loud and obnoxious and fun.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Lucky's Speakeasy
1 London CctIts retro, its hidden away in a hotel, its loud and obnoxious and fun.
and restaurant. Its improved since new management took over and livened up Green Square. Gluten Free options were well-done (I had GF taco's). Tonnes of other eateries and cafes around the area too, you won't run out of options...Music gets louder as the evening goes on though, not the place for a quiet meal.
Little Brooklyn
44 Jardine Stand restaurant. Its improved since new management took over and livened up Green Square. Gluten Free options were well-done (I had GF taco's). Tonnes of other eateries and cafes around the area too, you won't run out of options...Music gets louder as the evening goes on though, not the place for a quiet meal.