Inside the Canberra Travel Guide

Top Hotels in Canberra

Mantra on Northbourne

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Choose from hotel rooms or suites with luxury facilities at Mantra on Northbourne. In superior and premium suites you can enjoy the view of Canberra city …

Hyatt Hotel Canberra, A Park Hyatt Hotel

Pacific International Apts - Capital Tow

Best Western Tall Trees Motel

Crowne Plaza

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I worked in Canberra for a year and hated the place. What a cold crappy hole. Best thing about Canberra is the Federal Highway out of it. Canberra is full of pricks who like to blow their own ... more

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Introduction

Canberra is often described by Australians who haven't been there as a boring town, full of politicians, bureaucrats - and not much else. But those who go there find beautiful galleries and museums clustered around a lake and cupped in bushland.

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Not to miss

National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Australia has a stunning collection of over 100,000 works of art representing four major areas: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander, Australian (from colonial to contemporary), Asian and international. The spectacular Art of the …

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Facts for the Traveller

Population : 329000 Area : 287km² Longitude / Latitude : 149.042007446 / -35.3499984741 Currency : Australian Dollar (AUD) Weights & Measures system : Metric

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Getting there & Getting around

Getting there Flights connect Canberra with all Australian state capital cities and some of the bigger towns within NSW - some flights go via Sydney or Melbourne. Buses run to Canberra from Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, with connections to the other capitals. There are also services to the …

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History

Recent History Despite self-government, Canberra's fortunes are still decided by those in the big house under the hill. The city lives or dies with its public servants, and when the Howard Government reduced their numbers in the mid-90s, Canberra died a little, with businesses throughout the …

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Weather

Canberra's a chilly little place. It basks in some good old-fashioned Aussie sun during the summer months (December to February) and Autumn is clear and cool - but the winters can bite, often with frosty mornings and bright, clear afternoons. Spring can be damp. Summary of average yearly weather …

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Overview of Canberra

If you mention you're heading to Canberra (pronounced Can-bra, with very open vowels), most Australians will raise an eyebrow and say, Why bother? Even many Canberrans will admit that it's a great place to live but they wouldn't want to visit. So what is it about Canberra that draws so much …

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