These fields are popular and for good reason. Regular pick up games for friendly players of all…read moreages and great lighting for hires. Mostly for ANU students' use, but pick up games often invite all. The turf is good and well lined, but will burn easily.

Unmitigated disaster - the now ACT premier Andrew Barr met a few hipsters in a cool cafe precinct…read moreat the launch of an art exhibition and decided (presumably shook hands on the deal after a few sherbets) that this million-dollar popup made out of yellow containers stuck on an old Futsal slab next to the lake would somehow replicate Canberra's inner-north hipster district and attract tourists. It is not only an eyesore, it is completely dead, including during school holidays when tourists are roaming Canberra. There is supposed to be a bar atop the edifice, but I have yet to see a patron. I think there is supposed to be a kebab shop there, but I wouldn't risk it, as there is simply no turnover. Westside is actually too depressing to go near any day of the week - park and head across the footbridge to New Acton where there are cafes and there is food and people.