Fantastic mountain biking ‍ park near Canberra with easy to double Diamond trails. Trails are…read morepacked into a small area but due to thick forest and vegetation it doesn't seem that way. Lots of wildlife including the variety of local parrots and I had to dodge a few kangaroos . There are a few fun features like skinny bridges, rock drops, and a few small drops.

This place is just lovely. The gardens as spacious, calm and shady with plenty to interest plant…read moreand animal lovers as well as those just looking for an oasis. Bird life is abundant including rosellas, magpies and their families, fairy wren and the raucous cockatoo. Water dragons (lizards) dart around, sunning themselves on rocks and walking right up to take a look at you. They aren't dangerous and really bring the bush to you. There are tables and chairs throughout the gardens, you are welcome to bring a picnic and there's also a cafe. The Gardens run free tours twice a day and there are a range of free and paid activities all year around, during the week and on weekends. I commend it to you!

Glebe Park is a gorgeous inner city park, so much so that you have no idea you're actually in the…read moremiddle of the city. Trees manage to hide most of the park from the busy streets and construction work around it, and you get the chance to just escape for a while. There's a playground that doesn't look incredibly exciting, but meets all your essential playground needs, and there's also plenty of picnic and barbecue options. Plus it's pretty cool to have a picnic with Gandhi watching over you. There is one weird section of the park that just doesn't have the same charm. It's almost like the land is actually owned by one of the nearby developments and they just couldn't care less about it. They'd be better off putting up a fence than leaving it pathetically sitting in the corner.

I am from the USA, visiting my daughter in Canberra. We had a lovely day at the National Zoo in…read moreCanberra. It was a chilly morning which seemed to make the animals particularly frisky. This zoo is quite rustic compared to zoos in America or even the Australia Zoo near Brisbane. It isn't as commercial or slick as those zoos. I particularly liked all the water features in the quite spacious enclosures. The only downside to the visit was the fact that I was I was unable to get the senior discount because I do not have a "seniors card" issued by the AU government. I am 68, have pure white hair and an American drivers license to prove my age. Evidently that wasn't good enough. I wanted to buy a seasons pass to the zoo since I will be here several months and my granddaughter and I will go often. It felt like I was being discriminated against in a city that hosts many foreign nationals.

we did the african savannah safari & had Abby as our tour guide~ we had sooo much fun! we got to…read moresee & feed lots of animals so it was absolutely worth it! abby is so knowledgeable & friendly! would highly recommend!

Great places to bring the kids! Super fun playground and nice big area to fly kites. Big indoor…read moreeating area with cafe. Nice bonsai display. Great value for a free park!! (just small paid parking) We will definitely visit whenever we are in Canberra!

This review isn't for the Arboretum entirely, I enjoy every visit here and the grounds are…read morebeautiful with stunning views from any angle and the bonsai collection is simply wonderful. My gripe is with the cafe inside, the food has always been average, however on my last visit, I had a coffee there and by midnight I developed symptoms of food poisoning. This followed with the worst stomach pains I'd ever had in my life, 5 counts of vomiting, headaches, and chills. My sickness lasted nearly 12 hours and I was lucky that it wasn't worse. But I deduced it was food poisoning from this place because it was the one drink my partner didn't have that day and we ate everything else together. As I look back on the day I was there last, I remember the floors were filthy with crumbs and trash. The tables looked like they'd never been wiped (or cleared of their dishes for hours) and the flies were horrendous, constantly swatting them away, buzzing in my ear, landing on my hand while I was drinking my coffee. This level of unsanitary will always reflect the kitchen of an establishment. Enjoy the grounds but don't eat here.

Great fun mountain biking ‍ park near Canberra with a wide range of beginner to double Diamond…read moretechnical trails. Lots of flow trails, easy trails, and technical features like jumps, log rolls, drops, and rock gardens. They have a pump track next to the picnic area. The Handlebar cafe is a good place to get lunch or a snack.

Gibraltar Falls is a hike with low effort and high payoff, almost too little effort, really…read more We came here on a summer morning with our four year old, after hearing good things about the falls from friends. The falls did not disappoint! The falls is within Namadgi National Park, and is said to be one of the tallest waterfalls in Australia, with a drop of over 50 meters. The car park has space for probably 10 or so cars, and the trailhead has bathrooms and a few picnic tables as well. The hike, though you can't really call it that, takes about 5 minutes from the parking area and comprises stone and metal-grate stairs down to an overlook midway down the falls. The observation area is fantastically close to the falls, close enough to get a light misting of water and the very loud sound of powerfully rushing water. There's not really an easier hike in the world, as long as you can handle a few flights of stairs. I wished there was a bit more effort required, frankly. Well worth it for the pretty views, both on the walk and on the drive, and worth a return journey or two.

The lake is surrounded by parks. I may not have seen this in all it's glory (a sunny weekend day,…read morebut rather in between rain storms on a weekday evening), and didn't leave very impressed after my run around the lake. The east side is nice. The south end has some nice options for food and drinks. The west is pretty undeveloped, yet not natural looking. A bit more effort in landscaping or trying to give it that natural feel would make a huge difference. Putting in some fresh bike lanes / walking paths would help too. The current ones are old and look neglected.