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A look around Canberra: Fyshwick
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A look around Canberra: Fyshwick

The suburb of Fyshwick is probably Canberra's most "famous" suburb. Everyone that's never been to Canberra knows about Fyshwick and…

29 January 2016 | By Alexandra Craig
A look around Canberra - Swinger Hill
Community

A look around Canberra - Swinger Hill

When I first moved to Canberra I made a friend that lived just near Swinger Hill. The first time I…

4 September 2015 | By Alexandra Craig
A look around Canberra: New Acton
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A look around Canberra: New Acton

The original suburb of Acton (are people going to start calling it Old Acton now?) was named by Lieutenant Arthur…

17 July 2015 | By Alexandra Craig
A look around Canberra - Chapman
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A look around Canberra - Chapman

The suburb of Chapman in Weston Creek is named after Austin Chapman, a former minister who held the portfolios of…

3 July 2015 | By Alexandra Craig
A look around Canberra - Kippax
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A look around Canberra - Kippax

This week we’re exploring a place, rather than a suburb, just to mix things up a bit. Kippax is an…

15 May 2015 | By Alexandra Craig
A Look Around Canberra: McKellar
Lifestyle

A Look Around Canberra: McKellar

This week I thought I’d head up to the Belconnen area of Canberra, or as it’s known to some: Belco.…

New look Lake George. Images from around Canberra
Lifestyle

New look Lake George. Images from around Canberra

Devil_n_Disquiz has sent in this picture of water and windmills at Lake George. Got an image of Canberra you want…

Looking for an architect/designer who listens around Canberra
Lifestyle

Looking for an architect/designer who listens around Canberra

We would like an architect or designer who has experience with solar passive, is interested in recycling and who can…

2 October 2011 | By bywongqueen
Canberra Health Services reveals new look to 'snowball' recent recruitment success
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Canberra Health Services reveals new look to 'snowball' recent recruitment success

Canberra Health Services is already heralding its rebrand as a success as its new website has gone live. News of…

26 March 2024 | By Claire Fenwicke
Navy landing ship dock HMAS Choules fitted with Canberra firm's radar arrays
Defence

Navy landing ship dock HMAS Choules fitted with Canberra firm's radar arrays

The Royal Australian Navy’s landing ship dock (LSD) amphibious support vessel HMAS Choules has been fitted with CEA Technologies' CEAFAR…

Should Canberra be more ‘compact’? Report says yes
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Should Canberra be more ‘compact’? Report says yes

"Legislate an urban growth boundary to contain urban expansion and achieve a compact, liveable and efficiently designed Canberra": that's the…

23 March 2024 | By Claire Fenwicke
Another Canberra builder goes to the wall as industry looks to government for relief
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Another Canberra builder goes to the wall as industry looks to government for relief

Another Canberra builder has gone under, the second in two weeks to call in administrators. According to ASIC, family-owned and…

23 March 2024 | By Ian Bushnell
Rally of Canberra is this Fyshwick mechanic's favourite event of the year
Motoring

Rally of Canberra is this Fyshwick mechanic's favourite event of the year

You might know Mick Harding as your local Subaru mechanic. But when he's not tinkering with front and rear diffs…

Double-dog dare your friends to come to Canberra's newest festival
Food & Wine

Double-dog dare your friends to come to Canberra's newest festival

A festival dedicated to the hotdog! Put that in the 'why didn't someone do it sooner?' category. Organiser Marc Brown…

22 March 2024 | By Claire Sams
Where have all of Canberra's interesting shops gone?
Opinion

Where have all of Canberra's interesting shops gone?

I recently had need of a map – a real map made of paper, that folds up. Like the old…

19 March 2024 | By Peter Strong
Canberra gets tough new marathon for Stromlo Running Festival's 15th anniversary
Sport

Canberra gets tough new marathon for Stromlo Running Festival's 15th anniversary

Entries are now open for the 15th anniversary of Canberra's biggest trail running festival. The Stromlo Running Festival (SRF) has…

City Hill is notoriously hard to get to. Could dropping the road around it to one lane fix it?
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City Hill is notoriously hard to get to. Could dropping the road around it to one lane fix it?

City Hill was probably the busiest it's ever been on Canberra Day (11 March). The 'big roundabout' at the top…

14 March 2024 | By James Coleman
Canberra's lawn mowers appreciate a lot more waves and thank yous this season, but it's not always rosy
Lifestyle

Canberra's lawn mowers appreciate a lot more waves and thank yous this season, but it's not always rosy

As the ACT's official mowing season draws to a close on 31 March, and the relentless rounds of Canberra's grassy…

13 March 2024 | By James Coleman
The 1970s 'roller disco' fad is making a big comeback in Canberra this July
Lifestyle

The 1970s 'roller disco' fad is making a big comeback in Canberra this July

For learning how to use roller skates, or perhaps revisiting it for the first time in several decades, you'll be…

10 March 2024 | By James Coleman
Things to do in Canberra this week (8 - 14 March)
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Things to do in Canberra this week (8 - 14 March)

Thoroughbred Park kicks off its Autumn season on 10 March with the first $1 million race day in Canberra's history…

Give where you live to the Canberra Day Appeal and build a stronger, better community for us all
Community

Give where you live to the Canberra Day Appeal and build a stronger, better community for us all

This Monday, what will you be doing and why? Another Canberra public holiday looms, the weather looks perfect as Autumn…

6 March 2024 | By Genevieve Jacobs
Canberra Festival of Speed confirmed for 2025 after 'overwhelmingly positive' first year
Lifestyle

Canberra Festival of Speed confirmed for 2025 after 'overwhelmingly positive' first year

More than 13,500 people went to sleep over the weekend with the sounds of unbridled internal combustion still ringing in…

5 March 2024 | By James Coleman
Should Canberra become an 'International Wetland City'?
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Should Canberra become an 'International Wetland City'?

For most, the term "wetlands" evokes images of long-legged fowls loping through natural waters, surrounded by reeds and abundant insects.…

3 March 2024 | By Dione David
February kick suggests Canberra home prices might be on the move again
Property

February kick suggests Canberra home prices might be on the move again

Canberra's residential property market appears to have broken out of its holding pattern, with values jumping in February after months…

1 March 2024 | By Ian Bushnell
Canberra's not living through a 'crime spree', so don't panic yet
Opinion

Canberra's not living through a 'crime spree', so don't panic yet

Earlier this week, a neighbour posted on my complex's Facebook group that his motorbike had been stolen overnight. Thanks to…

29 February 2024 | By Zoya Patel
Major building firms join Canberra charity in designing earthquake-proof health clinics in Nepal
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Major building firms join Canberra charity in designing earthquake-proof health clinics in Nepal

On 25 April 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal northwest of the capital of Kathmandu, followed by a 7.3-magnitude quake…

27 February 2024 | By James Coleman
Yowie investigator claims to have found 'nests' around Eden
News

Yowie investigator claims to have found 'nests' around Eden

Wayne Lewin was frozen, like "a rabbit in the headlights". "I'm guessing it was like three metres tall, possibly bigger,…

25 February 2024 | By James Coleman
Canberra Miniature Railway running out of puff due to lack of volunteers
Lifestyle

Canberra Miniature Railway running out of puff due to lack of volunteers

The need for volunteers at the Canberra Miniature Railway in Symonston has reached a crisis point, and without people stepping…

23 February 2024 | By James Coleman
Exclusive Hijinx Hotel rooms and putt putt holes created for Holey Moley's Canberra launch
Lifestyle

Exclusive Hijinx Hotel rooms and putt putt holes created for Holey Moley's Canberra launch

Canberrans, dust off your putters and put your teams together to take full advantage of the "fantastical world of fun"…

WATCH: Remember this Canberra bus safety ad starring Neighbours actors? The important message is back
News

WATCH: Remember this Canberra bus safety ad starring Neighbours actors? The important message is back

Seven Canberra school children died between 1985 and 1988 in accidents involving buses, ACTION's marketing manager Phillip Turner told The…

21 February 2024 | By James Coleman
Canberra was Australia's printmaking capital: a Tuggeranong Arts Centre exhibition shows why
Lifestyle

Canberra was Australia's printmaking capital: a Tuggeranong Arts Centre exhibition shows why

For a brief period, between the late 1970s and the mid-1990s, Canberra could lay claim as the national capital for…

Exquisite homestead on Canberra's fringe will be life-changing for one lucky buyer
Property

Exquisite homestead on Canberra's fringe will be life-changing for one lucky buyer

If you've been looking for an excuse to escape the city, you've found it! This exquisite semi-rural property at 2…

16 February 2024 | By Katrina Condie

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