Lake Burley Griffin

 

The centerpiece of the city is Lake Burley Griffin, with an area of 7 sq km, an average depth of 4.5 m and a shoreline of 36 km fringed by gardens with picnic areas. A central lake was included in Burley Griffin's original plan of 1912, but it was created in its present form only in 1958. It is spanned by two bridges, Commonwealth Bridge and Kings Bridge. There is an attractive path round the lake, used by walkers, cyclists and joggers. You can hire boats, bikes and skates from Acton Park Ferry Terminal to the north of the lake. Also on the north you can find a skeleton globe, at Regatta Point, which marks Captain Cook's three great traveling voyages. There is also a Captain Cook Memorial Water Jet, which throws 6 tons of water 147m into the air, built in 1970. The National Capital Exhibition at Regatta Point, located on the banks of Lake Burley Griffin gives comprehensive information about the history and development of Canberra through to Canberra today. It is an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra which provides beautiful views for citizens and all tourist attractions around are also worth to take a look.




by Furby Xi

Exhibition Park in Canberra (Lyneham)

The Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) is a place where hundred of events are being held every year.  It is located on the corner of Flemington Road and Northbourne Avenue.  Its geographical location is so convenient that even visitors from Melbourne and Sydney can easily reach there when they are in Canberra.

There is a lot of events of different types and nature being held by different organisations.  For example, every year in March, the Canberra, an event made of exhibition and games, attracts families and friends who live in Canberra, as well as visiors from other states.  The charity Book Fairs are other annual events held in the EPIC.  They are held in spring and autumn.  Book lovers can find their love books while people in need are benefit from the donation.

by Jolie Wong

National Zoo and Aquarium

The National Zoo & Aquarium provides the only zooquarium experience in Australia. Tourists can see an impressive range of animals, including the largest collection Big Cats in Australia, as well as the largest inland aquarium. The zoo has barbecue facilities and picnic tables and the coffee shop is open every day. All areas of the park can be accessed by wheelchair, though some places are quite steep. It is a wonderful place to see tigons, giraffes, cheetahs, bears, monkeys, the shark tank and much more kids’ tour. Visiting the National Zoo & Aquarium will be a good chance for kids to get up close to native wildlife and even to pat kangaroos and emus. For adults and bigger kids, hand feed lions and tigers and let a bear lick honey from your hands or pat a cheetah on the Meet-a-Cheetah tour. The Walk On the Wildside tour is a new attraction which provides visitors a stage to be close to many of the larger animals and to see what is traditionally the domain of the keepers.

 

by Jackson Shi 

 

Cockington Green Gardens (Nicholls)

 

Cockington Green Gardens offers its visitors a venture into a delightful and fascinating display of meticulously crafted miniature buildings set within beautifully landscaped gardens. Cockington Green Gardens is a family owned and operated attraction, with four generations involved in its operation over the past 30 years.
Opened to the public in 1979, Cockington Green is one of Canberra’s landmark attractions, being a winner of an Australian Tourism Award and many local tourism industry awards in this time.
The park is constantly growing with the popular addition of the International display area, which complements the original English Village and its beautifully established gardens.

The main displays are featured in two sections: The Original Display Area and the International Display. Incorporated within the park are the Miniature Train displays and for something a little different, visit the dolls houses in the Rose Room Indoor Display

The idea for the MULTI award–winning Cockington Green was born in 1972. Upon visiting miniature villages while on an extended family holiday in the UK, founders Doug and Brenda Sarah returned to Australia inspired and undertook a feasibility study to developing a village of their own. Eighteen months later, they invited other family members to participate in the project, and the rest is history.

It is located at Gold Creek Village, 15km north of the city on Gold Creek Road, off the Barton Highway, Nicholls, Canberra.



by Sunny Sun

 

Commonwealth Park (City)

Commonwealth Park is in Canberra, Australia, on the north side of Lake Burley Griffin. The annual spring Floriade festival is held in the park. The Captain Cook Memorial Fountain is built in the picturesque park, the spray of the water column is up to a hundred meters, and it is very spectacular.

The gardens were designed by the eminent British landscape designer, Dame Sylvia Crowe in 1964 at the time the Lake was filled. The park has an area of 34.25 hectares.

The park has many small ponds and water features, walking trails, bike paths, sculptures and is popular with tourists and Canberrans. Located at the park is the outdoor Stage 88, which often holds concerts. The park includes Regatta Point and has a view of the National Gallery, High Court, and National Library on the other side of the lake.

The climate of Canberra is very pleasant, which is appropriate for variety of flowers in four seasons. So, Canberra’s annual flower festival is held in the federal park, being decorated in different themes, the park was dotted with bright, attractive and beautiful flowers, each other contests, and it is very worth seeing, attracting many people to visit. The Australian holds the Floriade festival to celebrate the opening of spring, attracts nearly forty million people participated in it every year. Commonwealth Park is full of vitality. This strong sensory feast guaranteed to love those whom spent captivated, even the poet is full of praise.

by Gloria Song

Yerrabi Pond (Gungahlin)

 

Yerrabi Pond is a lake which located in Gungahlin. Although, the lake is not as big as Lake Burley Griffin, it has beautiful view with a lot of black swans and wild ducks. In the afternoon, many birds and ducks swim in the lake and enjoy a nap, and many people lie down on the grass which surrounds the lake and have a rest with those animals. There is a small park around the lake which named Yerrabi Pond District Park. It includes a Giant Tarzan swing, Double/Tandem Flying Fox, Burmese Bridge and children's play equipment. Children can have fun in this park, families can enjoy their barbecue in the park, and people can also do sports in it as there are some sports facilities. During weekends many people bring their fishing tools and have a nice fishing day. On 16 October 1999, the Park was opened by the Chief Minister, Kate Carnell. It is regarded as one of Canberra's newest urban parks and contains the latest innovative design in children's play facilities as well as adventure playground.

Yerrabi Pond District Park could be the main recreational facility for the residents who live in Gungahlin. And it is true that it has created a better place for residents to have fun. Therefore, this beautiful view should be protected by us all.


by Devina Li 

Glebe Park (City)

 

As a public park, Glebe Park is located on the eastern side of Civic, Canberra. Glebe Park is an critical green heaven in the city. For many office workers, shoppers, tourists, and residents of nearby Reid, it is the City’s most accessible park. The park is a small part of a 40 hectare grant, which was transferred by merchant and pastoralist Robert Campbell to the Church of England in the early 1840s when the area was known as “Canberry”.

100 years after trees were planted on the land here, a community campaign to save the trees led to those trees and their descendants being kept safe by creating a public park there. The park was officially defined and named on 14 December 1983. After construction by the National Capital Development Commission between 1983 and 1988 it was officially opened on Canberra Day March 12 1989.

The reason why this park has been designed in traditional English style is in order to keep with the historic background of the existing trees and their informal character.

 

by Qing Li