Canberra Weekend Itinerary
The structured, timed version of this trip.
A weekend is just enough for Canberra. The city is compact and unhurried, the big national institutions are free, and the country - lake, hills and wi
By Frank Burns · Cooee Tours · 8 June 2026
A weekend is just enough for Canberra. The city is compact and unhurried, the big national institutions are free, and the country - lake, hills and wine - is never more than a few minutes away. Here is how a relaxed two days tends to unfold.
Start at the Australian War Memorial while it is quiet, walk a stretch of the lake foreshore, then spend the afternoon at Parliament House and Old Parliament House. Finish in Braddon, where the laneways come alive in the evening.
Catch the view from Mount Ainslie, then the National Arboretum's ninety-four forests and city panorama. If the season suits, the Old Bus Depot Markets at Kingston are a good Sunday stop.
This is the choice that defines your weekend: the cellar doors of the Canberra District around Murrumbateman, or the kangaroos and bushwalks of Tidbinbilla. Both are a short drive, and both make an easy run home afterwards.
A weekend goes further when you are not navigating or parking. Our day tours cover the institutions, the lake and the country, and a structured version of this trip lives on our weekend itinerary page.
The structured, timed version of this trip.
Let us drive the institutions and the country.
Make Sunday afternoon a cellar-door day.
Tell us your dates and what you would like to see, and we will build the day.