A well-ordered single day in the capital - bearings from Mount Ainslie, the War Memorial early, the lake at lunch, Parliament House and a gallery by afternoon.
You can see the best of Canberra in a day if you plan the order well. Start high for your bearings, work through the national institutions while they are quiet, and leave the lake and lookouts for the golden light. This plan keeps the driving short - everything below is within about 15 minutes of the centre.
Follow it yourself, or let us drive it as a guided day tour with pick-up from your hotel.
Yes - the city is compact and most headline sites are within 15 minutes of each other. One well-ordered day covers the War Memorial, Parliament House, the lake and a lookout, with a museum or gallery added.
Start at the Mount Ainslie lookout to get your bearings, do the War Memorial early while it is quiet, break for lunch by the lake, then Parliament House and a gallery in the afternoon.
Yes - swap the National Gallery for Questacon's hands-on science, keep the lake walk short, and the War Memorial and Parliament House both engage older children.
Everything on this plan is a short drive apart. To skip the parking and navigating, we run it as a guided day tour with hotel pick-up.
We will run this one-day plan as a guided tour with pick-up, or tailor it to your interests.