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This is Canberra A culinary and cultural journal for the nation's capital. This Is Canberra is one of the region’s longest standing and most respected publications.

Founded in 2005, This Is Canberra is best known for producing quality food and lifestyle content.

Have you tried the pulled pork at this northside lunch spot? 🍔
15/02/2025

Have you tried the pulled pork at this northside lunch spot? 🍔

Spit Shack ... where have you been all my life? When you walk in and see the menu, you start…

This year, Canberra’s Balloon Spectacular will return as a standalone event. Here’s why.
14/02/2025

This year, Canberra’s Balloon Spectacular will return as a standalone event. Here’s why.

The Montgolfier brothers were onto it when they first flew a hot-air balloon over Paris in 1783. This is the…

We usually spend five minutes with local chefs and restaurateurs, but this time we thought we’d pull up a chair with the...
14/02/2025

We usually spend five minutes with local chefs and restaurateurs, but this time we thought we’d pull up a chair with the pollie responsible for Canberra’s nightlife ...

Who are you? I’m Tara Cheyne, ACT Labor member for Ginninderra and Minister in the ACT Government. Tell me about…

Whether it’s with that someone special, or just friends (we see you, Galentiners), Essence restaurant at the The Tradies...
12/02/2025

Whether it’s with that someone special, or just friends (we see you, Galentiners), Essence restaurant at the The Tradies has an eclectic combination of delicious food, divine cocktails, soft music and good vibes that will ensure you’re well taken care of this Valentine’s Day ❤️

If you’re still riding the high of the AO, and you’re keen to have a hit yourself, we have the perfect event for you 🎾Te...
12/02/2025

If you’re still riding the high of the AO, and you’re keen to have a hit yourself, we have the perfect event for you 🎾

Tennis ACT are hosting a FREE come & try session of their Women’s Tennis League!

There’s two pathways for female tennis players of all levels:
👉 Social - perfect for a fun and relaxed way to play tennis, meet others and stay active.
👉 Compete - designed for women who want a more structured, competitive experience.

🧘‍♀️ We asked you where the best pilates studios are in Canberra - here’s what you said: 👉 XTEND Canberra City 👉 Dance S...
11/02/2025

🧘‍♀️ We asked you where the best pilates studios are in Canberra - here’s what you said:

👉 XTEND Canberra City
👉 Dance Sculpt Fitness Boutique
👉 KX Pilates Braddon
👉 Peak Pilates Studio
👉 GroundUp.Studio
👉 Your Studio CBR
👉 Pilates Canberra

Did we miss anywhere?

A new florist has popped up in the space that was formerly Braddon Flowers, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
11/02/2025

A new florist has popped up in the space that was formerly Braddon Flowers, just in time for Valentine’s Day!

A Braddon floristry business has risen from the ashes with a new name and new owners. Collector Cottage, a 2000-sqm…

Celebrate this Gal-entines day at Tuggeranong Arts Centre. Gather your gals and come laugh at another woman’s disastrous...
10/02/2025

Celebrate this Gal-entines day at Tuggeranong Arts Centre. Gather your gals and come laugh at another woman’s disastrous dating life 💕

Tinderella is a one human comedy cabaret, created and performed by Alyce Fisher. The show explores real life tales of her very own Tinder escapades, investigates contemporary app dating culture and aims to empower everyone to take control of their own app dating experience.

Suited for audiences 18+, Tinderella is for comedy and cabaret lovers, anyone who has experienced the highs and the lows of the dating apps and those who are curious as to how it all works!

📆: Friday 14 February, 2025
⌚️: 7pm to 8pm (Bar open from 6pm)
📍: Tuggeranong Arts Centre, 137 Reed Street, Tuggeranong

The Lonsdale Street icon is shutting up shop.
10/02/2025

The Lonsdale Street icon is shutting up shop.

After 13 years of running Sweet Bones Cafe in Braddon, Emily and Russ Brindley have seen a lot of change.…

What made a Netflix crew - shooting a thriller featuring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton - fall in love with this Canb...
10/02/2025

What made a Netflix crew - shooting a thriller featuring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton - fall in love with this Canberra location? Region asked them.

Filming is underway at Ginninderra Falls for a new Netflix 'survivalist thriller' starring Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton and Eric Bana…

Would BYO bring you back into restaurants?
09/02/2025

Would BYO bring you back into restaurants?

Recent surveys of Canberra businesses have shown a gloomy forecast, especially in the hospitality industry. To combat the spending downturn…

09/02/2025

Here's 6 things you need to know about Toyota's biggest ute 🛻

L’epi’s two artisan bakeries in Canberra’s south are a favourite with locals. Michelle Taylor headed in to try their cak...
09/02/2025

L’epi’s two artisan bakeries in Canberra’s south are a favourite with locals. Michelle Taylor headed in to try their cake of the month.

Bread is far less prominent in my diet than my tastebuds would like. Relegated to a weekend treat, my ultimate…

We asked you where the best fish & chips were on the South Coast and had so many responses that we’ve decided to list th...
08/02/2025

We asked you where the best fish & chips were on the South Coast and had so many responses that we’ve decided to list them all 🤩 Here’s what you said:

👉 The Fish Shop Burrill Lake - 107 Princes Hwy, Burrill Lake
👉 Pelican Rocks Cafe - 117 Greenwell Point Rd, Greenwell Point
👉 Stingrays Ocean & Grill - 4/1 Clyde St, Batemans Bay
👉 The Boatshed - 1 Clyde St, Batemans Bay
👉 Berny’s at Batehaven - 246 Beach Rd, Batehaven
👉 Tuross Boatshed - 93 Trafalgar Rd, Tuross Head
👉 Blue Octopus Take Away - 2/1 Noble Pde, Dalmeny
👉 The Inlet Narooma - 12b, Riverside Dr, Narooma
👉 Quarterdeck - 13 Riverside Dr, Narooma
👉 Blue Water Seafoods Narooma - 1/40 Princes Hwy, Narooma
👉 Blue Wave Seafood Bermagui - 73-79 Lamont St, Bermagui
👉 Van-Tsuru - 210 Imlay St, Eden

You’re welcome 🐟

Traditional Italian food has arrived in Weston, and food writer Tenele Conway headed in to discover what their ‘Associaz...
08/02/2025

Traditional Italian food has arrived in Weston, and food writer Tenele Conway headed in to discover what their ‘Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana certification' means.

Peek through the doors, or better yet, grab a table at Weston’s latest restaurant, Pronto, and you’ll be left without…

Want to buy Pialligo Estate? It’s on the market.
07/02/2025

Want to buy Pialligo Estate? It’s on the market.

Sydney rich-lister Tony Denny has put hospitality and produce property Pialligo Estate on the market. Mr Denny took over the…

The RSPCA ACT trivia night is back! Join them for eight rounds of team trivia as you battle for the illustrious RSPCA AC...
06/02/2025

The RSPCA ACT trivia night is back!

Join them for eight rounds of team trivia as you battle for the illustrious RSPCA ACT Trivia Champions Trophy 🏆

Score plenty of prizes, enjoy a complementary food platter and test your knowledge with your teammates.

Plus, by doing so, you’ll be supporting the great work RSPCA ACT does, with all money raised going directly back into their shelter 🐶

📆 Thursday 27 February, 6 pm to 10:30 pm
📍 Hellenic Club of Canberra
💲 $45 per person or $450 for a table of 10

Calling all book lovers! The Lifeline Canberra Bookfair is back from 7 - 9 February at EPIC 📚✨Browse a huge selection of...
05/02/2025

Calling all book lovers! The Lifeline Canberra Bookfair is back from 7 - 9 February at EPIC 📚✨

Browse a huge selection of books, collectibles, games, and more. Last year Lifeline Canberra sold over 1 million books, raising funds for crisis support services in our community, let’s help them beat that this year - while adding some thrilling reads to our 2025.

See you there! 💙

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Come with us behind the scenes at University of Canberra Capitals' training session ahead of their final home-game of the season this Saturday 15 February 🏀 #ThisIsCanberra #CanberraLocals #UCCaps #CanberraEvents #CanberraSports

Here's 6 things you need to know about Toyota's biggest ute 🛻 #ThisIsCanberra #CanberraCars #CanberraLife #CanberraLocals

The Look In with Mike Johnson: modern country living
The Look In with Mike Johnson: modern country living

Take a look inside this home in Bungendore which was built in a third of the time a traditional frame-and-brick home takes 👷‍♂️ Using precast panels, the home’s seven-metre-high walls and cathedral ceilings were trucked in and assembled onsite - significantly cutting down build time. Could you live here? #ThisIsCanberra #TheLookIn #CanberraHomes #HomeTour

This is Thor's Hammer 🔨
This is Thor's Hammer 🔨

For 30 years, the team at Thor's Hammer have been recycling demolition timber right here in Canberra—turning it into bespoke furniture and supplying high-quality recycled hardwood for projects across Australia 🪵 We had the chance to go behind the scenes to see how they transform salvaged timber into stunning flooring, cladding, decking, and custom furniture. The level of care and skill they bring to every piece is seriously impressive 👀 #ThisIsCanberra #CanberraLocals #CanberraLife

It’s Christmas time at @nationalzoo and to celebrate, they’re running ’12 Days of Enrichment’ with all the animals 🦒

Hopes and Fears exhibition at National Library of Australia
Hopes and Fears exhibition at National Library of Australia

We went and checked out the Hopes and Fears exhibition at the National Library of Australia! Here’s what you can expect at this free exhibition on Australian migration stories, showing til February 2025. #ThisIsCanberra #CanberraLocals #VisitCanberra #CanberraLife #CanberraLocals

Brodway’s longest-running musical is in Canberra this September! Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery, treachery … and ‘All That Jazz’ … so begins the international multi-award-winning musical, CHICAGO. Tickets are selling fast, and it would be a crime to miss it. When: 7 to 29 September Where: Canberra Theatre Link to the tickets in our bio! 🔗 #thisiscanberra #CanberraTheatre #canberra #canberralife #musicaltheatre

Have you been to Compa yet? There's been plenty of hype about Matt Moran's new restaurant, so our journalist Lucy Ridge had to check it out. One of the first things she noticed is the high ceilings which provides plenty of natural light. She also mentions the staff are courteous, knowledgeable and friendly. From the menu, Lucy tried: 👉 Compa Smoked Negroni 👉 Zenzero’s Twist 👉 Stone-baked bread with rosemary and sea salt 👉 500-gram pasture-fed Riverina Sirloin on the bone 👉 Moran’s Cacio e Pepe Mac n Cheese 👉 Stone-roased portobello mushrooms with Taleggio and thyme 👉 Fresh lemon sorbet with basil oil #thisiscanberra #canberrafood #canberrafoodie #canberrarestaurants

Have you been to Compa yet? There's been plenty of hype about Matt Moran's new restaurant, so our journalist Lucy Ridge had to check it out. One of the first things she noticed is the high ceilings which provides plenty of natural light. She also mentions the staff are courteous, knowledgeable and friendly. From the menu, Lucy and Michelle tried: 👉 Compa Smoked Negroni 👉 Zenzero’s Twist 👉 Stone-baked bread with rosemary and sea salt 👉 500-gram pasture-fed Riverina Sirloin on the bone 👉 Moran’s Cacio e Pepe Mac n Cheese 👉 Stone-roased portobello mushrooms with Taleggio and thyme 👉 Fresh lemon sorbet with basil oil #thisiscanberra #canberrafood #canberrafoodie #canberrarestaurants

We stopped by FAV CUP CAFE to try their delicious range of bagels and loved it! 🥯 Their menu features both plain and flavoured bagels with all kinds of fillings - including breakfast bagels and bagel sandwiches. They’ve also incorporated some Asian flavours into their menu such as the Tom Yum Prawn Bagel with grilled prawn, tomato, red onion and salad. 📍Open everyday for dine-in & takeaway, at G09/39 London Circuit, City. #thisiscanberra #canberrafood #bagels #canberracafe

If you haven't been yet, it's not too late! Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence. is currently showing at the National Portrait Gallery and closes on 27 May. Stroll through the gallery of portraits for some very high-profile people. Get your tickets at https://www.portrait.gov.au/.

A fresh groom = happy puppy 🐶
A fresh groom = happy puppy 🐶

A fresh groom = happy pooch. 🐶 Which haircut is your favourite? The Waggington | #thisiscanberra #doggrooming

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This Is Canberra is one of the region’s longest standing and most respected publications. Founded in 2005, This Is Canberra is best known for producing quality food and lifestyle content.