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.
No one goes to a national attraction to try the cafe - and it often shows. But as food writer Tenele Conway discovers, a lazy lunch in a world-class setting should be on everyone's menu.
It’s easy as a Canberran to dismiss a national attraction lobby cafe. They’ve become a part of the fabric of…
Hello spring! 🌸🌸🌸
Where can we find the best blooming blossoms in Canberra?
📸: Grant O’Loughlan
They're coming back!
You might think you've gone back in time if you're planning a walk around Lake Burley Griffin this weekend. Yep,…
🏃🏽♀️ Leap into adventure and experience the beauty of Canberra’s stunning trails with Stromlo Running Festival this November!
They’ve got six diverse courses catering to all abilities, including special routes for our youngest participants. Whether you’re a seasoned trail runner or a novice explorer, there’s an adventure waiting for everyone.
Rego is open, head to and pick your distance!
📸: Stromlo Running Festival
The search for Canberra’s best beards is on - and it’s all for a good cause. 🧔♂️
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Planning a wedding in Canberra? We've compiled a list of local suppliers to help! 🍾
Hosting a wedding in the Canberra region offers happy couples a wealth of options, but with so many decisions to…
An exhibition at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre brings together the work of 10 prominent Canberra-based women artists who were all born outside Australia. Art critic Sasha Grishin explains why it's so significant.
One can argue that with the exception of First Nations artists, all other artists working in Australia are ‘new arrivals’.…
A new Canberra theatre company is putting on a play that's ‘in your face, gritty theatre'.
Something special happened in 2011 when Sammy Moynihan and Marlene Radice met at an Australian National University (ANU) event. They…
is here serving up authentic Indian flavours and top notch hospitality!
With a strong focus on supporting local producers, ensuring the freshest most vibrant tastes 🔥
Want to be a part of the grand opening? Amara Indian is offering 10% off dine-ins and 15% off takeaway until 15 September 2024.
📍51-53 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra
Rasam on Childers St promises authentic South Indian food, and Michelle Taylor says it’s a must-experience taste sensation.
Rasam, promising authentic South Indian food, has opened in Childers Street. It's a home-style eatery that pays homage to the…
Could Tuggeranong become the home of jazz in Canberra? 🎷
From an upbringing in Brooklyn and Los Angeles where jazz flows through the streets, Canberra might seem a strange place…
It might be Dickson not Paris, but you'll be greeted like an old friend at Lilette (and the pastries are delicious).
Lilette Maison de la Gourmandise started as a pastry shop in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern. But after 11 years,…
You've driven past it plenty of times, but do you know what's inside Mogo Wildlife Park? Test yourself in the quiz! 🦒
You've driven past it plenty of times, but what do you actually know about what's inside Mogo Wildlife Park? We'll…
Does a nice meal out have to break the bank? Here's where to go for an affordable feed in Canberra.
As the cost of living pressure increases, the idea of going out for a nice meal might seem like mission…
Where are you treating Dad for lunch this Father’s Day?
Here’s our top picks 👇🏼
📍Marble & Grain
📍Canberra Southern Cross Club Woden, Tuggeranong, and Jamison
📍QT Capitol Bar & Grill
📍No. 10 Restaurant + Bar
📍Braddon Merchant
📍Midnight Bar
For ideas on how to spoil Dad, read more via the link in our bio 🔗
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Ballyhoo has the potential to become one of Canberra’s most exciting restaurants, reckons Lucy Ridge. Here’s why.
The road to Ballyhoo has been a long one. Lengthy delays have kept Canberrans waiting for this opening for a…
With scores of separate landlords, maintaining the symmetrical Melbourne and Sydney buildings in Civic has always been tricky. It’s happening though.
By the end of 2025, Canberra's iconic Sydney and Melbourne buildings will look better than they ever have in Ravi…
We’re looking for Canberra’s BEST pasta joint! Tell us your favourite below 👇🏼
High up on our list is Amici Wine Bar & Deli bottomless pasta nights 🤌🏼
📸: .pew.studio
Remember the affordable Singaporean Hawker-style dishes at Verity Lane Market? Fans were heartbroken when Lim Peh shut up shop … but they’re back! 🍜
Lim Peh’s Hawker Bowls (formerly known as Lim Peh’s Wan Tan Mee and Lim Peh's Wonton Noodles) caused a stir…
The Gourmet Traveller Restaurant awards have been announced: here’s who scored in Canberra. 🍷
Pilot has once again been named the Best Restaurant in the ACT at The Gourmet Traveller Awards. The awards have…
It’s Friday! And if you’re anything like us, this means you are probably treating yourself to an easy takeaway lunch. 😋 Here’s a few of our favourites:
📍The Goods Wholefoods
📍Sandoochie
📍Tutto Delicatessen
📍Baby-Su
Tell us your go-to spots in the comments below 👇🏼
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With Father's Day just around the corner, we've put together a few great ideas for making it a day to remember! Where are you taking him?
Father's Day is just around the corner - Sunday, 1 September - and if you're keen to embrace the trend…
Last year we published a piece about where to find Canberra's best laksa. To this day we're still receiving recommendations, so Lucy Ridge headed back out to do the hard yards 🍜
My colleagues at The Canberra Page like to pose hard-hitting, current affairs questions to their audience and this one recently…
Remember the kayakcameraman? He’s back and reckons the Lake’s looking better than ever.
Do you want to know what the sunrise over Lake Burley Griffin looked like on this day in 2014? Chances…
87% of Region’s readers reckon the alcohol excise is too high, and Lucy Ridge argues they’re right. Here’s why.
When Region published this piece about excise tax increases last week, we asked you if you thought they were too…
A new gastropub has opened in the 'burbs. 🍺
With more than a dozen venues across Canberra, one wonders if Canberra hospitality giant Two Before Ten could possibly have…
It’s classic all-day breakfast and elevated lunch dishes at this new Griffith cafe. Food writer Lucy Ridge investigates.
Recess at Griffith Shops is doing more than ‘little lunch’ with a menu of all-day breakfast staples and a solid…
The works of one of Australia’s finest tonal painters are mysterious, uncanny, and very beautiful. Art expert Sasha Grishin explains why.
Peter Boggs is not a household name in Australian art circles, however he is one of Australia’s most admired ‘artist’s…
Are you excited for Stonefest, Canberra? Take a look at what to expect ...
Stonefest is back with a bang in 2024 and is ready to show other festivals that Canberra's live music scene…
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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 pooch. 🐶 Which haircut is your favourite? The Waggington | #thisiscanberra #doggrooming
The National Folk Festival has finally arrived! There's plenty of things to see and do, and you've got the rest of the Easter weekend to do it! Head down to the Nash, you won't be disappointed.
Canberra’s biggest race day of the year went off with a huge bang on Sunday 10 March, and our very own Janette Wojtaszak was right up in the action of all the fashion. 👗 Speaking to some of the best dressed on the day, Janette explored what made the best outfits stand out. ⭐️ Which outfit is your favourite? #thisiscanberra #visitcanberra #wearecbr #blackopalstakesraceday #fashionsonthefield
Hundreds of Canberrans were out on the Kingston Foreshore today to get a taste of In N Out, an American burger chain pop up that is in town for just one day. Did you try them out?
The journey of a Lerida Estate bottle of wine 🍷 Lerida Estate Wines Canberra Here is how Nathan from Vintage Bottlers goes through the process #thisiscanberra #leridawine
POV: Come with us and choose three shoes to elevate your look @FRANKIE4 footwear Mim—This is your new go-to neutral sneaker to elevate any seasonal style. With a platform, made to empower your everyday look. Thompson—A seasonal essential, this minimalist design is giving maximalist in style. Made for all day, every day. Mollie—When it comes to elevated style, you can't go wrong with Mollie Black Croc. Perfect for day to date night, her on-trend embellishments are a celebration of style. Venue: Frankie4 Manuka Location: 44 Franklin St, Griffith #thisiscanberra #wearecanberra #FRANKIE4 #FRANKIE4footwear #GoldenEra
As the Cavs approach their final home games of the season, are you ready to rock up for one last series and show your support for your Canberra Cavs? For the ultimate game day fans who want the best experience, the Bunker Box and Saloon await, with food and drink packages to power you through the gameday ⚾️ #thisiscanberra #wearecanberra #visitcanberra #canberracavalry Canberra Cavalry
This is Hunter & Siren 🧜♀️ A gorgeous, high-end fashion boutique that Canberra has been eagerly waiting for! 🛍️ Some of their brands: 🏷️ Alias Mae 🏷️ Eliya The Label 🏷️ Sonya Moda 🏷️ Elliatt You’ll be all set for your next event with a beautiful fit from Hunter & Siren. 🥂 Location: 5 Garema Pl, Canberra ACT 2601
Have you heard our latest Now You Know podcast episde with Laurence Kain from Capital Brewing Co.?🍻 Listen here: https://tr.ee/slIgGG_BGi 🎧 #thisiscanberra #nowyouknow #canberra #canberralife #canberrafood #canberraeats #canberralocals
Eastlake Football Club Calwell has had a refurb - and for the locals, it’s a welcome update! If you’re from the area, get on down to check it out. 🍕 Wednesday - pizza & trivia night 🥩 Meat raffles every Thursday & Friday + Happy Hour Drinks Monday - Friday, 4-6pm
Did you see hundreds of people wearing Santa hats running around Lake Burley Griffin on Wednesday 20 December? 🎅 Organised by the legends at Running for Resilience and supported by The Dock - Kingston Foreshore and The Jetty these Santas were having a bit of fun whilst also raising money for Rise Above - Capital Region Cancer Relief. Running for Resilience also hold regular weekly runs so check out their page if you're keen to join the next one! #thisiscanberra #wearecbr #VisitCanberra #runningforresilience
This is Tiger Lane. 🥡 Where the vibrant and diverse taste of Asia comes together to showcase SIX different mouthwatering offerings in one lively precinct, and that's not including the four restaurants. We were lucky enough to try something from each unique vendor (and walked away in a food coma!). Here’s what we thought: 🐼 - Golden Panda: Our must try items were the handmade prawn and cabbage dumplings and the fluffy steamed baos with honey-roasted pork. Yum! 🍜 - Lucky Duck BBQ: Get your chopsticks ready - Our favourite was the Honey Roasted Pork and Duck, served with soup on the side. 🍲- Inari Express: If you want something to soothe and nourish your body, try the Tonkotsu Classic Ramen 🍱 - Blowfish: Salmon Avocado Poke Bowl. Perfect for a quick midday lunch break. We devoured the Salmon Poke Bowl, it was huge. 🍯 - Sticky Beak: Each bite of the Korean Fried Chicken was an explosion of flavour, so many sauces! You’ll want to keep coming back for more. ⭐️ - Supalove: With the sauciest Pad Thai we've ever had. We are still thinking about our next noodle fix! Venue: Tiger Lane Canberra Location: Canberra Centre, Bunda St, Canberra ACT 2601
Q&A with Underground Spirits 🍸 We spoke to Underground Spirits CEO Claudia Roughley whilst she was shopping at POP Canberra and got the low-down on all the most important things (like her favourite cocktail to make). 🎉 Location: Shop G12/27 Lonsdale St, Braddon.
Have you heard? The magic of Christmas is thriving at Majura Park's North Pole Lane. 🎅 The kiddos are sure to love this magical place. Don't forget to check out the: ✨ Cinderella Christmas tree to celebrate 100 years of Disney ✨ Gingerbread family & house (including dog kennel!) ✨ North Pole train station ✨ The Ginger and Clove bakery on Main Street North Pole Lane is a ticketed event due to the theatrical nature of the experience. There is free parking and lots of space. Open every day until Sunday 24 December. Merry Christmas! 🎄 Location: 10 Catalina Drive, Majura Park (next to Kitchen Warehouse)
This is Blonde Poetry 💁♀️ Blonde Poetry stylists live and breathe the lighter side of life, where the art of creativity meets expertise. 🤩 We were lucky enough to have a sneak peak of Blonde Poetry 2.0, a meticulously planned, thoughtfully designed and perfectly executed NEW salon, located in the heart of Curtin shops. Here's what we love: 🎀 The luxurious hair spa experience with bespoke treatments and scalp rituals. 🎀 The stunning, modern interior design that gives an inviting, relaxing, indulgent feel. 🎀 The private suite hidden away from the main salon area, perfect for privacy or for events. It’s the perfect combination of serenity and exclusivity. 🎀 The bespoke table in the middle of the salon that allows you to log on and work remotely whilst you get your hair done. 🎀 A fully accessible bathroom with a stocked baby changing station to make life a bit easier for all the beautiful Mumma clients. Venue: Blonde Poetry Location: Shop 4/44 Curtin Place, Curtin
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.
