Canberra, ACT - citybreaks

Discover Canberra’s fine food and its autumn and winter attractions on your next break in the ACT.

Canberra and its surrounds make a great destination at any time, but especially if you love the romantic colours of autumn as the leaves of the European trees turn to crimson and gold. Canberra’s parks and gardens are beautiful for walks as the air turns crisp and cool against the clear, bright blue skies. There’s plenty going on in the vineyards in autumn, too, with the picking of grapes and the wineries swinging into action to produce their wine. Some vineyards have restaurants on site, so you can taste wine and enjoy a leisurely lunch in front of an open fire. The Canberra and Region Heritage Festival takes place from 8-17 April, celebrating the city’s heri-tage with more than 2,100 events and activities – including a lakeside regatta with traditional boats, vintage cars and storytelling at historic Blundells Cottage.

Rally drivers will be flying through the Canberra forests on the weekend of April 23 and 24, competing in the Subaru Rally of Canberra as a part of the prestigious FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. This year the rally has an extended field for Australian class competitors, historic cars and the Subaru rally itself.

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More must-dos in Canberra

*Shop for local art and craft at the award-winning Old Bus Depot Markets each Sunday in Kingston.
*Drive through Reid, Ainslie or Forrest to see the autumn colours in landscapes planned by Canberra’s earliest landscape designers.
*Witness the moving dawn ceremony on Anzac Day at the Australian War Memorial.
*Play a round of golf at one of Canberra’s top courses.
*Walk to Yankee Hat, an Aboriginal rock shelter with interesting artwork located in the Nomadic National Park.
*Play on the giant floor piano and mix your own tracks at Question’s newest exhibition, Strike a Chord – the Science of Music.