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About Canberra | Climate | Getting to Canberra | Tourist activities | Accommodation |

About Canberra.

Canberra, ACT, the birthplace of Australia's Federation, the national capital of the nation and home to over 300,000 people. Canberra is a fascinating place for visitors and tourists to spend a few days or even longer. Here is some Canberra tourist information.

Canberra's Climate.

Canberra's summer daytime temperatures are generally mild, but in Summer may reach 30 degrees Celsius or more with minimal rainfall. In Winter, night-time temperatures may drop well below zero, but winter days are normally calm and sunny, averaging around 12 to 14 degrees Celsius. Rain in Canberra falls mainly in Spring and Autumn.

Getting to Canberra.

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Canberra is 280 kilometres south-west of Sydney and 650 kilometres north-east of Melbourne. Once out of the Sydney built-up area, most of the distance to Canberra is via multi-lane divided carriage-way for most of he way. A typical car journey from Sydney will take about 3.5 hours. Alternatively you can travel from Sydney by train.

If coming from Melbourne, again a good dual lane road is available to Yass for the final 30 min run into Canberra.

Many visitors arrive in Canberra via discounted airline at the airport with Virgin, Jetstar, Qantas or a smaller region airlines that services Canberra. Travelling the 10km to the city from the airport takes about  fifteen minutes via taxi to the city costing approximately $12-14. Some hotels provide transfers. If you are starting a journey from Canberra airport, you can also hire a car from one of the car rental companies.

Travel around Canberra is easy via a good bus network. Alternatively you might like to take a Canberra tourist tour that provides an entertaining and informative way of seeing the major attractions of this exciting city.

Canberra tourist activities.

Canberra is a tourists dream , with a huge number of activities catering for the tourist and day tripper. Canberra hosts many public buildings that are open most days to visitors. See Canberra Tourist Resource Centre box. While Canberra is famous for its roundabouts, it is in fact an easy city to drive around. Just don't get worried if the road does not seem to go where you are going, often roads sweep around again to your destination. It is worth investing a in a  map of course!

It is worth having a map because if you want to visit the Black Mountain Telstra Tower, Australian War Memorial, the Royal Australian Mint, Cockington Green, the Australian War Memorial it is best to plan your day's driving in advance.

There are many international embassies in Canberra, many are fine examples of architecture from their home countries.

Accommodation in Canberra.

Make sure you don't pay full price for hotels in Canberra. Instead, get yourself some cheap accommodation in Canberra because while there are many quality hotels ranging from 3 star to five star, most offer discount accommodation deals not only for business travellers, but also for international and domestic holiday travellers who have come to Australia's Capital city to see the sights. Booking hotel accommodation on the internet can result in some cheap holiday deals, saving you hundreds of dollars.

Many Canberra hotels offer last minute discount last minute deals that will save you dollars on your hotel room bookings. These available from a few hours to 20 days pre-book and often include free inclusions, like free breakfasts, or free car parking. Another key accommodation reservation aspect is many hotels with last minute deals offer instant booking confirmation.

Where to stay in in the city is partly dependant on what you want to do. Many Canberra hotels are in the centre of Canberra  which is not far from attractions such as told and new Parliament Houses, the High Court of Australia, National Gallery, Museum of Australia and the National Library of Australia. In fact most of these attractions are within walking distance of many Canberra hotels.  

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