Julia's Guidebook
Food scene
The cafe and bakery the Knox has delicious bread, sweets and reliable coffee and food. Next to a well stocked convenience store.
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Shops
25 Dickson PlThe cafe and bakery the Knox has delicious bread, sweets and reliable coffee and food. Next to a well stocked convenience store.
A delightful yoga and pilates studio, wine shop stocked with regional wines and there is a coffee shop with great coffee! All set near playing fields.
Downer Village
38 Melba StreetA delightful yoga and pilates studio, wine shop stocked with regional wines and there is a coffee shop with great coffee! All set near playing fields.
The Scholar
23 Woolley StFavourite Chinese restaurant.
Pho Phu Quoc Vietnamese Restaurant
5 Badham StFavourite Dickson Vietnamese.
Great pub meals including good vegetarian options and atmosphere.
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The Old Canberra Inn
195 Mouat StGreat pub meals including good vegetarian options and atmosphere.
Highroad
1 Woolley StGreat coffee and cafe menu.
These are genuinely good farmers’ markets with locally produced food. Lots of hot food and coffee to choose from.
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Capital Region Farmers Market
Old Well Station RoadThese are genuinely good farmers’ markets with locally produced food. Lots of hot food and coffee to choose from.
The Cupping Room
1-13 University AveGreat city cafe.
Capital Brewing Co
1 Dairy RdGreat burgers and beers. It’s a little drive away.
Rasa Sayang Restaurant
43 Woolley StreetTilley's Devine Cafe Gallery
Wattle StreetSupermarket
IGA Ainslie
11 Edgar StVery good range of products including locally sourced options.
Woolworths Dickson
1 Dickson PlSightseeing
National Gallery of Australia
Parkes Place EastNational Portrait Gallery
King Edward TerraceLeisure
A lovely public pool in a grassy park with lots of trees. Only for summer months.
Dickson Pool
152 Cowper StA lovely bush walk with a fantastic view. Track starts from behind the war memorial.
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Mount Ainslie Lookout
20 Mount Ainslie DrA lovely bush walk with a fantastic view. Track starts from behind the war memorial.
Decent cafe / restaurant with a nice view of the lake. The library has museum displays sometimes.
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National Library of Australia
Parkes Place WestDecent cafe / restaurant with a nice view of the lake. The library has museum displays sometimes.
The central loop of the lake is 5km on a flat, concrete path. You can extend the walk to Kingston Foreshore.
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Lake Burley Griffin
Flynn DriveThe central loop of the lake is 5km on a flat, concrete path. You can extend the walk to Kingston Foreshore.
Neighbourhoods
Lonsdale Street
Lonsdale Street