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.
19 locals recommend
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.
22 locals recommend
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.
29 locals recommend
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.
91 locals recommend
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.
70 locals recommend
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.
123 locals recommend
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