My Ainslie stay guidebook

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My Ainslie stay guidebook

Food scene

These are the nearby places in Northside. However, there are many more fabulous food precincts including south side in Kingston, Manuka, Civic, Griffith shops which vary in type and price.
Edgars pub: Fast great takeaway coffee to easy outdoor dining and drinks. Very popular, especially on Fridays and weekends. Upstairs is the more upmarket venues for cocktails and Gin and Jazz nights as well as Wakefield wine bar. Check out their website and book for the upstairs section. .
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Edgar's Inn
1 Edgar St
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Edgars pub: Fast great takeaway coffee to easy outdoor dining and drinks. Very popular, especially on Fridays and weekends. Upstairs is the more upmarket venues for cocktails and Gin and Jazz nights as well as Wakefield wine bar. Check out their website and book for the upstairs section. .
Best cheese bar in Canberra and all the nice things locals like to eat..walk there and take a reusable shopping bag or use one of their boxes.
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IGA Ainslie
11 Edgar St
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Best cheese bar in Canberra and all the nice things locals like to eat..walk there and take a reusable shopping bag or use one of their boxes.
Great coffee and special artisan bakery items. Avoid the queues on weekdays and go before lunchtime.
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SONOMA BRADDON
21 Lonsdale St
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Great coffee and special artisan bakery items. Avoid the queues on weekdays and go before lunchtime.
Great local beer and you can try a flight. There is undercover outside seating as well as inside. A great place to walk to and from.
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BentSpoke Brewing Co.
38 Mort St
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Great local beer and you can try a flight. There is undercover outside seating as well as inside. A great place to walk to and from.
Delicious! They have limited opening hours, so check before going.
Mama Dough
2 Wakefield Gardens
Delicious! They have limited opening hours, so check before going.
Checkout the local produce, buy your lunch and chat to the producers on Saturday mornings. You can walk to Northbourne Ave and catch the light rail to EPIC.
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Capital Region Farmers Market
Old Well Station Road
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Checkout the local produce, buy your lunch and chat to the producers on Saturday mornings. You can walk to Northbourne Ave and catch the light rail to EPIC.
Great galettes for breakfast (try the smoked salmon one) or brunch, with a glass of sparkling, in easy walking distance from Air bnb. Indoor and outdoor seating (with blankets provided, if needed). Reliably good coffee and French bakery items (tarts and almond croissant).
Breizh Cafe
15 Edgar St
Great galettes for breakfast (try the smoked salmon one) or brunch, with a glass of sparkling, in easy walking distance from Air bnb. Indoor and outdoor seating (with blankets provided, if needed). Reliably good coffee and French bakery items (tarts and almond croissant).

Sightseeing

Indoor and outdoor venues and locations abound in Canberra. Many exist as Canberra is the nation’s capital eg Parliament House, The Science Academy, National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Australian Democracy, AIATSIS, Australian War Memorial etc
Walk up the road towards Mount Ainslie and see kangaroos at sunset, wildflowers, or walk to Australian War Memorial along the track on the right.
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Mount Ainslie
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Walk up the road towards Mount Ainslie and see kangaroos at sunset, wildflowers, or walk to Australian War Memorial along the track on the right.
A great place to research those involved in war and peace missions as part of your family history and see displays and attend the last post. (9 min drive or pleasant walk). The artworks by war artists is probably the best part!
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Australian War Memorial
Treloar Crescent (top of Anzac Parade)
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A great place to research those involved in war and peace missions as part of your family history and see displays and attend the last post. (9 min drive or pleasant walk). The artworks by war artists is probably the best part!
So much to see here for the art enthusiast and tentative gallery goer. Coffee available at outside cafe and indoor cafe as well. The fabulous sculpture garden has toilets. Don’t miss ‘Within Without’, a large sculptural work by US artist, James Turrell. Enter the work near the main entrance. Check out the important Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander works as well.
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National Gallery of Australia
Parkes Place East
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So much to see here for the art enthusiast and tentative gallery goer. Coffee available at outside cafe and indoor cafe as well. The fabulous sculpture garden has toilets. Don’t miss ‘Within Without’, a large sculptural work by US artist, James Turrell. Enter the work near the main entrance. Check out the important Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander works as well.
The rainforest walk near the new Banksia Garden is a must. The Cafe is well located but you can take a thermos and find a more secluded spot.
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Australian National Botanic Gardens
Clunies Ross Street
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The rainforest walk near the new Banksia Garden is a must. The Cafe is well located but you can take a thermos and find a more secluded spot.
This picnic and barbecue spot, with table and seating, is just a very short walk from Campbell Street. Kangaroos come to graze here in Summer at dusk and probably at other times too!
Corroboree Park
Corroboree Park
This picnic and barbecue spot, with table and seating, is just a very short walk from Campbell Street. Kangaroos come to graze here in Summer at dusk and probably at other times too!
This is a gallery for everyone, even if the Collection focuses on those who have made a significant contribution to Australia. Check out the Hermannsburg group portrait pot, Nora Heysen’s compelling 1934 self portrait (currently on loan Sept 2022) and the very large Bob Brown portrait, representing the time and narrative of the proposed damming of the Franklin River in Tasmania. Great “book shop” with quality stock is next to the cafe. Sit in the sunny outside section, which overlooks Reconciliation Place and the High Court of Australia.
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Galería Nacional de Retratos
King Edward Terrace
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This is a gallery for everyone, even if the Collection focuses on those who have made a significant contribution to Australia. Check out the Hermannsburg group portrait pot, Nora Heysen’s compelling 1934 self portrait (currently on loan Sept 2022) and the very large Bob Brown portrait, representing the time and narrative of the proposed damming of the Franklin River in Tasmania. Great “book shop” with quality stock is next to the cafe. Sit in the sunny outside section, which overlooks Reconciliation Place and the High Court of Australia.

Neighbourhoods

Ainslie is part of the inner north of Canberra and is a great community. It has a heritage precinct around Corroboree Park, one street away from the Air bnb. Some locals like to call it “The Peoples’ Republic of Ainslie”
Ainslie
Ainslie is part of the inner north of Canberra and is a great community. It has a heritage precinct around Corroboree Park, one street away from the Air bnb. Some locals like to call it “The Peoples’ Republic of Ainslie”

Consejos para la ciudad

Cómo moverse

Bus route near the airbnb gets you most places.

Try the light rail down Northbourne Ave, just past Braddon. We are located a 20 minute walk to the city centre.
Qué empacar

Bring your walking shoes and puffer/warm jacket.

Canberra has the most sunny days of any capital in Australia, so bring your sunglasses.