Canberra Things to Do Tips by Kiriel

The Canberra Museum and Art Gallery (CMAG) is a bit of an unknown gem in Canberra. Right in the centre of the city, this gallery/museum is tucked inside a revamped office building, near the Canberra Theatre.

As well as permanent exhibitions on the settlement of Canberra, there is a well designed gallery which hosts exhibitions of often interesting and unusual art and sculpture. The space is pleasant, and has a little atrium cafe that is a lovely spot for a short coffee.

They also have a small side room where they hold miniature exhibitions of objects owned by locals. My family once displayed our easter egg collection there. Each year the family members sit down and paint a blown egg, and we have been doing it for about 25 years so now have a large and fascinating collection that reflects our family's history.

Other mini-exhibitions have included teapots, snow domes and egg cups. Its a fun way to engage local Canberrans in the gallery and the collections can be truly bizarre! There are usually activities connected with these exhibitions. In our case, the family got together and gave egg painting sessions, and in the case of the teapot exhibition, ran tea ceremonies and story telling for the children.

Entry to the museum is free, but very occasionally there might be a cost attached to a particular activity or exhibit.

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Phone: 61 2 6207 3968
Address: Cnr. London Circuit & Civic Square, Canberra City
Website: http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/museum/index.asp
Other Contact: 61 2 6207 2177

If you are visiting Australia, and Canberra, then one of the must sees of your time here, is the magnificent birds of Australia. The native birds are truly some of the most gorgeous in the world, but often are incredibly shy and hard to track down (apart from the friendly and garrulous cockatoos!)

Well to enjoy some of Australia's prettiest birds without searching for days, take an hour or two to wander through the Canberra aviary.

I went with a friend with two kids, for an hour... and ended up there for three! Your price of entry includes some apple, with which you can make yourself popular with the locals... who will land on your arms, your hands, your shoulders or your head!

Although the aviary isn't huge (1,000 square metre), there is an interesting mix of birds (including a few non-natives)

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Phone: +61 (0)2 6230 2044
Address: ederation Square, Gold Creek Village
Directions: Tucked into the back of Federation square.