A grandmother in Canberra’s north is a bushcraft survival expert who gives Bear Grylls a run for his money, and she’s attracted the attention of reality TV show Alone Australia.
It’s not just about collector tea towels and tea cups for the Australian Monarchists League. Just ask young monarchist Matthew Stratton, 22, who’s flying from Melbourne to Canberra to hand out hundreds of flags to the crowd.
For the first time in 40 years, Ginninderra Falls – Canberra’s Kakadu – is up for sale and has attracted interest from commercial buyers as far away as Canada and Singapore.
Canberra’s lack of a beach (Kambah Pool doesn’t count) hasn’t stopped 50 Canberra families from joining a surf lifesaving club and adopting the Batemans Bay Nippers as their own.
A mob of roos had just split up a herd of cattle as I spoke with Yass farmer Ben Coster about his bid for Australia’s best working dog in this week’s 2024 Cobber Challenge.
Century-old rare maps, private notes between Senators and autographed memoirs of past Prime Ministers are amongst the treasures unearthed at Lifeline Bookfair over the years.
Before the starting gun even fires, 230 people are already winners at this week’s Transplant Games in Canberra because each competitor is only at the starting line because of organ donors.
We always knew Canberra was special, but few locals know we’re the only capital city in the world to encourage embassies to adopt traditional architectural styles of their country – everywhere else it’s just bricks and mortar.
Local urban explorers have mapped out a far grittier plan of Canberra than Walter Burley Griffin’s aesthetic vision - that of abandoned ruins and hidden or forgotten structures.
For those who don’t know,...
Bet you’ve never heard of canoe polo but in the Harmer family, it’s a lifestyle and 18-year-old Jess is following in her parents’ footsteps (dad’s a coach and mum’s a gold-medallist), joining...
