Vinnies Braddon will be the 28th store to operate in the ACT region, and the charity’s first venture into the Canberra CBD.
It will be open seven days a week, and will have late night hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in line with the popular Vinnies Dickson store.
This Sunday, a showcase of art and performance hits the streets of one of the capital’s hippest districts. For one day only, the Braddon Busking Festival invites the community to experience a smorgasbord of street performances.
Hip, young, and fresh, Braddon is the epitome of a modern Australian suburb where restaurants have taken over former industrial buildings, artisan coffee roasters run the streets, and quirky, indie stores find a home here.
It has been 704 long days since density limits were introduced in the hospitality industry, says Anthony Brierley, general manager of the Australian Hotels Association (ACT Branch), and he and other businesses are relieved they can finally return to normal trading from tonight.
The decision to close the Braddon Centrelink shopfront in December and merge it with the Gungahlin bureau was made five months before October’s official announcement, it was revealed in Senate Estimates hearings...
