Acton Peninsula has been chosen as the site for the National Memorial for Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, but some victims’ relatives are unhappy with the location.
Historic boats and faithful reconstructions – century-old hire-boats, 1930s speedboats, sailboats, and Thames pleasure boats – will take to the waters of Lake Burley Griffin next weekend, in the biennial Canberra Classic Boatfest, held for the first time since 2018.
A water quality expert insists that Queanbeyan’s proposed new sewage plant must be designed to remove algae-stimulating phosphorus from effluent entering Lake Burley Griffin.
Lake Burley Griffin will play host to a festival of aquatic sports and fun next month that will also double as a fundraiser for Triathlon ACT member Kate Molineaux, who is recovering from serious injury.
The Greens have made an election promise of $150 million to make Australia’s rivers and waterways – including the often blue-green algae-blighted Lake Burley Griffin – clean enough to swim in again within the next decade.
Canberra’s lakes and waterways are a central part of life in the capital. As a child, my favourite thing to do as a treat was to hire a paddle boat on Lake Burley Griffin with my parents.
Clean-up Lake Burley Griffin Day is back for the fourth year running on Sunday 14 November from 9am to 12pm.
During National Recycling Week, 8-14 November, the public is encouraged to volunteer and...
