THE ONE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE
Locals and visitors alike flock to Canberra s National Arboretum – a tree museum - to go bush walking. mountain biking, to fly kites over grass hills or let the kids loose on the incredible POD Playground. A bonsai exhibit includes the country s oldest living bonsai while Instagrammers love the 35-metre-long Wide Brown Land sculpture based on Dorothea Mackellar s famous poem and inspired by the author s handwriting. Stroll the nearby Himalayan Cedar Track for some forest bathing. See nationalarboretum.act.gov.au
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THE ONE ART GALLERY
If, heaven forbid, you only have time to visit one Canberra gallery make it the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). It s home to Australia s largest collection of indigenous art and other must-see works including Jackson Pollock s Blue Poles, Sidney Nolan s Ned Kelly paintings and works by Monet, Matisse, Warhol and Albert Namatjira. Explore light and shadow in James Turrell s dramatic Skyspace Within Without