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02/09/2026

It began with two little girls running up Red Hill to gather wattle for their parents’ anniversary. Nearly a century later, Dawn Waterhouse’s lifelong collection has returned to the Canberra home where it all began.

Every year, two little girls would run up Red Hill in search of gold. Dawn Calthorpe and her older sister…

01/09/2026

Canberra's triathlon community is mourning the tragic loss of 32-year-old Bridie Lee following the fatal crash on Gungahlin Drive last week.

People living on both sides of Australia are continuing to mourn the tragic loss of a young woman who was…

01/09/2026

This is how Civic looked from the air back in the 1990s ... do you think it looks much different today?

Photo: ArchivesACT.

01/09/2026

One car, but a bill shared by the whole building? As Canberra embraces EVs, apartment residents are grappling with this question.

A resident in a Canberra apartment complex had been plugging their electric vehicle into a common-area outlet, effectively sharing the…

01/09/2026

Queanbeyan's railway bridges over the Molonglo and Queanbeyan Rivers opened for business in 1887 - and this is believed to be one of the earliest images.
Originally constructed in arched hardwood timber girders on brick piers and stone abutments, after the 1925 floods they were rebuilt in the Warren deck steel truss style.

Photo: Canberra and District Historical Society.

01/09/2026

Canberra's winter lost its edge this year, and an early summer could be on the cards. Here's what's driving the ACT's changing climate.

Climate change shifted into high gear this year as the ACT experienced the warmest winter on record, with above-average temperatures…

01/09/2026

Local naturalist Ian Fraser has spent a lifetime observing wildlife but he reckons a recent visitor to his campsite has to be one of the highlights.

This column is prompted by a very special visitor to our campsite on a recent short holiday to some of…

31/08/2026

She was as passionate about Canberra as she was about wattle - Canberra doyenne Dawn Waterhouse OAM who died earlier this year, age 102.
On this Wattle Day 2026, we remember Mrs Waterhouse whose personal collection, including this album of cards and poetry related to our national floral emblem, is now in the National Museum of Australia.

Photo: National Museum of Australia.

31/08/2026

Canberra's first Nigerian restaurant has opened and people are queuing.

Canberra’s first Nigerian restaurant has opened in Braddon and crowds have been flocking for a taste of West Africa. The…

31/08/2026

If only these walls could talk ... Canberra's Hotel Civic opened in 1935, on the corner of Northbourne and Alinga Streets.
It was famous not only for its cold bevvies, but also for the best smorgasbord lunch in the 1960s and 70s. It also made the news in 1965 when a group of women chained themselves to the public bar in protest against only being allowed to drink in the saloon bar.
The hotel was demolished in late 1984.

Photo: ACT Heritage Library