Canberra

There are two large closures coming up in Kosciuszko to allow for shooting to occur (animal control). If anyone's planning on a trip down there in the next few months this might affect you.

The first big one is the area south of Alpine Way, all the way down to the edge of the park at the Victorian border. This is planned to be closed for basically all of March (4th-28th). This map shows the area in question.

The second and even larger closure is the majority of the area north of the Snowy Mountains Hwy, and this is planned to be closed for literally half the year - 4th April to 4th of October. If you want to do the run through Long Plain and Broken Cart trail (makes nice day trip from Canberra) better think about doing it soon or you'll be waiting a while. This map shows the area for this closure.

Indonesian airline Batik Air has announced it will fly from Canberra to Bali three times a week from June.

It is only the second airline to announce international flights out of Canberra since they ceased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ACT Policing is seeking assistance from the public to identify a cyclist involved in a collision at Casey Market Town on Saturday, 20 January 2024.

About 8pm, a young child was struck by a cyclist who was riding on the footpath outside the Casey Jones pub.

Summernats is back - beware of the extra traffic and the linked changes if you live in or venture into the city/inner north.

Don't turn up to the lake at midnight for the end of year fireworks display because there won't be one then, this year the ACT gov is only doing the 9pm fireworks.

They are at least supposed to be combining the two displays in terms of quantity of fireworks, so expect the loud bangs to run longer than usual.

A tracking device has led Canberra police to a large haul of allegedly stolen e-bikes and electric scooters.

Police say they have recovered six e-bikes and 15 electric scooters — all suspected of being stolen — from a home in Ngunnawal in Canberra's north.

An experiment on a new type of light rail track has started at the National Arboretum.

The 20-metre x 30-metre ”Green Track Prototype” runs sections of steel rail through four garden beds filled with different species of grass, other low-lying plants, and trees.

It’s a test bed to see whether the same greenery can be replicated along various sections of Canberra’s light rail network, and flourish despite Canberra’s harsh climate.

Double demerit points apply for motorists in the ACT from Friday, December 22 until Monday, January 1, 2024.

The same applies for NSW if you're heading down the coast or whereever.

Hello, new to the Canberra area and in the need for a mechanic to service my VW Golf.

Can anyone recommend a European mechanic shop that specialises in VWs?

Thanks very much in advance.

From Term 1 next year, students in Preschool up to Year 10 will not be able to use their mobile phone, smart watch or any other personal communication devices at school.

A new telescope at Mount Stromlo will give researchers thousands of times more information.

The Quantum Optical Ground Station, where the telescope is housed, can provide high-quality video transmissions from space.

Professor Anna Moore of the ANU says it's a world-first in terms of global communication capability.

The regulation preventing new gas network connections to buildings in Canberra will begin on 8 December as part of the ACT Government’s plan to transition from fossil fuels.

A wombat has earned the nickname Ian Thorpe after swimming for nearly 40 minutes before being rescued from a Canberra pond after a thunderstorm.

The wombat was rescued from Yerrabi Pond in Canberra's north by a woman in a kayak on Monday evening

Brindabella Christian College will need to cease using its car park that was installed without development approval by next month, the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) has ruled.

The private school’s sealed car park on public land formed the basis of a dispute between the Lyneham Community Association (LCA) and the ACT Planning and Land Authority, which was heard in the tribunal on Monday and Tuesday (13 and 14 November) before a decision was made on Tuesday afternoon.

A Safe Work Australia report found engineered stone poses an 'unacceptable risk to workers' and should be banned.

The ACT government says its prepared to introduce its own ban if a national agreement isn't reached.

The CFMEU is calling on retailers like Bunnings and IKEA to stop selling engineered stone products.

A 43-year-old woman has been charged after allegedly running onto the tarmac and under a plane at Canberra Airport on Wednesday evening (1 November).

Footage shared to social media shows the woman – wearing black pants, slippers and a jacket – approaching the front wheel and cockpit of a QantasLink plane and trying to get the pilot’s attention.

The plane was reportedly bound for Adelaide, and witnesses claim the woman was trying to get the pilot to let her board.

They’ve been a peak Canberra experience for decades, but the paddle boats on Lake Burley Griffin have finally paddled their last.

The National Capital Authority (NCA) has announced the boats have “reached the end of their operational life and have been discontinued”.

The first of four Australian-made electric buses ordered for the Transport Canberra fleet has arrived in the ACT and is about to hit the road.

The new Custom Denning ‘Element’ low-floor battery electric bus (BEB) was on show today at the Belconnen Depot where the four will be based and two chargers have been installed.

Next time you visit your local shops or take a stroll through a park in Canberra, you may just happen across a book sitting on a bench.

It may look lost, but it's actually just waiting to be found and read.

Each week, award-winning author and playwright Maura Pierlot visits a different Canberra suburb and leaves books on the benches she walks past.

Wakefield Park raceway was closed last August after a court limited race days to four per month.

It's estimated the track contributed almost $17 million annually to the Goulburn economy.

It was sold in March and the new owners have plans to reopen the track by the end of the year.

G'day all,

We got a pretty quiet community going here, but hey, that's our CBR style sometimes. I am keen on collecting thoughts on keeping the Daily Discussion Threads going? They don't seem to be very active and can make the community look quite bare, cluttering up the feed.

Keen for your thoughts