Canberra Day Tour commencing at 9.30am or 10.30am from outside the Canberra Museum & Gallery, CMAG, 176 London Circuit in the City Centre. For a Hotel pickup, depending where, call John on 0418 455 099. (A fee may apply.)
When you meet John, he will go through the timetable with you & plan your day & suggest the Attractions to stop at, in order, on a timetable. All Major Attractions, including the Australian War Memorial, Parliament House, Old Parliament House, Questacon, the National Museum of Australia, the Embassies & the Lodge.
The 20 seater bus is heated & air-conditioned.
All day tour finishes in the City Centre at 4.30pm, or finish early if you want, according to the timetable. Visit the Australian War Memorial one of the most visited attractions in Australia & one of the worlds greatest Military Museums. Inside, a full size Lancaster bomber & much more. No entry fee.
• Canberra and Region Visitors Centre - Tourist Information Centre located on Lake Burley Griffin alongside the Captain Cook Memorial Water Jet, rising to 100 metres into the air. Also here at this stop, is the National Capital Exhibition - History of Canberra Museum. Tells you the storey of Canberra & how it came to be.
Cafe here. No entry fee.
• National Library of Australia - Captain Cooks hand written log on display(sometimes). No entry fee.
• Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre - Hands on physics ,
(mainly for kids)
• National Gallery of Australia - Important Works of Art here, including Blue Poles by American artist, Jackson Pollock. One of the most controversial art purchase made by the Whitlam Government in 1973. No entry fee.
• National Portrait Gallery - Renowned Portrait Gallery
• High Court of Australia - Australia's Highest Court of Appeal in Australia. Three court rooms in a ten storey building. Wonderful architecture. No entry fee.
• Old Parliament House - Australia's most important Building, now the Museum of Australian Democracy. Everything has been preserved from when the Hawke Government moved to the current Parliament House. No entry fee, cafe here.
• Parliament House - Home of Australia' Parliament, one of the great buildings of the world. The result of a world wide competition. An original Magna Carta, dated 1297, on display hereNo entry fee.
• National Museum of Australia - Australiana over the last two hundred years. Phar Laps heart, the original prototype for the Holden Motor Car. Antarctica Exhibition here which is free of charge.
• National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) - History of Film, sound & radio in Australia. No entry fee. (Available on request only.)
Tour Departs from Canberra Museum and Gallery, 176 London Circuit, Canberra City Centre, at 9.30am : 10.30am.
Capital Touring Services Pty Ltd reserves the right to substitute smaller buses, depending on demand Bus may not run every day, depending on demand. Call 0418 455 099 to confirm