Capital Region Farmers Market
2024-08-17 07:00 - 2025-12-20 11:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Exhibition Park in Canberra, Exhibition Park in Canberra, Lyneham, ACT, Australia
Sample the region’s freshest produce at the Capital Region Farmers Market.
The Market is a community project run by the Rotary Club of Hall, the only rural Rotary Club in the ACT.
There are over 100 stallholders each week who bring their freshly picked, grown and hand crafted produce to the Market. Speak to a stallholder and ask them where their produce comes from – you’ll be surprised what you’ll learn and pick up cooking, storage and usage tips.
The Rotary Club of Hall is proud to do something positive to underpin the growing agri-business opportunities in the region and offer a great seasonal food experience. The Market provides a direct and unbroken link between food producers and customer and also enables the Rotary Club of Hall to support important regional community projects.

Dates: 17 Aug 2024 – 20 Dec 2025

Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!
2025-05-31 09:00 - 2026-02-01 17:00 | Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, King Edward Terrace, Parkes, ACT, 2600, Australia
Overview
Uncover the unexpected and spark your curiosity with mesmerising magnets, machines and motion in Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!
With 17 exhibits across three zones and a trio of delightful characters, Questacon Presents explores electricity – ZAP! – simple machines – CLANK! – and fundamental forces – POW!
In Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW! you can become a battery, lift herculean loads with levers and use mechanisms to make mechanical music. Feel charged up as you watch 15,000 volts of electricity force its way through the air as an arc of plasma. Discover how simple machines make work easier by lifting your own body weight into the air with the help of pulleys. Create a flying contraption and let it fly on a wind table, experimenting with airflow and aerodynamics.

Mr Squiggle and Friends
2025-08-16 09:00 - 2025-10-13 17:00 | National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton, ACT, 260, Australia
Mr Squiggle and Friends: The Creative World of Norman Hetherington brings the puppet with a pencil for a nose back into the limelight.
This exhibition reunites Mr Squiggle with his friends Blackboard, Rocket, Bill Steamshovel and Gus the Snail, along with a myriad of other characters created by master puppeteer Norman Hetherington. This exhibition showcases more than 300 objects from the Museum’s recently acquired Norman Hetherington collection.
Go behind the scenes and discover Norman’s magical world of puppetry, cartooning and entertainment. Try your hand at puppeteering or add your own creation to their squiggle digital interactive. Let your imagination run wild!
On show now.
Free entry. Bookings essential.

Floriade 2025
2025-09-13 - 2025-10-12 | Commonwealth Park, Commonwealth Ave, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
Overview
Floriade, Australia’s Biggest Celebration of Spring, returns to Commonwealth Park.
Get ready to step into a world of wonder as Floriade celebrates its 38th year with the theme: Science and Nature, transforming Commonwealth Park into a dynamic space of discovery and learning, all set amongst one million beautiful blooms.
Wander through vibrant garden beds bursting with blooms, swap your gardening gloves for a lab coat and dive into nature’s laboratory with hands-on workshops, talks and activities for all the family.

Floriade 2025
2025-09-13 - 2025-10-12 | Commonwealth Park, Commonwealth Ave, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
Overview
Floriade, Australia’s Biggest Celebration of Spring, returns to Commonwealth Park.
Get ready to step into a world of wonder as Floriade celebrates its 38th year with the theme: Science and Nature, transforming Commonwealth Park into a dynamic space of discovery and learning, all set amongst one million beautiful blooms.
Wander through vibrant garden beds bursting with blooms, swap your gardening gloves for a lab coat and dive into nature’s laboratory with hands-on workshops, talks and activities for all the family.
When: 13 Sep 2025 from 12:00am to 11:59pm
Price: Free

Free Craft
2025-09-27 10:00 - 2025-10-05 16:00 | Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, 18 King George Terrace, Parkes, ACT, 2600, Australia
Celebrate all things spring, Floriade and our beautiful native flora by making brooches and floral crowns using sustainable and recyclable materials.

When: 27 September – 5 October
Time: 10am-4pm
Free, drop in, no booking required

Craft
2025-09-27 10:00 - 2025-10-05 16:00 | Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, 18 King George Terrace, Parkes, ACT, 2600, Australia
Celebrate all things spring, Floriade and our beautiful native flora by making brooches and floral crowns using sustainable and recyclable materials.

When: 27 September – 5 October
Time: 10am – 4pm
Where: Learning space. Please enter through the main doors and staff will direct you.
Age: all ages
Cost: free
Drop in, no booking required

Secrets of the Australian Bush - A family Adventure
2025-09-30 10:30 - 11:30 | Australian National Botanic Gardens, Clunies Ross Street,, Acton, ACT, Australia
Overview
This Spring school holidays, join a family-friendly Flora Explorer bus tour.
Discover the amazing secrets of the plants that live in the Australian bush on this family-friendly tour at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
You will travel on their magical Flora bus, walk through the Rainforest Gully, visit the Red Centre Garden and finish at the Paperbark Treehouse.
This tour is designed for children aged 4-10 years who must be accompanied by an adult.
