Author: OutInCanberra

Funny Canberra Street Names

Posted by | Sep 23, 2015 | |

Have you ever been looking at Google Maps and wondered what the people responsible for street names were thinking (smoking?) when they came up with gems like Wanka Road (near Toowoomba) or Tittybong Street (in central Victoria)? Not to be left out of the fun, Canberra’s got its own group of street names that will have you doing a double take.

We’ve consulted* the historical book, Canberra’s Suburb and Street Names, to discover the true meanings behind some of our favourite roads.

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The Best Inner South Bar Crawl

Posted by | Sep 23, 2015 | , |

There are plenty of things to be grateful for at the moment: the cherry blossoms are blossoming, footy finals fever is upon us, Canberra’s coming back to life, and The Bachelor is over!

These are all perfectly valid reasons to go out and celebrate with a couple of drinks – and with a couple of well-deserved long weekends coming up (yay!), why not round up your mates and head out on a bar crawl in our trendy Inner South? Here are six bars you shouldn’t miss on your way through:

The Dock

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Bravo! It’s the Lavazza italian Film Festival!

Posted by | Sep 22, 2015 | , |

If there is one film festival you don’t want to miss, it’s the 16th edition of the Lavazza Italian Film Festival at Palace Electric Cinemas…

…and there are so many reasons why.

The Zeccola family, who moved to Australia in the 1960s, owns the Palace chain of movie theatres. Since then, three generations have been involved in the management of the cinemas. Incredibly proud of this heritage, the Zeccola’s make the Italian Film Festival one of the cultural highlights of the year.

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The 2015 People’s Choice Awards are coming!

Posted by | Sep 18, 2015 | , |

Look out, Canberra! It’s almost that time again – time for you to be heard loud and clear!

The 2015 OutInCanberra People’s Choice Awards are upon us. This is your chance to tell us what you love about your city. It might be your local, quiet café or the biggest show in town… whatever it is we want to hear about it.

This year, we will once again take entries across five different categories. As a reminder here they are again (as well as last year’s winners).

Favourite Café (Sweet Bones)

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