Getting Around Canberra: A Visitor Transport Guide

Canberra is a planned city, and once you understand the plan, getting around makes sense quickly. Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin laid the city out around a central ornamental lake (Lake Burley Griffin), with the national institutions clustered in and around the Parliamentary Triangle, the ceremonial precinct bounded by Commonwealth Avenue, Kings Avenue and Constitution Avenue. Beyond that core, the modern city spreads across separate districts, each with its own town centre: Civic (the city centre, on the north side), plus Belconnen, Gungahlin, Woden, Tuggeranong and Weston Creek, separated by bushland and linked by major roads. That structure shapes every transport decision you make as a visitor.