Tourist Information

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How to use ACTION	Tourist Attractions
Fares	Shopping Centres
Timetables and Route Maps

How to use ACTION

Find out information on 'how to catch a bus.'

Fares

ACTION recommends the Daily Ticket which you can buy from any bus driver as you board the bus, or from any ACTION ticket agent, including the Canberra Visitors Centre. The daily ticket provides you with unlimited travel on all of ACTION's bus services for the entire day. The Off-Peak Daily ticket is also a real bargain providing discount travel for everyone during off-peak times (9.00 am - 4.30 pm and after 6.00 pm Monday to Friday and all day on weekends and public holidays). Purchase your Off-Peak Daily tickets on the bus. Alternatively, you can purchase cash fares. If you would like help on understanding our range of fare options available please call our customer service centre on 13 17 10.

Find out more about all of ACTION's fares.

Timetable and Route Maps

'Sightseeing' is your guide to seeing all that Canberra has to offer with ACTION buses.

Individual timetable leaflets for all routes are available free of charge from ACTION bus interchanges and most news agencies. You may also like to pick up a copy of ACTION's Canberra Bus Map which displays all of ACTION's services.

In Canberra City, visit the ACTION Information Office located at the between Platforms 1 and 2 of the City Bus Interchange on East Row.

View ACTION's printable routes and timetables.

Tourist Attractions

Tourist Information and places of interest serviced by ACTION around Canberra:

• Australian Capital Tourism
  Canberra's famed national attractions hold the story of our nation. Discover Phar Laps' heart, an original FJ Holden and the journey of our Indigenous people at the National Museum of Australia. Take a behind-the-scenes tour with an elite athlete at the Australian Institute of Sport and feel the courage of our Anzacs at the Australian War Memorial's tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Canberra ... see for yourself.
• Questacon
  To achieve its aim of promoting greater understanding and awareness of science and technology within the community, Questacon is committed to making an experience with science and technology fun, educational and interactive. Questacon has over 200 exhibits and approximately 300 000 people visit the Centre in Canberra each year.
• National Archives of Australia
  The National Archives promotes good government recordkeeping and encourages community awareness and use of valuable Commonwealth records in its care.
• National Gallery
  The purpose of the National Gallery of Australia is to serve the public by enhancing understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts, through the effective and efficient use of its collections, which will be developed, researched, preserved, displayed, interpreted, promoted and complemented with exhibitions and loans.
• The Gallery’s aim is to provide access to works of art and information about them, locally, nationally and internationally.
  National Library
  Welcome to the National Library of Australia. Take an information journey through centuries, continents and civilisations using our collections, services, exhibitions and publications.
• Parliament House
  Visitors are welcome when Parliament House is open (9.00am – 5.00pm on non-sitting days and 9.00am to House rise on sitting days).
  There is a free guide service which assists visitors. Visitors may participate in guided tours of Parliament House. These free tours occur every half hour commencing from 9.00am.
• Old Parliament House
  Old Parliament House made headlines for more than sixty years as home to Australia's Federal Parliament from 1927 to 1988. Today, this much-loved heritage building offers the visitor a unique glimpse into Australia's fascinating past.
• Australian War Memorial
  Find out how to make the most of your visit to the Memorial in Canberra, Australia. Information on location, opening hours, transport and parking, accessability, tours and more.
• Australian Institute of Sport
  The AIS leads the development of elite sport and is widely acknowledged in Australia and internationally as a world best practice model for elite athlete development.
  The AIS is a pre-eminent elite sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services.

Shopping Centres

There are four major shopping centres in Canberra, connected by ACTION's Intertown Route. All have approximately the same opening hours.

Monday to Thursday:	9am - 5:30pm
Friday:	9am - 9pm
Saturday:	9am - 4pm
Sunday:	10am - 4pm

City

Features the Canberra Centre shopping mall, outdoor eateries, the General Post Office, and a diverse range of retail shops in the area from the 1920's Sydney and Melbourne buildings on each side of Northbourne Avenue, through to Allara Street where the Canberra Casino is located.

Routes by Suburb - City Interchange

Belconnen

Features the Westfield Belconnen Mall, which has tenants including Myers, K-Mart, and the Intencity/Hoyts entertainment centre. The Mall is located adjacent to the Belconnen Bus Interchange, and is connected to the Interchange via the overhead walkway. The Mall is located next to Lake Ginninderra.

Routes by Suburb - Belconnen Interchange

Woden

Features Woden Shoppingtown and the Hoyts Cinema. Woden Shoppingtown's tenants include David Jones, Big W and Harvey Norman. The Woden Bus Interchange is located adjacent to the Shoppingtown.

Woden Shoppingtown is approximately 10km south of the City.

Routes by Suburb - Woden Interchange

Tuggeranong

The Tuggeranong Hyperdome is South Canberra's retail mall, tenants include Myers and K-Mart.

Tuggeranong Hyperdome is approximately 18km south of the City.

Routes by Suburb - Tuggeranong Interchange

Manuka

Boutique shopping and popular restaurant area, outdoor cafes, nightclubs located 4kms from the City.

Routes by Suburb - Manuka

Kingston

Assorted specialty shops and restaurants located 4kms from the City.

Routes by Suburb - Kingston