Top Things to do in Gungahlin
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Top 6 Budget-friendly Things to do in Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory
Discover the best top things to do in Gungahlin, Australia including Capital Wines, Cockington Green, Canberra Reptile Zoo, Yerrabi Pond District Park, Ginninderra Village, The National Dinosaur Museum.
Restaurants in Gungahlin
1. Capital Wines
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 33 reviews
Capital Wines is a boutique Canberra District winery owned by the Mason and Andrews families. Our cellar door is open in the quaint village of Hall - just 10 minutes from the centre of Belconnen. Visit Capital Wines Cellar Door to taste our wines, share a cheese plate or experience epicurean tastings of matched wine and food. Our friendly staff are pleased to conduct wine tastings and welcome you to experience some of our award wining wines. We are open from Thursday-Monday 11:00-4pm.
Reviewed By Alphaandbeta - Yeppoon, Australia
We called into Capital wines for a tasting of absolutely sensational wines. We stayed on to have delicious soup and were so impressed we booked for the following weekend - Epicurean lunch. Do yourself a favour and enjoy your local wines and food at Capital wines!!
2. Cockington Green
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,062 reviews
Cockington Green Gardens is a family owned and business and has been in operation since 1979.We offer a unique experience for all ages, with meticulously constructed scale reproductions of building from all round the world, set amongst beautiful gardens and lush green lawns.With other features such as a Steam Train Ride, Fully licensed light refreshment area, magnificent "Waverly"Dolls house, Barbecue picnic area and Fully stocked souvenir shops, Cockington Green Gardens makes a perfect place for the whole family to visit.
Reviewed By X5671LKlindab - Shilbottle, United Kingdom
Highly recommend for all ages, everywhere is so well kept, and the little models are great to watch! The grounds are beautiful, the bonsai trees and flowers, loved every bit of here.All Co-vid measures were all kept to, very safe
3. Canberra Reptile Zoo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 159 reviews
Reviewed By Aly1961 - Sydney, Australia
I really enjoyed this...a very small reptile zoo fitted into a building that they make work....It is a super close encounter with the reptiles & many are available for you to touch, whilst they are still in their exhibits or they are providing talks & you are allowed to touch them. It was very homely & they had many areas including a bbq area, party area and outside area. I would happily go again. $16 to get in which I thought very reasonable.
4. Yerrabi Pond District Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By suet404 - Canberra, Australia
A great place to exercise with your four legged friend (on leash) or a walk with friends. Great pathed ways around the pond which makes it easy to take a pram etc. Lovely birds in the pond and great play area for children. The pathway around the pond takes about an hour (easy stroll) and is so enjoyable. Easy for walkers/runners/bike riders etc.
5. Ginninderra Village
6. The National Dinosaur Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 320 reviews
The National Dinosaur Museum is Australia's largest permanent display of prehistoric specimens, located in Gold Creek Village near Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The museum's exhibition follows the evolution of life, with a particular focus on dinosaurs. With an annual patronage of 100,000 visitors, the museum is one of the most popular attractions in the Australian Capital Territory. The gift shop stocks a range of natural history books, dinosaur replicas, toys, fossils, crystals, minerals and meteorites.
Reviewed By QRJfan - Canberra, Australia
This was a fantastic place for a kids' birthday party. They have a minimum of 10 kids and a max of 20; we had 10 kids, all around 7 or 8 years old. During the two hour party time, the museum host keeps the kids engaged. They started 'digging for fossils', using brushes in small sand boxes, then made casts of fossils they found/chose. They also got to see some fossils and then got their own guided tour of the museum for around 45 minutes, full of fascinating facts about dinosaurs, culminating in holding an actual part of a T-Rex tooth (while wearing gloves). Back in the party room, we fed the kids. As the catering option was quite expensive, we'd chosen to cater it ourselves (they let you do this) - helpfully they were able to store our cold things (including an ice cream cake) in the freezer! The host stayed with us and still chatted to the kids - he had a very good way with them, helping everyone feel involved and dealing very well with those kids who really knew about dinosaurs and wanted to tell us all about it, or tell unrelated stories all of their own! The museum itself is the largest permanent collection of dinosaur artifacts in Australia. Another bonus of the party is that after the party is over, all the children present have a valid pass for the museum for the day - so they can stay around, if they wish. The icing on the cake though, pardon the pun, was that at the end every child got a little party bag from the museum, with small dinosaur-themed items, a postcard and some lollies (candy), which they took home along with the casts of fossils they had made. The birthday boy also got a couple of presents from the museum - little dinosaur models, one of which came with paints. All in all, this was great value for money and was something a little different from your standard play centre-styled birthday party. Highly recommended - our son is already talking about wanting to do it again next year!
