Discover Belconnen: Park, art and skatepark

Belconnen offers different options to consider when planning a trip: Lake Ginninderra, a park with two courses, an arts centre and a skatepark with a competition halfpipe. If you’re looking for holiday accommodation in Belconnen, this mix helps answer a basic question: should your stay focus mainly on lakeside scenery and activity, culture or skateboarding?

Park and paths by Lake Ginninderra

John Knight Memorial Park is a 12-hectare area on the eastern shore of Lake Ginninderra. It connects to the lakeside promenade and the walking and cycling path by the lake. This brings together a specific waterside setting and various ways to get active in the park. The lakeside location, park area and connection to the paths are distinct aspects you can consider when planning your trip.

John Knight Memorial Park has both a disc golf course and a permanent orienteering course. These two activities offer different ways to get active. They give a visit to the park a different focus from the lakeside promenade and path: the key question is whether you’re more interested in the courses or in the connection between the park and the lakeside promenade. This makes it easier to decide what kind of day you want, without treating the park’s activities as the same as its paths.

Art and workshops at Belconnen Arts Centre

Belconnen Arts Centre overlooks Lake Ginninderra and offers dance, music, visual arts, theatre and hands-on workshops. The disciplines listed range from performances to visual arts and practical activities. The lake view also brings a connection to the landscape into the description of the centre, alongside its varied arts programme.

This combination is worth considering when choosing your trip if culture is to be an important part of your stay. You can weigh up the disciplines as different interests within a travel group: for example, music and theatre compared with visual arts or a hands-on workshop. This is a different focus from the courses at John Knight Memorial Park or the sporting aspect of the skatepark.

A sporting focus at the skatepark

Belconnen Skatepark has a competition halfpipe, also known as a vert ramp. This named feature gives the skatepark a specific sporting focus. If you’re considering skateboarding as the defining theme of your trip, you can weigh this feature against the activities at John Knight Memorial Park and the arts offerings at the Arts Centre.

The three focuses can help you assess Belconnen in light of your own travel interests: park and paths by the lake, art and workshops, or skateboarding. When looking for holiday accommodation in Belconnen, you can first decide which of these themes you want your stay to centre on. They can also help guide your choice of holiday accommodation in Belconnen.

More to explore in the Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory also has expansive landscapes and trails. Namadgi National Park protects 106,095 hectares of alpine, subalpine and montane bushland and has several hundred kilometres of walking trails. The Canberra Centenary Trail is a 138-kilometre self-guided trail for walkers, runners and cyclists. It also includes sites and landscapes of significance to the Ngunnawal people.

Cultural collections also offer their own highlights in the Australian Capital Territory: the permanent exhibitions at the Australian War Memorial include more than 7,000 objects from the Memorial’s collection. The National Arboretum Canberra is home to the National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia. These destinations represent different landscape and cultural themes from Belconnen’s park, Arts Centre and skatepark.

At Lake Burley Griffin, you can explore the paths around the lake on foot, by bicycle or on an e-scooter. Boat trips, picnics on the water and pedal-boat outings are also available there. Operator details may change, so check them before planning your activities.

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