Location


Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country (Canberra)


Elevate your experience in Canberra!

Welcome to Canberra, where innovation meets inspiration! Join us for the ASID ASM 2025 in the heart of Australia's capital city renowned for its stunning landscapes, iconic landmarks, and vibrant culture.

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Conveners Top 10 things to do around the ASID ASM

  • Have dinner at a local restaurant like Onzieme in Kingston, where you’ll find beautiful local ingredients and great wine (including in a tiny underground wine bar).
  • Visit the National Gallery of Australia. Be sure to take a walk in the Sculpture Garden and see Lindy Lee’s Ouroboros.
  • Visit the street with a bit of everything… Lonsdale St. Braddon, for coffee, cocktails, cuisine and shopping.
  • Wake up with breakfast at Penny University in Kingston.
  • Drop into the Bentspoke Brewing Co. for a pint.
  • Buy gits at the Portrait Gallery shop.
  • Take in a sunrise view from the Arboretum.

  • Enjoy a night out at Lunetta on Red Hill, an Italian fine-dining upstairs and trattoria downstairs, in an iconic mid-century building with views over Canberra
  • Get some fresh air walking up one of the many hill bush reserves in the middle of Canberra suburbs, for example Black Mountain or Mount Ainslie.
  • Visit one of the excellent wineries around Canberra, such Collector Wines, Clonakilla or Helm Wines (where you’ll still find Ken Helm manning the cellar door).

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Why Canberra? Unleash the potential!



First Nations Art & History
Take a tour with a local Ngunnawal elder or try your hand at traditional First Nations practices at a workshop at the National Arboretum.

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Picturesque Landscapes
Explore the serene Lake Burley Griffin and lush parks.

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Architectural Marvels
Marvel at the Parliament House, Australian War Memorial, and more.

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Cultural Hotspots
Immerse yourself in history at the National Museum or stroll through the Botanic Gardens.

Photo credit: Ash St George for Verity Lane Market
Culinary Delights
Indulge in Canberra's diverse and delectable food scene.

Find out even more things to do in Canberra here.

We acknowledge that the conference is being held the traditional lands of the Ngunnawal people. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuing connection to land, water, and community and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. ASHM acknowledges Sovereignty in this country has never been ceded. It always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.