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16 May 2019 Coach tour to two great National Trust properties – the first a new acquisition in Bowral and the second an old favourite in Goulburn. There should be some good autumn colours in the gardens! Retford Park Retford Park is a place of great heritage significance. Its European history extends backmore
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16 May 2019 The National Trust ACT, in collaboration with St John’s Anglican Church, Reid, presents a concert of celebratory and contemplative music in this historic Canberra setting. Robert Harris, a perennial visiting Guest Principal Viola for the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, will perform music spanning three hundred years – J.S. Bach and TelemannmoreBook now
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13 May 2019 Learn about conserving your heritage collection. Victoria Pearce is the Director of Endangered Heritage Pty Ltd in Fyshwick. Prior to which she worked overseas doing heritage risk assessments and conservation needs assessments on built heritage including under-water heritage and Tao temples. On returning to Australia, she re-established the business tomoreBook now
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5 May 2019 Many see Mount Stromlo as a place for science, but it was also a home to many people over the last 100 years. Originally known as ‘Observatory House’, the Director’s Residence was completed in 1928 to accommodate the Director of Mount Stromlo and family. The building was designed by themoreBook now
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24 Apr 2019 Looking after the grandchildren or other little ones during the school holidays? The Old Tuggeranong Schoolhouse Museum is having a special day for you during the Heritage Festival! The National Trust (ACT) and Elizabeth Burness invite you to visit this unique house museum in Canberra. Join in ‘class’ with MissmoreBook now
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26 May 2019 We’ll have privileged access to this wonderful area with its heritage listed 1915 buildings, numerous historical artefacts and the early plantings by the father of Canberra trees, Charlie Weston. Yarralumla Nursery is still an operational plant nursery after 105 years and the Walk will explore the various uses for themoreBook now
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5 May 2019 This walk will focus on spaces that have been created in the Parliamentary Triangle in the last 50 years and that show how new directions in our recent democratic heritage have been set down in the buildings and landscapes of the national capital. The places we visit show different aspectsmoreBook now
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28 Apr 2019 Heritage Festival event is booked out. We hope to run this walk again in July. It is a short walk from the car park to Duntroon Dairy, a remarkable survivor of farming days. The dairy, built in about 1832, is the oldest building on Duntroon Estate and is believed tomoreBook now
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23 Aug 2019 - 30 Aug 2019 THIS TOUR IS CURRENTLY FULLY BOOKED. Norfolk Island, a tiny Australian island in the South Pacific Ocean, is defined by pine trees and jagged cliffs. Sandy beaches include Emily Bay, with reef-protected waters. Norfolk Island National Park offers views over palm forests from Mt. Pitt. In Kingston, the Norfolk Islandmore
