Tuggeranong
Tuggeranong is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia.
The district is subdivided into divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks and is the southernmost district of Canberra. The district comprises nineteen suburbs and occupies 117 square kilometres (45 sq mi) to the east of the Murrumbidgee River.
Getting to Tuggeranong
As the region is huge, a car is the best way to get into most of Country ACT as public transport only goes up to Tuggeranong. If you are going to Tuggeranong or Tharwa from the central or northern parts of Canberra, get onto Gungahlin Drive, which starts at the very south of Gungahlin.
Worth seeing
- 01Lanyon Homestead
Lanyon Drive, lanyon.homestead@act.gov.au.
- 02Mugga-Mugga
- 03Tharwa Village
- 04Tuggeranong Homestead
One of the most notable homesteads that was owned by a succession of prominent pastoralists over the last century before ownership was transferred to the government.
- 05Tuggeranong Schoolhouse Museum
10AM–4PM on every second Sun of the month.
- 06Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
421 Discovery Dr, Tidbinbilla (off Paddys River Road),.
Where to eat
Unlike in many parts of Canberra where you can get a different range, the range in Tuggeranong is pretty much similar to what the range you can expect to find in a normal regional New South Wales city – both in terms of the range of food, and the price range (which is usually about ≈$15-20). Unusually though, there are many Turkish eateries, and so you can never be short of pide!
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.