Glebe Park is a gorgeous inner city park, so much so that you have no idea you're actually in the…read moremiddle of the city. Trees manage to hide most of the park from the busy streets and construction work around it, and you get the chance to just escape for a while. There's a playground that doesn't look incredibly exciting, but meets all your essential playground needs, and there's also plenty of picnic and barbecue options. Plus it's pretty cool to have a picnic with Gandhi watching over you. There is one weird section of the park that just doesn't have the same charm. It's almost like the land is actually owned by one of the nearby developments and they just couldn't care less about it. They'd be better off putting up a fence than leaving it pathetically sitting in the corner.

This place is just lovely. The gardens as spacious, calm and shady with plenty to interest plant…read moreand animal lovers as well as those just looking for an oasis. Bird life is abundant including rosellas, magpies and their families, fairy wren and the raucous cockatoo. Water dragons (lizards) dart around, sunning themselves on rocks and walking right up to take a look at you. They aren't dangerous and really bring the bush to you. There are tables and chairs throughout the gardens, you are welcome to bring a picnic and there's also a cafe. The Gardens run free tours twice a day and there are a range of free and paid activities all year around, during the week and on weekends. I commend it to you!

Great places to bring the kids! Super fun playground and nice big area to fly kites. Big indoor…read moreeating area with cafe. Nice bonsai display. Great value for a free park!! (just small paid parking) We will definitely visit whenever we are in Canberra!

This review isn't for the Arboretum entirely, I enjoy every visit here and the grounds are…read morebeautiful with stunning views from any angle and the bonsai collection is simply wonderful. My gripe is with the cafe inside, the food has always been average, however on my last visit, I had a coffee there and by midnight I developed symptoms of food poisoning. This followed with the worst stomach pains I'd ever had in my life, 5 counts of vomiting, headaches, and chills. My sickness lasted nearly 12 hours and I was lucky that it wasn't worse. But I deduced it was food poisoning from this place because it was the one drink my partner didn't have that day and we ate everything else together. As I look back on the day I was there last, I remember the floors were filthy with crumbs and trash. The tables looked like they'd never been wiped (or cleared of their dishes for hours) and the flies were horrendous, constantly swatting them away, buzzing in my ear, landing on my hand while I was drinking my coffee. This level of unsanitary will always reflect the kitchen of an establishment. Enjoy the grounds but don't eat here.

The lake is surrounded by parks. I may not have seen this in all it's glory (a sunny weekend day,…read morebut rather in between rain storms on a weekday evening), and didn't leave very impressed after my run around the lake. The east side is nice. The south end has some nice options for food and drinks. The west is pretty undeveloped, yet not natural looking. A bit more effort in landscaping or trying to give it that natural feel would make a huge difference. Putting in some fresh bike lanes / walking paths would help too. The current ones are old and look neglected.