Visitor information
Opening hours
Display galleries and Memorial Shop:
10 am–5 pm daily
Closed on Christmas Day
Research Centre:
10 am–5pm Mon to Fri
1 pm–5 pm Sat
Closed Sundays and ACT public holidays.
The Research Centre offers a range of services for those doing family history and other research.
Free admission
Café
The Landing Place (located within ANZAC Hall) open 10am – 4.30pm daily
The Outpost (located outside the Memorial) open 9am – 5pm daily
Location
Australian War Memorial
Treloar Crescent (top of ANZAC Parade)
Campbell ACT 2612
AUSTRALIA
Phone: (02) 6243 4211
Contact the Memorial
Walking
The Memorial is an easy thirty minute walk from the City Centre.
Driving
There is free parking provided at the rear of the Memorial. Drive your car and bring a picnic to enjoy in the grounds.
Cycling
Ride your push bike through Canberra’s leafy, peaceful streets, and enjoy a fresh view of the Memorial and the City.
Buses
Regular bus services run between the City centre and the Memorial on route 10 on week days and 930 on weekends. The bus stop is alongside the Memorial's Main Building.
The ACTION Buses website has all the latest news and timetables for public transport in the Australian Capital Territory.
Tourist Information
Accommodation
- Special accommodation packages
- Packages for Friends of the Memorial
- See the Accommodation section of the Canberra Tourism website
Transport
Air
Qantas operates daily direct services to Canberra from Sydney, Melbourne,
Brisbane and Adelaide.
Book online on the Qantas
website.
Virgin Blue operates daily direct services to Canberra from Melbourne, Brisbane
and Adelaide.
Book online on the Virgin Blue website.
Brindabella Airlines operates direct flights to Canberra each weekday from
Newcastle, NSW, and Albury, NSW, and Sunday evening flights from Newcastle.
Book online on the Brindabella
Airlines website.
Car
Driving to Canberra is simple.
From Sydney:
- Direct driving route: 3 hours via the M5 tollway, connecting to Hume Highway 31. Turn off after Goulburn onto the Federal Highway.
From Melbourne:
- Direct driving route: 7 hours via the City Link tollway to the Western Ring Road, connecting to the Hume Highway. New Yass, take the Barton Highway tunr off to Canberra.
Bus
Greyhound operates daily servicesto Canberra from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne
and Adelaide.
Book online on the Greyhound website.
Murrays Australia operates three daily return express services to Canberra
from Sydney, a daily return service from Wollongong, as well as from the
South Coast.
Book online on the Murrays Australia website.
Rail
CountryLink operates two XPLORER rail services daily to Canberra from Sydney.
Book online on the CountryLink website.

