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Capital Country Tourism

About the Capital Country Region

The Capital Country Region of New South Wales is the area of the State surrounding the Australian Capital Territory. It extends in the east to the Southern Highlands Region and to the west towards Cootamundra and Gundagai in the Riverina Region. The Region is one of the oldest settled areas of NSW and is a popular area to explore for residents of both Sydney and Canberra, as well as those from further afield.

The towns and villages in Capital Country range from sophisticated to quaint, and their surrounding areas are mostly rural. Capital country is known for historical venues, antiques and established open gardens.

To Canberra’s immediate east is Queanbeyan, a city in its own right, although it has effectively become a de facto district of the nearby national capital. Established in 1838, it is 75 years older than Canberra. It lies on the Australian Capital Territory border and is approximately 10km from Canberra’s CBD.

Nearby are Bungendore, a major tourist centre, and Bywong, home to a reconstructed goldmining village, as well as Lake George, renowned for emptying and filling on a cyclical basis, and for the treachery of its waters when full. Lake George is extremely shallow, with a very small catchment. Resultant evaporation rates, as well as a tendency for strong winds to blow the water back on itself, explain the mysterious filling and drying episodes on both short-term (hours) and long-term (years) timescales that have been observed.

Further north are the historic towns of Gunning and Yass, while to the west of Canberra is Wee Jasper, well-known for its near-bycaves. Also in this area, and to the south-east of the capital are several national parks, state forests and nature reserves. One of these national parks centres on the Brindabella Ranges and Valley, the latter once home to the noted author, Miles Franklin.

Namadgi National Park is home to numerous Aboriginal sites, including paintings at Yankee Hat dating from at least 800 years ago.

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List of Towns in the Capital Country Region

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