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Beat the Canberra heat with these clever home cooling hacks

HerCanberra Team — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:12:08 +0000

Canberra certainly knows how to keep you on your toes. After spending winter complaining about freezing mornings and scraping frost off the windscreen, summer rolls around and suddenly your...

The reinvention of an ‘80s Bert Reid townhouse and its stylish new chapter

Emma Macdonald — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000

In the heights of O’Malley, a paved driveway at the end of a cul-de-sac offers a semi-secret route to something completely different. A small clutch of townhouses nestle within...

The trees and hedges that cope with a Canberra winter

Isaac Olson — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:13:25 +0000

Canberra gardens are planted twice. Once in spring, with hope, and again the following spring to replace what the frost took. After a year of sending plants to the ACT,...

Game on! Denman Village Park’s new chapter is taking shape

HerCanberra Team — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:15:28 +0000

Already a much-loved hub for play, kids’ parties and neighbourhood connection, Denman Village Park is now preparing to raise the bar with a major new section designed to bring...

From the Army to the garden, Fleur Froggatt opens her Braddon oasis

Emma Macdonald — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:22:01 +0000

In terms of career pivots, Fleur Froggatt’s is pretty spectacular. Upon the cusp of promotion to Brigadier, she walked away from the Army and into the wilds of landscaping. Opening her...

Adam Hobill on what nobody tells you before you renovate

HerCanberra Team — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:10:58 +0000

We asked. You answered. A little while ago, we teamed up with local building designer and author Adam Hobill to ask our community a simple question: what do you wish...

Five ways to avoid a mid-winter meltdown, from the experts at Climate Plus

Laura Peppas — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:13:50 +0000

Winter is officially here, but the real freeze is yet to come. Waiting until the depths of the season to discover your heater is broken, your drains are blocked or...

A Taste of Ricotta House: the Canberra cottage with an international following

Emma Macdonald — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:25:58 +0000

A 1927 Spanish Mission cottage in Griffith, a furniture designer’s eye, and a deep love of Canberra sunlight have come together to create Ricotta House. On a winter morning in...