Event description
Travel via lake cruise on the stunning Lake Burley Griffin to Canberra's premiere cultural destinations: The National Portrait Gallery and The National Museum of Australia.
Jump aboard a captivating all-inclusive lake cruise and walking tour weaving together visual art, architecture, live dance, amazing music, theatrical tour guides and great local food and wine.
Culture Cruise is an exclusive half day art immersion - memorable and sensorial - connecting destinations and revealing stories here on the beautiful ancient lands of the Ngunnawal people, Canberra.
Experience Canberra’s art and cultural offering through a new lens, traveling on the water, feeling, seeing and listening to the work of great national, international and local artists.
Created and presented by Canberra's award-winning dance company, Australian Dance Party.
When: Saturday
Duration: 4 hours, 10:30am – 3:00pm
Starting location: National Museum Wharf, Lawson Crescent
End location: National Museum of Australia
Performers: Yolanda Lowatta, Levi Szabo/Ryan Stone, Creswick and Stefanie Lekkas
Ngunnawal Consultants: Aunty Caroline Hughes and Tara Hughes
Inclusions:
- Two lake cruises with performing guide
- Three dance and live music performances
- Two course lunch (dietary requirements catered) at 1 hat restaurant Waters Edge seasonal menu.
- Local wine aboard the boat by Mount Majura. Wine Menu here.
- Music at the National Museum of Australia
- Self guided visits to the National Portrait Gallery (current exhibition) and National Museum of Australia (Great Southern Land exhibition)
Culture Cruise FAQ's are here.
About ADP:
Based on Ngunnawal Country, Canberra, Australian Dance Party is an award-winning company of artists creating inventive and powerful dance experiences.
As a site-specific company, we are collaborators and celebrators of the spaces and places around us, opening up conversations and enlivening stories through our choreographies. Our immersive work engages diverse, and often unsuspecting audiences, creating a space for them to connect, reflect and awaken.
Will you be staying overnight, or having a staycation? Our friends at Ovolo Nishi Hotel Canberra are
offering a 15% discount when you book to see Culture Cruise. A special code for booking will be issued
once you have booked your tickets.
ID: Woman emerges from small orange boat called 'The Gull', looking out across a blue lake. Black text reads "Culture Cruise: Experience Contemporary Canberra"