Canberra Dog Walks

Come explore one of Canberra's oldest suburb, Ainslie, taking a meandering route through quiet, pretty streets and parks.

Ainslie features heritage listed cottages dating from the 1920s, intermixed with very modern houses, and street-tree plantings from the 1940s. We'll pass through a variety of shady tree-lined streets before finishing up at a large off leash oval for our dogs to have some free play time.

The walk starts and ends at the Ainslie shops featuring a dog friendly café/pub, the Edgar Inn.

This is an easy walk of around 2-3 km, which should take around an hour to complete with a group. The route includes a mixture of paved paths and walking across a grassy oval.

There's parking on Edgar Street and more behind the Ainslie shops.

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Join us on this pleasant walk through Hughes, providing a variety of suburban and park experiences.

The walk starts and ends at the Hughes shops, and follows a circular route of just over 4 km on pretty paths and tracks through informal and bush-like parks.

There are several off leash opportunities for our pooches, including a large irrigated oval. Humans can enjoy sweeping westerly views over Woden Valley to the Brindabella mountains from the ridge above Hughes.

With a group, the walk is likely to take around 90 minutes at a relaxed pace, including a few stops along the way to offer our dogs water, let them have a play on the oval, and so on. It's an easy walk, but there is a gradual, sustained uphill section during the first third of the walk - with the reward of those nice views :)

We'll be walking on paved footpaths, dirt tracks and across grassy ovals.

There's free parking right outside the IGA in Hughes Place, plus more behind the shops in Whittle Street. And the Hughes café is likely to be open if you'd like a pre or post-walk coffee, pastry or more.

Join us on this pleasant walk through Hughes, providing a variety of suburban and park experiences.

The walk starts and ends at the Hughes shops, and follows a circular route of just over 4 km on pretty paths and tracks through informal and bush-like parks.

There are several off leash opportunities for our pooches, including a large irrigated oval. Humans can enjoy sweeping westerly views over Woden Valley to the Brindabella mountains from the ridge above Hughes.

With a group, the walk is likely to take around 90 minutes at a relaxed pace, including a few stops along the way to offer our dogs water, let them have a play on the oval, and so on. It's an easy walk, but there is a gradual, sustained uphill section during the first third of the walk - with the reward of those nice views :)

We'll be walking on paved footpaths, dirt tracks and across grassy ovals.

There's free parking right outside the IGA in Hughes Place, plus more behind the shops in Whittle Street. And the Hughes café is likely to be open if you'd like a pre or post-walk coffee, pastry or more.

Join us on a much shorter version of our usual walk through Hughes, making the most of Hughes' off leash spaces while avoiding the hills.

The walk starts and ends at the Hughes shops, and follows a circular route of aprox 3 km wandering around the Hughes oval, through some narrow natural parks, and then back to our starting point on pretty suburban paths. Off leash opportunities are available on the oval and in the natural park.

With a group, the walk is likely to take approximately an hour at a relaxed pace, including stops to offer our dogs water, let them have a play on the oval, and so on.

We'll be walking on paved footpaths, dirt tracks and across grassy ovals.

There's free parking right outside the IGA in Hughes Place, plus more behind the shops in Whittle Street.

Important info: