Skyhome - Canberra City Short-stay

29/03/2025

What a pleasant elegant way to spend an evening - just a short stroll from Skyhome
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29/03/2025

Just a short stroll from Skyhome - what a pleasant elegant way to spend a special evening!

Canberra Museum + Gallery (CMAG) is proud to present Resonant Spaces, a solo piano concert series hosted inside the gallery at CMAG. Featuring ARIA Award–winning artists David Bridie and Sophie Hutchings, these concerts offer a rare opportunity to experience live music and visual art together, as each artist responds to the works of Sidney Nolan. Their contemporary musical interpretations reflect Nolan’s themes of landscape, myth, and identity in distinct and compelling ways.

Each performance will be followed by a discussion with curator Ross Heathcote and the featured artist, providing insights into their creative approaches and the interplay between visual art and music.

The CMAG bar and Nolan Gallery will be open prior to each concert, and discounted pricing is available when patrons book for both concerts

A new solo piano concert series hosted in CMAG’s galleries from this Friday, featuring ARIA award-winning artists responding the work of Sidney Nolan.

05/03/2025

Constellations is an amazing audio visual experience from 27 Feb to May 4, and it's just across the street from Skyhome. And it's free!

Open from 10am to 3pm daily. It is also open late from 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm Thursday to Saturday during Enlighten Festival. (Until Monday March 10 - Canberra Day.)

'An immersive audiovisual experience by Robin Fox in which sound, light, and space collide.

Step into a different dimension and immerse yourself in the energy and ambience of Constellations. This spellbinding exhibition transforms the NFSA gallery into a vibrant fantasia of colour and sound, with laser beams which pulse in harmony with the very electricity that powers them.'

23/02/2025

https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/great-southern-land. This is a great exhibitions for all of us, whether living in Oz or visiting from elsewhere. And it's FREE

Travel across the Australian continent in the Great Southern Land gallery. See stunning objects and rich multi-sensory experiences that show how the Australian continent has changed over time and how those changes can guide us in the future.

23/02/2025

https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/pompeii

Pompeii is an extraordinary new immersive experience at the National Museum of Australia from 13 December 2024 to 4 May 2025. The exhibition combines captivating soundscapes and large-scale digital projections with over 90 remarkable objects from the ancient city of Pompeii.

01/11/2024

Scrolling through photo files again, and found this image from late March last year. The view from Skyhome balcony at 7pm. (Autumn in Oz) Taking photos of splendid sunsets like this one is irresistible for me, and my guests tell me that they like to do it too.

31/10/2024

Found this image when scrolling through my Photos from last year. Thought I'd like to share it.

07/07/2024

DISCOVERING ANCIENT EGYPT
I haven't been to this exhibition yet. But I'll definitely go. It's open until September 8.
Skyhome is the perfect place to stay. The new promenade beside Lake Burley Griffin doesn't quite stretch to the Museum yet but you could easily walk there in less than 10 minutes.

There are usually plenty of e-scooters (with helmets) for hire in the New Acton precinct (that Nishi's in). My husband and I hired scooters one morning after staying at Skyhome for the night and rode around to the Museum's excellent bistro for brunch. Loved it so much, I have since bought my own electric scooter so I can travel faster along the many paths available.

Paths branch out in several directions from Skyhome. (To the city, to the Visitors' Centre at Regatta Point, to the National Gallery and National Library, to ANU, to Commonwealth Gardens for Floriade, etc etc etc) These paths are mostly flat. They're fun to ride on, and also lovely for an evening stroll - especially from Nishi around to Commonwealth Avenue bridge and back.

Explore the history and culture of ancient Egypt in this must-see exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra until 8 September 2024.National Museum of Antiquities that presents more than 200 fascinating objects spanning over 3,000 years of civilisation.

18/05/2024

There's a beautiful glass woven basket by my friend Peter Crisp, gracing a shelf in the bedroom of Skyhome. My apartment is in the iconic Nishi building that features in New Acton Cultural and Cinema Precinct in Canberra City. Just like in the rest of New Acton, my apartment Skyhome, has several original pieces which harmonise with the ethos of this unique precinct. I think 'retro chic' is one predominant style - like the style of my refridgerator! 'Industrial' is another style you'll notice in many parts of New Acton. Staying in Skyhome in Nishi in New Acton is like living for a while in an extensive artwork :)

16/05/2024

Intriguing, yes? Come and see!