Canberra will be a better host to visitors over the summer holidays with a program launched yesterday by the new chair of the National Capital Planning Authority, Professor Evan Walker.
The Discover Your National Capital program will enable visitors to the National Capital Exhibition at Regatta Point to get a free showbag with $100 worth of discounts to 29 major Canberra attractions.
About 6000 of the bags will be given out up to January 31. The program is sponsored by The Canberra Times, Capital Television and Canberra FM 106.3.
The NCPA also launched yesterday 14 specific-interest brochures for year-round use: memorials; architecture; sports; nature; art; history; churches; kids; freebies; politics; science; walks and rides; sculptures and foreign cultures.