Food Glorious Food

The show is a great place for people to get better acquainted with their taste buds with hundreds of quality meals and snack food choices on offer.  And we mustn’t forget all those yummy treats in showbags. Just remember to enjoy sweets in moderation (well at least try).

To help you make that healthier choice, food vendors around the grounds will display a list of ‘Good Food Good Fun’ menu items that are lower in salt and fat.

Hearty Choice Food Court

The Hearty Choice Food Court offers a variety of healthier foods including pancakes, smoothies and baked potatoes. There is also Turkish, Spanish, Lebanese, Chinese and German food on offer from a variety of vendors including: The Sauerkraut Sisters, Henry’s Chinese Kitchen, Coffee Malters, Jo’s OJ, Kalayance Thai, King Korn, Rotary Club of Canberra East (Inc.), The German Kitchen, Traditional Baked Potato Co, Traditional Turkish Gozleme and Cart De Coffee.

Food With A View

(Map Ref D4)

For when you’re looking to chow down without missing the action on the Main Arena try Cappuccino Primo, Thai to Go, The Country Kitchen or Japancake.

Happy Healthy Show Tips

The ActewAGL Royal Canberra Show wants everybody to have a happy healthy Show by following these great tips.

• Wear some walking shoes:  With so much to see, you’re gonna be doing a lot of walking at the Show!  Walking is fantastic physical activity.  Keep it up when you leave and ‘Be Active for Life’.
• Slip, Slop, Slap!  Remember to be SunSmart during the Show and wear your hat, sunscreen and light, long-sleeved shirts.  Free sunscreen will be available at the information tents and the Cancer Council of ACT in the Harvest Hall.
• Shoes are essential: When entering the horse and large animal area. 
• Enjoy the fresh air!  A reminder that all pavilions and covered animal enclosures are SmokeFree areas.  The Main Arena Grandstand is also a designated outdoor SmokeFree area.
• Keep your fluids up: Bring a water bottle from home and remember to keep drinking. Water is best and is available from pavilion areas and selected food outlets all over the grounds.

Stop at the Heart Foundation stand in Harvest Hall.  Pick up some information on how to reduce your risk of developing disease and stay healthy.  ACT NOW!

Harvest Hall

Building F (Map Ref F7)

The Harvest Hall Mural is indeed a highlight of the ActewAGL Royal Canberra Show. Made entirely from fresh farm produce from Woolworths stores, the mural stands around 6 metres tall. This year’s theme is ‘Citrus’, highlighting its flavour, fragrance and of course the zest! This bright display includes lemons, limes, grapefruits, oranges and other yummy citrus fruits. Is this art imitating food or food imitating art?

Harvest Hall comes alive with competitions in Cookery, Cake Decorating, Garden Produce, Horticulture, Floral Art, Jams, Spreads, Preserves and Bread, Lavender, olives and apiculture (that’s beekeeping to us regular folk). Plus there are loads of mouth-watering, natural and informative exhibitor’s stands.

Let’s Go Shopping!!

Whether you’re after a new painting, clothes, jewellery or even a spa, the ActewAGL Royal Canberra Show is a shopper’s paradise. It’s like a Home Show, a Leisure Show and a good old fashioned Market all chucked in together!

We’ve got over 100 trade stands in the Leisure and Lifestyle Building alone - Building B (Map Ref A5) and around the grounds you’ll find everything on sale from hair extensions to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, from ironing board covers to dirt bikes and the list goes on with literally hundreds of exhibitors selling their products across the show.