Canberra Bike Map

Inner North - Dickson to EPIC/Watson (i.e. farmer's markets)

Dickson to EPIC/Watson (i.e. farmer's markets)

April 2025

Overview

Distance: ~4.7km

1. Start

The route starts at Dickson Shops, at the zebra crossing on Challis St.

Start of Route - Dickson Shops
This is the C6 Bike Route, near Challis St, Dickson

2. Cross the Zebra Crossing and Northbourne Avenue

Cross Challis St, until you get to Northbourne Avenue.

C6 - near Challis St C6 - near Northbourne Avenue
This is Northbourne Avenue
C6 - near Northbourne Avenue
Take care when crossing the light rail tracks. See safety tips on crossing the tracks on bicycles from Canberra Metro, including to 'Ride directly across the tracks at a right angle to avoid your wheels getting stuck in the groove'
C6 - near Northbourne Avenue C6 - near Northbourne Avenue
After you have crossed Northbourne Avenue, continue onto the bike path, which veers left

3. Follow along C6 through Lyneham

C6 - through Lyneham C6 - through Lyneham
Cross the zebra crossing at De Burgh St, Lyneham
C6 - through Lyneham
Continue past the playground

4. Turn right, veering off the C6 bike path

We veer off the C6 bike path (which continues south to the City), to head towards the C1 bike path

Past Lyneham High School to C1
Get ready to turn right
Past Lyneham High School to C1
Turn right here
Past Lyneham High School to C1

5. Continue straight past Lyneham High School

Cross the zebra crossing on Goodwin Street to head past Lyneham High School towards the C1 bike path

Past Lyneham High School to C1
This is crossing Goodwin St. An alternative route is to turn right onto Goodwin St itself.
Past Lyneham High School to C1 Past Lyneham High School to C1

6. Cross the small bridge and turn right onto C1 Bike Path

The C1 Bike Path connects Gungahlin to the city. We will not continue on the C1 Bike Path for long, but it will take us north

Past Lyneham High School to C1 Past Lyneham High School to C1
Turn right after crossing this small bridge
C1 C1
This is now the C1. Continue north on C1. There are some bumps

7. Cross Mouat St and turn right towards Northbourne Avenue

The C1 Bike Path connects Gungahlin to the city. We will not continue on the C1 Bike Path for long, but it will take us north

C1 - Cross Mouat St Cross Mouat St
The signage indicates that C1 continues across Mouat St
Alternate destination: Turn left to go to the Old Canberra Inn and North Lyneham instead

Instead of crossing the road, you can turn left and ride along the path/wide footpath to get to the Old Canberra Inn.

Cross Mouat St
Turn right after crossing the road
Alternate destination: Turn left and go to Gungahlin or Belconnen instead

You can turn left here instead. If you follow C1, you will end up in Gungahlin. If you cross onto the other side of Ginninderra Drive when you see University of Canberra signage, you can instead continue onto Ginninderra Lake, Belconnen (bike path C3b) or Kaleen

Towards Northbourne Towards Northbourne
On the bike path heading towards Northbourne Avenue

8. Turn left at Northbourne Avenue/Mouat St intersection (remaining on bike path)

For this section heading north, there is a bike path separated from the road

On Northbourne Turn left - on Northbourne
Turn left here
On Northbourne
Continue straight for a while

9. Continue North up Northbourne

We will head straight until we get to the Barton Highway intersection

On Northbourne
There can be water and bumps on this path
On Northbourne On Northbourne
Passing Canberra Netball, continue following the path
On Northbourne
Continue straight, crossing the intersection
On Northbourne
Continue straight, but be wary for cars on the left that can be hard to see exiting the carpark at the Golf Club

10. At the Barton Highway/Northbourne intersection, cross onto the other side of Northbourne Avenue

This is the point where Northbourne Avenue becomes the Federal Highway

On Northbourne
Head right onto the Zebra Crossing. If you continued left, the path ends and merges onto the on-road bike path on the Barton Highway.
On Northbourne
Cross the intersection
On Northbourne
We will turn right here, to cross onto the other side of Northbourne. The separated bike path does not continue if you were to go left here. There is an on-road bike path on the Federal Highway, but there is generally fast traffic
On Northbourne On Northbourne
The pedestrian crossing provides a timer

11. Continue straight, onto Panton Street to get back to separated bike paths

Continue straight, following the white footpath. Turn left onto Panton Street, and you will spot the resumption of the bike path

On Northbourne
Continue straight
Panton St
Turn left onto the road, but watch for incoming traffic (hard to see from the right due to bushes) before you do so
Back to bike path Back to bike path
On the bend of the road, you can veer off to return to bike path. This may be called the C11 bike path?

12. Continue straight until you get to the Federal Highway/Stirling Avenue intersection

Just follow the bike path until you get to EPIC now

Federal Highway bike path
Water can pool on the path
Federal Highway bike path Federal Highway bike path
After crossing the zebra crossing, turn left to continue north along the Federal Highway
Alternate destination: Turn right and go to the Watson Shops instead

If you turn right onto Phillip Avenue, you can head into Watson

Alternate route - Main entrance to EPIC: Turn left at Flemington Road/Federal Highway intersection

The preferred entrance might vary depending on the event. You can also turn left at Flemington Road. However, despite this being the entrance closest to the light rail stop, sometimes the pedestrian entry is closed (and a security guard may turn you away). It's very odd, not consistent, and appears that pedestrian/cycling/public transport to EPIC isn't considered the default option. For this reason, I usually go to Gate 4 at the back instead, which is closer to the actual farmer's market in any case.

EPIC Entrance EPIC Entrance
This bollard can be hard to see from the other direction
EPIC Entrance
Turn right
EPIC Entrance EPIC Entrance EPIC Entrance
This is the main entrance to EPIC
Approaching Stirling Avenue
Approaching the Stirling Avenue/Federal Highway intersection
Back to bike path

12. Cross the Federal Highway to get to EPIC

The petrol station is at this intersection

Federal Highway bike path Federal Highway bike path
Cross the intersections
Federal Highway bike path
Turn right onto the footpath
Federal Highway bike path Federal Highway bike path
This is the entrance, the farmer's market is nearby this end of EPIC