January 2

Hello Canberra,

Hello Canberra,

⛈️ Weather: 27° and Showers. There’s a 90% chance of rain, most likely in the afternoon and evening. There is a chance of a thunderstorm.

📆 Today: It’s Tuesday 2nd January.

News: 🚔 Police Arrest 16-year-old caught with Replica Gun

A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with weapons offences after he was allegedly caught carrying a replica handgun and $4000 in cash. Police were called to Kingston on Sunday afternoon after reports of a person riding a motorbike on the footpath. More.

On Now: 🦾 Body Sculpture at the NGA

Provocative artist Jordan Wolfson’s Body Sculpture exhibition is on now at the National Gallery of Australia. The NGA paid a massive $6.6million for the animatronic artwork. The robotic arms on the sculpture move it back and forth across the 13-metre-wide stage while performing a number of gestures over a 25-minute period. The exhibition is free, but bookings are required. It’s running until the end of April. Details here.

Tomorrow: 🐨 Koala Keeper Talk

There is a Koala Keeper Talk happening at Tidbinbilla tomorrow as part of their school holiday program of events. You’ll get a chance to see Blinky, the youngest Koala at Tidbinbilla. The event is free, and no bookings are required. Details here.

Today: 🍝 Bottomless Pasta at Amici

Every Tuesday, Amici hosts a bottomless pasta night in the city. Today’s pasta is Orecchiette Genovese (mushrooms, semi-dried tomatoes, pesto, feta and pangritata). Details here.

Dry January: 🍺 Alcohol-Free Beers from Canberra

If you’re looking to recover from a boozy December and participate in Dry January, there are a couple of great alcohol-free beers from Canberra Breweries.

Bentspoke is brewing Freewheeler. It has all the hoppy goodness of an IPA without the alcohol. Bentspoke uses a unique filtration process that removes all the fermented beer flavour, leaving the alcohol and water behind. The extracted flavour is then rehydrated to create the beer. You end up with the flavour of full-strength beer without alcohol.

Capital Brewing makes the popular Alc-Less beer. It’s a full-flavoured tropical Pacific Ale without alcohol. It was developed over two years. Capital Brewing encountered many obstacles trying to replicate the flavour of a full-strength beer, including having the tanks free due to the lack of alcohol present.

Both of these beers are available throughout Canberra at most bottle shops. Have you tried either of these brews? What did you think?