Lake Burley Griffin is one of the defining features of Australia’s national capital, and is an essential part of the original layout of Canberra designed by Walter Burley Griffin. The lake, lies astride the intersection of the main 'land axis' of the city extending from Mount Bimberi to Mount Ainslie and the 'water axis' that extends from Black Mountain across the three central water basins. From its design inception the lake and its parklands have become a venue for national memorialization, national and local events and recreation with hundreds making their way out to the central basin each weekend to walk the classic ‘bridge to bridge’ walk from Commonwealth Avenue to Kings Avenue.
The extensive lake landscape was established by surveyors, bureaucrats, urban planners, engineers, architects, horticulturalists, landscape architects, hydrologists and scientists who respected Griffin's design and developed the most successful urban lake landscape in Australia.
