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Amaroo, Canberra — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Amaroo is a suburb in the Gungahlin district of Canberra, gazetted in 1991, its name meaning 'a beautiful place' in Nyoongar.
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Where to stay in Amaroo
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Amaroo has no hotel strip. Anyone wanting a bed near Gungahlin looks first to the Gungahlin Town Centre, a little over a kilometre away, while the wider choice sits 15 km off in Canberra proper, which is where most visitors to the Australian Capital Territory end up sleeping. Ngunnawal, Moncrieff and Forde are equally residential.
Find hotels in Amaroo
Direct booking searches for these neighbourhoods.
Gungahlin Town Centre
The town centre is the closest point to Amaroo with any room supply at all, and Mirrabei Drive covers the short distance between the two. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in Gungahlin Town CentreVisitors with family on Shoalhaven Avenue or the streets off Horse Park DriveAmaroo
Amaroo is housing rather than lodging, so a night in the suburb usually means a private address somewhere between Gundaroo Drive and the Gungahlin Town Centre. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in AmarooTouring the Australian Capital Territory while accepting the 15 km run out to GungahlinCanberra
The centre of Canberra carries the beds that Amaroo and Moncrieff do not, and Horse Park Drive makes the drive back to Gungahlin straightforward.Find hotels in CanberraHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Amaroo
What are the main landmarks in Amaroo?
The Gungahlin Town Centre does the heavy lifting here, about 1.4 km from Amaroo's edge. Shops and services gather there rather than in the suburb, which keeps to housing along Mirrabei Drive, Horse Park Drive and Gundaroo Drive. No monument marks the streets.
Shoalhaven Avenue and its river-named siblings are the local signature.
What is the history of Amaroo?
Gazettal came on 18 October 1991. Amaroo took its street names from Australian rivers and lakes, so Shoalhaven Avenue and its neighbours read like a gazetteer of waterways, and the suburb filled in as Gungahlin grew out from the older parts of Canberra. Ngunnawal and Gungahlin sit alongside.
Moncrieff, Forde, Bonner and Jacka came around it.
Where is Amaroo?
Mirrabei Drive, Horse Park Drive and Gundaroo Drive bound Amaroo, which lies about 1.4 km from the Gungahlin Town Centre. Canberra's centre is 15 km off.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Amaroo?
Gungahlin Town Centre: Stays that want Gungahlin's shops inside the 1.4 km hop from Amaroo. Amaroo: Visitors with family on Shoalhaven Avenue or the streets off Horse Park Drive. Canberra: Touring the Australian Capital Territory while accepting the 15 km run out to Gungahlin.
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Updated September 2026