Legal Graffiti Sites and Guidelines

Notice: The Turner Tennis Club, hit up walls, are no longer a legal graffiti practice site. Painting at this location is an offence. Febuary 2007

Please report missing legal graffiti site sites to Canberra Connect 13 22 81. August 2009

Barry Dr underpass with Frith St is no longer a legal graffiti practice site. August 2009

Site Users: Please check with this website prior to painting. Changes and updates are also promoted at the Writers Block shop in Curtin.

Legal Graffiti Sites

There are currently 29 legal graffiti art sites around Canberra. Each wall is signposted indicating that it is a legal site. The sites are:

• Ainslie
  Toilet block walls, Majura Oval, Angas Street
• Calwell
  Stormwater drain under Tharwa Dr adjacent to Playing fields
• Chifley
  Toilet block walls, Chifley Oval
• Chifley
  Underpass, Tuggeranong Parkway, near Waldock and Badimara Streets, Waramanga
• Curtin
  Underpass, McCulloch Street 100m South of Cotter Road
• Florey
  Underpass Behind Florey shops - ONE WALL ONLY
• Flynn
  Underpass, Ginninderra Creek, under Ginninderra Drive 
• Giralang
  Underpass, Bridge corner Baldwin and William Slim Drive
• Greenway
  Athlon Drive cycle underpass between Greenway and Kambah
• Greenway
  Skate Park Half Pipe, two walls facing carpark
• Hawker
  Hit up wall, Basketball court, Belconnen High School, Murranji Street
• Isabella Plains
  Underpass, Narooma Street
• Kaleen
  Hit up wall, Tennis Court, Kaleen High School, Baldwin Drive
• Kaleen
  Underpass, Maribyrnong Avenue between Diamantina and Daintree Crescent
• Kaleen
  Underpass, Maribyrnong Avenue between Ashburton and Moruya Circuit
• Kambah
  Hit up wall, behind Mt Neighbour Primary, Boddington Circuit
• Latham/McGregor
  Underpass, Florey Drive
• Lyneham
  Canberra Netball Centre - BACK WALL ONLY
• Lyneham
  Toilet block walls, Lyneham Primary School Oval, Hall Street.
• Melba
  Parks Depot, Brownlee Place - ONE wall facing tennis court ONLY
• Melba
  Underpass, two pylons 100m North of Ginninderra Drive
• Narrabundah
  Jerrabomberra Sportsground, Sturt Avenue
• Nicholls
  Underpass, Kelleway Avenue
• Richardson
  Clift Crescent Underpass, all underpass walls
• Torrens
  Underpass 1, Marr Street, near Marrist College, Melrose High
• Torrens
  Underpass 2, Marr Street, near Marrist College, Melrose High
• Turner
  Barry Dr Sullivans Cr catchment
• Waramanga
  Underpass, Damala Street
• Woden
  Storm water drain wall, Callam Street

Guidelines

For more information on legal graffiti sites and the full guidelines for their use, please read the Guidelines for Legal Graffiti Art Sites( PDF 28Kb). 

WARNING! Users of these art sites may be banned from using them if they fail to observe the following:

• Surfaces close to legal sites but not sign-posted as legal should not be written on.

• Offensive work will not be tolerated (this includes racist or sexist work involving crude language, violent or sexual images, or personal information)

• Legal sites regularly hit with excessive tagging or offensive work may be removed from the legal list.

• The area around legal sites must be kept clean.