Girls’ day out It’s time to celebrate the sisterhood! Read on for our selection of top things to do with your favourite female friends and family across the country in the cooler months.

For culture lovers

Take your mother, take your daughter, take your sister or your bestie, but just go. Know My Name is the National Gallery of Australia’s inspiring, energetic, slightly revolutionary exhibition of Australian women’s art. And it’s only on in Canberra until July 4, so get your skates on.

You’ll see the light and colour of everyday life in the impressionist strokes of Grace Cossington Smith, and the subtle balance and beauty of Grace Crowley’s abstract work. Julie Dowling’s mesmerising (below) hangs on a wall of arresting portraits alongside Esme Timbery’s , which recall the lives of generations of First Nations children. There is breathtaking contemporary photography and installation work by Rosemary Laing, Tracey Moffatt, Julie Rrap, Fiona Hall, and the forms and fabrics of owns an entire room.