Walk
We climbed a fence into the pine forest and immediately began a 175m climb up the fire trail. 2 km into our journey we reached a fire tower which provided excellent views all round (pic 1). Tromped on to Poppet Hill (918m) for morning tea (4.8km and 1hr 25mins to here).
Onwards, with the pine forest on the right and either lightly timbered or improved pasture land on the left. In places old pegs and rock piles marked the ACT-NSW border. Lots of ups and downs. A short detour to Amungula trig point 915m), then on to a sheltered spot for lunch (11.7km and 3.5hrs).
Another 2km further on we headed S through the lifeless pine forest, cutting off a section and heading for the car on the Kings Highway (pic 2). Passed the Geoscience Australia geophysical observatory and so to the highway. Interesting growths on a tree near to where we waited for the cars to pick us up (pic 3).
A walk in a part of the ACT I'd not previously visited - and probably won't again for a while.
Distance: 17.2km Climb: 700m. Time: 9.10am - 2.40pm (5.5hr), with 65 minutes of stops.
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