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Trip Report

Sunday 16 January 2022: Shepherds Track from Ginninderry to Shepherds Lookout – S/EA morning stroll. Walk the newish Shepherds Track, which goes from The Link, Ginninderry to join the Shepherds Lookout Track. This is a well-made Grade 3 track of...
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Sunday 23 January 2022 Sunday 23 January: Molonglo Gorge – S/M. The path meanders among trees which will provide protective shade. The walk runs along the northern side of the gorge giving views up and down the Molonglo River. The...
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Tue 04 January 2022 – Fri 07 January 2022: Huts and hills on Nungar Plain – M/EFrom Tantangara Rd we walk to Schofields Hut then Circuits Hut where we camp. Day 2 a side trip to Mt Nungar and return....
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Saturday 1 January: Shepherds Walking Track to Molonglo River – M/E. Walk the new Shepherds Walking Track from The Link in Ginninderry to join the Shepherds Lookout Track. Then take the Molonglo Crossing Track to the Molonglo River footbridge. Return...
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last updated 31Dec21 2021 Cancer Recovery Walks – S/E. Short walks as I recover from a blood cancer and autologous stem cell transplant. Further Information I have been wonderfully supported by family, church and bushwalking friends from the Canberra Bushwalking...
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last updated 14 Dec 21 2020 Cancer Recovery Walks – S/E. Short walks as I recover from a blood cancer. Further Information I have been blessed by family, church and bushwalking friends support, including taking me on short outings. Photographs...
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Saturday 26 October 2019: Morning paddle on Lake Burley Griffin – M/W. How about a paddle on LBG in the morning? Meet on the shore on Menindee Drive (in past The Boathouse restaurant), on the water ready to start at...
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Tuesday – Wednesday 22-23 October – H. Paddle on Tallowa Dam to Bundanoon Creek. Leader: Mike B. Further Information A similar paddle on 13-14 May 19, except that was up the Shoalhaven River. Summary Distance: 26.6km | Time: 2 days...
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Saturday 19 October: CBC Annual Worn Boot Bash – L/E. The annual Worn Boot Bash has a history extending back to 2002. It is defined by “around 30km and a few hills”, so don’t be fooled by the E(asy) terrain...
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Butmaroo Range, Tallaganda National Park – M/R. The walk is in the northern section of Tallaganda National Park and starts on the Black Range Fire Trail about 5 kilometres north of the Forbes Creek Road. We’ll spend the day off-track...
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Saturday 12 October: Mt Budawang – M/M. After the drive through Braidwood we park the cars then it’s all on track up a graded fire trail to the fire tower at the top of Mount Budawang for lunch and panoramic...
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Monday 7 October: Thunder Bluff – L/R,ptX. Thunder Bluff is a granite outcrop to the south-west of Orroral Hill with good views of many of Namadgi’s peaks. We’ll start in the Orroral Valley and follow the Nursery Swamp track for...
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Saturday 5 October: Two Walks in the Brindabellas – M/M-R. The first walk follows a very overgrown trail, which includes the burnt-out Reids Pinch North arboretum, down to the sunny corner weir on Condor Creek and geocache GC2Q54N Weird Weir VII...
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Tuesday 1 October: Tallowa Gully Clifftop Walk, Morton National Park – M/R,X. The start is in the Wingello State Forest 16 km east of Marulan. We’ll walk south on fire-trails for 2 kilometres to Morton National Park. The off-track section...
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  I reckon that women still get the rough end of the stick and, consequently, we all suffer. Wouldn’t it be great if 50% of our leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (and politics) were women. That’s where...
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Saturday 28 September: Yankee Hat South and Rock Art – M/R,ptX. Explore Yankee Hat South (1558m), the seldom climbed bigger of the two Yankee Hats. Walk the to the rock art on footpad, then off track following the drainage line...
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Thursday night 19 September: Navigation refresher #7 – GPSr and PC. An evening demonstration of PC software (eg. BaseCamp, OziExplorer) and digital maps to plan and analyse trips recorded on a GPSr. Includes no-cost web resources such as Google Earth...
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Saturday 14 September: Mt Mavis – L/R. Leader: Ian (the granite hunter) W. Further Information Ian put on a private trip to Mt Mavis. I said I’d sulk if he didn’t include me. As it turned out, my presence helped...
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Saturday-Sunday 7-8 September: A roam around the southern Namadgi – L/E-M-R. From the Yankee Hat car park, walk fire trails and footpads over the Gudgenby saddle and down across Naas Creek to join the Sams Creek Fire Trail to Lutons...
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Saturday 31 August: ‘Mt Evans’ – M/R,ptX. Last century Outward Bound named a knoll north of Mt Tennent ‘Mt Evans’, so I’ve been told. Wanna visit this magnificent 1008m scrubby knoll? From the Namadgi Visitors Centre, take the AAWT to...
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