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Trip Report

Wednesday 2 February: Wednesday Walk – Palmerville Heritage Park – Gungaderra Grasslands – Gungahlin Hill Circuit – E-M. This walk is suitable for a summer’s day in that it is only about 12km in distance, any climbing is minor (about...
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Monday morning 31 January: Drystone Walls above Glendale ! – S/R. From the N Brandy Flat car park, climb the side of the Billy Range to the drystone walls. Around 5km and 330vm. I have not been down that way...
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Wednesday 23 March Combined BBC/NPA ACT/CBC Wednesday Walk 23 March: Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve * – M/E-M. Circumnavigate Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve. Visit 110 year old ACT border markers, the Dungarvon and Inglewood Homestead sites, the Wetlands, Gungahlan quartz ridge...
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Saturday 22 January 2022 * – S,E-M;ptXA short but interesting stroll. Visit Bluetts Block, an ecologically diverse area under pressure from development above Denman Prospect. There is an active group lobbying for its preservation (see their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/712279349177563/...
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Thursday 20 January 2022 – S/EI am proposing a coffee club gentleman’s walk at 8am this Thursday 20 January. The meet point is the main Jerrabomberra Wetlands car park on Dairy Road, 8am. We’d do an amble round the Kellys,...
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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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