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Trip Report

Track Geocaching and Urambi Hills Monday evening 17 February: Urambi Hills – S/E. Meet at 6:30 at Learmoth Drive (Turn from Athlon Drive into Learmoth Drive, pulling over to the left, about 50metres from the traffic lights). We will enjoy...
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Murrumbidgee River East of ‘Nerreman’ about 3.5km into the walk Tuesday 18 February: Cotter to Uriarra Crossing – M/R,X. Battle the blackberries in the Stoney Creek Nature Reserve (more likely stroll the dry tops) to follow the Murrumbidgee River from...
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View from the top of The Spinnaker Orroral Valley from GC1XAJQ Ridge of Stone geocache Saturday 24 May: Day trips in the Namadgi #3 – The Spinnaker – S/R. A morning ramble from the Honeysuckle Creek camp ground. Map: Corin...
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Booth trig holds me up – 87th and last ACT trig Saturday 22 February: Booths Hill – L/R. I couldn’t get there recently, so come and help me bag my last trig. May visit Brandy Flat Hut on the way...
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Walking the unnamed creek | Tall timber near Bombay Creek Tuesday 25 February: Bombay Creek circuit – M/M-R. A shady circuit in the Tallaganda State Forest and State Conservation area. No spectacular points but varied forest, ferns, a charming unnamed...
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Paddys River mine area from the abandoned mine pits | New Cotter Dam over the razor wire | Murrumbidgee River downstream from Charlies Point Saturday 1 March: Cotter Cave, Paddys River Mine and environs – M/R,W. Examine the abandoned caves,...
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Jerrabattgulla Creek | Walking the tributary to Jerrbattgulla Creek | Purple Flax Lily (Dianella revoluta) | Small waterfall Tuesday 4 March: Jerrabattgulla Creek, Southern Tributaries – M/R,WptX. The walk is in a Preserved Forest area in the Tallaganda State Forest,...
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View from Mt Tennent Saturday 8 March: Geocaching Mt Tennent – L/E. Geocache the Tennent Trail series up the Mt Tennent Fire Trail from Apollo Rd to Mt Tennent. Descend via the Link Track and AAWT to the Namadgi Visitors...
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Geocache GC391G1 Bruce’s Chook Tuesday 11 March: Mulligans Flat, CCT and Bonner geocaching – L/E-M. 2 of us drove from Weston Creek and parked on Gundaroo Drive at the entrance to Little Mulligans Flat. Summary Distance: 21.1km | Climb: 480m...
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Mt Kelly, Coronet Peak, Rotten Swamp, Mt Namadgi and Mt Burbidge from Z81 on the granite slabs of 1733m feature Friday-Sunday 14-16 March 2014: 3 days Border Marker Hunting on the Scabby Range – L/R,ptX. Hunt for border markers on...
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Mt Mavis and the bowl down to Rendezvous Creek flats from the Wall of Tors (Mav 022) Tuesday 18 March: Rocky Outcrops Eastern Flank of Mavis Ridge – L/R,ptX. From the Nursery Swamp carpark we will follow tracks for 90...
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Coornartha NR | Cypress Pines | old bottle | trig | open going | eagles’ nest Tuesday 25 March: Plan C Coornartha Nature Reserve – L/M,X. A ramble around the Coornartha Nature Reserve near Numeralla. Maps: Numeralla and Cooma. Leader:...
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Googong Dam from Googong Lookout Saturday 29 March: Bradleys Creek and Black Wallaby Loop – Googong Dam – M/E. Starting at the Downstream Picnic area of the Dam we will follow the Bradley’s Creek Walk looking to find our way...
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Cuumbeun Nature Reserve – Exit from Ravine 1 | Ravine 2 | Descending to Ravine 3 | Walking Ravine 4 to find an exit Tuesday 1 April: Cuumbeun Nature Reserve, Four Ravines – L/M-R. We start 10 minutes from Queanbeyan...
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Geocachers at work (photo Cynthia C) | the first creek that caused an upstream crossing | a grey but tranquil Drum Stick Point | Googong Dam lets it out Saturday morning 5 April: Googong Geocaching – M/E-M,ptX. Great views over...
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View from GC2BG7Q Bushfold View Saturday 19 April: Mt Tennent (part 3) – L/M. From the Namadgi Visitor Information Centre, we will follow the AAWT to Bushfold Flats before climbing through the scrub to pick up Tennent Fire Trail, which...
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Climbing North out of Antills Creek through dry sclerophyll woodland Tuesday 29 April: Yanununbeyan National Park – L/R,ptX. The walk starts about 8 km northwest of Captains Flat at the junction of Woolcara Lane and Spring Creek Fire trail (GR...
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View from our ascent of the Gourock Range at 1300m contour Tuesday 6 May: Tumanmang Mountain – M/R. The walk is on the crest of the Great Dividing Range in the Tallaganda State Forest, about 20 km northeast of Jerangle....
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Saturday 10 May: Cotter Gap for AN and friends – L/E. From Orroral Valley Tracking Station, walk Cotter Hut Rd and the Australian Alps Walking Track to Cotter Gap. Views to the majestic Split Rock. We pass a number of...
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Tallaganda NP – dirt bike trail | boulders | feeder creek | Mulloon Creek flats | ferny feeder creek | creek confluence Tuesday 13 May: Tallaganda National Park – M/M. A walk around the western side of the Tallaganda National...
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