A 11.2Km walk to check out options for a walk for Melba Shed guys from Palmerville Historic park to Percival Hill, then to Gold Creek for coffee. Then returning along the Canberra Centennial Trail to Palmerville. We did some exploration of Palmerville & Percival Hill looking for interesting routes, views and historic sites
A 6.4Km return walk from Antill St Hackett to Mt Majura via part of the West Facing Trail then through open She-Oak woodland to the end of the Majura Stone Wall, then up to Little Mt Majura & to the…
I led this walk around the village of Hall in the ACT with 11 of us walking. We met at Melba Shed by 9.00AM & drove in 3 cars to Hall where we parked & met 1 more & then…
This was a 15.0Km walk with Drew McDonald around the Glenburn & Burbang areas of Kowen Forest to visit the historic sites still there as well as to see if the walk would be suitable for Melba Shed. It surprised us with its richness of early Canberra & region history. To visit the site of the earliest known European graves in the ACT, the Colverwell Graves from 1837 was a privilege
A walk to Mt Wanniassa & Fadden. We parked in Macarthur & then walked to the top of Mt Wanniassa via Wanniassa Hills & Karralika Ridge trail
Easy-Medium 8.4Km walk around Aranda Bushland on a cold foggy autumn morning checking tracks & footpads for some future walks
I led this walk to De Salis Cemetery, Tharwa & Nursery Swamp, Namadgi with 5 of us walking. We met at the Shed by 8.00AM & drove in 2 cars to Tharwa Bridge where we parked & then walked from…
This was a 4 day 38.8Km hard explorative walk from Round Mountain Car Park, Happy Jacks Road gate, Dry Dam Area. I climbed Round Mountain looking for ski facilities, searching around Gulf diggings, searching central 15 Mile ridge for diggings and checking around Dry Dam for diggings as well as checking the Cabramurra Link Road for spot to park to later search 8 Mile diggings.
This was a 10.6Km walk to check out a nice circular walk through Wanniassa Hills to Mt Wanniassa and back through Fadden and Macarthur with an optional detour to Erindale Centre for coffee. Its a nice simple walk but with…
I led this walk to Black Mtn & Aust National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) with only 2 of us walking. We met at the Shed by 8.00AM & drove to Frith Rd Black Mtn behind the CSIRO & ANBG. From 8.35AM…
This was a Dec 1975 to Jan 1976 National Parks Association (NPA) of NSW walk from Walhalla, near Moe, Victoria to Harrietville via Mt Feathertop along the then new Alpine Walking Trail (Vic) which ultimately became the Australian Alps Walking…
I led this walk to Mt Tennant with 8 of us walking. We met at the Shed by 7.30AM & drove in 2 cars to the Namadgi Visitors Centre near Tharwa. From 8.25AM we headed up the track towards Mt…
