APRIL 2017 : CANBERRA : Rendezvous Creek to Middle Creek and return : 14 kms - 4 hours

From the Rendezvous Creek car park, we walked across open country partly on track to Middle Creek taking in a couple of (now vacant) hut sites and a rock shelter on the way.  After some exploration along an old vehicle track running alongside Middle Creek through light forest, we had lunch at the Cascades.  After retracing our steps for a few kilometres, we returned by a more direct route through open country.  

Distance:    14 km with 200m climb

Weather:  .Canberra forecast as at Sunday: 8 - 23, partly cloudy, light winds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autumn colours even in the minutiae

 

Gudgenby Homestead

 

We had an audience of mobs of kangaroos as we walked across the valley.

 

Rock formations with small caves

 

 

 

 

Cave at Middle Creek

 

Lunch at the Cascades

 

 

Wildflowers covering the fields in the afternoon

 

 

 

A thoroughly enjoyable walk with scenic views, lots of kangaroos, historical sites and some interesting caves.

This was a modified walk of another done recently.

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CANBERRA : Mt Ainslie : favourite daily walk

Here are some of the views, creatures and memories seen regularly on daily walks on Mt Ainslie.

Whether climbing to the summit - 843 m - or exploring the many tracks it is a fabulous place to

maintain fitness or just enjoy the Australian bush, right in the middle of Canberra.

 

 

On the main ascent path - shaded on the western side in the morning.

 

At the top, excellent views of the Parliamentary Triangle.

 

  Views to the west to Black Mountain and the telecommunications tower and the Brindabella Ranges.

 

 

Always a relief to reach the top.

 

Off track - an old quarry.

 

Pristine bush and scenic views wherever you wander.

 

Amazing gums...

 

 

A stumpy- tail lizard.

 

Wallabies aplenty.

 

 

Crimson rosellas

 

 

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APRIL 2017 : CANBERRA : Pinnacle Hill - Kama Reserve - Butters Bridge and return - 17 kms - 5 1/2 hours with breaks

Mild Autumn day (22o) and a flat graded path made this an easy walk. The main feature was the sweeping vistas south to the Brindabella and the Snowy Mountains. Otherwise it was a fairly weedy path on old pasture land with very little wildlife. Good turn out - 35 walkers - so there was plenty of chatting.

 

We started near the water tanks on Springvale Drive in Weetangera. First we walked over Pinnacle Hill.

 

Then we walked through the Pinnacle Hill Reserve.

 

Then through the underpass on William Hovel Drive, finding some well-established swallow nests.

 

Then we entered Kama Nature Reserve - with the promise of several interesting creatures.

 

The suggested path

 

Most of the walk was on exposed track bordered by dry grassland and weedy pasture land.

 

Morning tea by an old dam. 

 

Then we walked through the Molonglo Nature Reserve towards the Denman Project with new pipeline and bridge constructions.

 

Our destination was the new Butters Bridge - a pedestrian/ cycle bridge with carries a sewerage pipeline as well.

 

 

With views towards Black Mountain.

 

And return...

 

 

 

A pleasant day's walk but unfortunately no interesting flora or fauna - just expansive views.

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