More Walks I'd Like To Do

Here's a few more walks that I'd like to do, gleaned from talking with others, poring over maps and trawling the CBC, FBI and Wednesday walks.  Any walk below that has a 2-digit prefix and distance, climb and grading I have plotted a route and waypoints and I'm just itching to do; any walk on the index page with a * is a CBC walk that I'm leading and anyone is able to join as a CBC guest for up to 3 walks (ring me for details); any walk with a ! is a private walk that I've put together and you're welcome to join (ring me for details). So all I need is someone to say "let's go!". Sources - C (= CBC); F (= FBI); Fah (= FBI adhoc); W (= Wednesday walks):

Planned/Possible Walks
1 P01 Investigate Pago Break sign Investigate the sign and associated management trail near Lees Creek weir that points to Pago Break. This could be done as a lone walk, drive in to junction Warks Rd and Yellow Rabbit Rd and ride from there.
2 P02 Old koala enclosure and Elsies Falls in TNR Look for the old koala enclosure up Hurdle Creek from Nils. Murray A said "No sign of the original posts or fencing material but there is a pile of green bottles in that area, One of the fences crosses the two creeks near the y intersection. Vegitation has grown back but is some places you can see the caps between the tress where it was cleared". Go back and take B&B description
3 P03 Mt Domain via Snowy Corner  
     
5 P05 Mt Gingera sunset and walk out at night Honeymooners walk was postponed
6 P06 Longest chairlift in the world Site. From Charlottes Pass to Thredbo ranger station.
7 P07 10 peaks 2 day trip, either camping or chalet, visiting Australia's top 10 peaks.
8 P08 Circumnavigation of Coronet Peak AAWT, E side Coronet Peak to Creamy Flats Creek to Licking Hole Creek to Cotter Flats and out AAWT. 33km and 1200m
9 P09 More border marker hunting on the N Clear Range Enter via Clear Range fire trail from Clearview, Mick L.
     
11 P11 BMs between Piccadilly Circus and Mt Coree Finish these off. Need large party with good eyes. Finish off from 2 Feb 10  9.2km, 300m M/M,X; M(8)
12 P12 Mt Gudgenby Postponed from 22Oct11.
13 P13 Proposed next long, long walkabout Corin Dam to Lees Creek camp.
14 P14 Rolling Grounds loop 2 days.
15 P15 W85 and X85 Missed border markers SE of Sentry Box. + GS hut site to check out on the way in
16 P16 Proposed Mt Herlt granite slabs  
18 P18 Next E Clear Range via Cotters huts Get private property contact. Postponed from 25Oct11.
19 P19 Horseshoe Hill

Peter W walk on FBI 15Aug10: We drive to the end of Woolcara Lane (on the way to Captains Flat), and walk uphill on fire trails, creek sides and hill sides, have lunch at Horseshoe Hill with hopefully panoramic views, and go back on a largely clear spur. This is an interesting new walk, with good views in pleasant country. Mostly off-track, but generally good walking surface. Climb: 450m. Map: Captains Flat. Cars: 90km ($11). 12km, 450m M(10)
20 P20 Corner Hill F Sun 1 Jul 07 – Corner Hill, Yanununbeyan Reserve 7 km Easy (7) Leader: John C. This is a walk to see the very dry forest of this area and the Queanbeyan river in tranquil setting. A chance to see the area just upstream from the Googong Foreshores Reserve. We start near Corner Hill on Woolcara Lane, and walk  to Corner Hill, down to the Queanbeyan River, retrace our steps and do an arc through the forest back to the cars. The forest has almost no scrub, and is relatively easy underfoot. Total climb 260 m. Cars: 60 km ($6). Map: Captains Flat. Meet at Q.
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P21 Mt Franklin-Fishing Gap Crossover
I've recce-d both ends - this will be very demanding

15.6km, 1200m L/R,X; H(14)

 C Saturday 6 April 2002: Namadgi N.P. L/R/W Fishing Gap - Mt Franklin Crossover. A physically demanding walk across the grain of some spectacular but rugged country in the heart of the Cotter catchment. ~17km + climb of ~1200m (uphill party)/ ~600m (downhill party) + Cotter River crossing(s).
Interesting to hear from one of the co-leaders that this walk didn't happen due to lack of other participants. When I get to it, let's make it happen!
'From memory TU and I were going to go down a long spur from  Franklin, heading NE towards the 1380 contour, then the 1230 and 1130 contours. From there head SSE to the hut on SYard creek. (Another hut for you to bag!). From here we were going to make it up - heading ESE (following Cotter River) to Black springs. I think it is a great trip and has not been done in my 11 yrs with CBC.' from BS
and, from TU, 'Re the Franklin-Tidbinbilla crossover, B's recollection of the route we were proposing matches mine, except that I don’t think I was planning to follow the Cotter River all the way from the Stockyard Creek ‘hut’ to Black Springs.  I think my intention was to leave the Cotter at the point where it turns from flowing south to west (south west of the 812m knoll) and head across country from there to Black Springs.  Based on what I knew of the terrain and scrub, I reckoned on taking around 12 hours for the trip.  The ‘hut’ shown near the junction of Stockyard Creek and Cotter River is, I think, an ACTEW stream gauging station.  I don’t know if it survived the 2003 fires or, if it didn’t, whether it has been rebuilt since the fires. For the walk to work, we needed to be able to get one group into Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve before it opened to the public and, potentially, one group out after it closed.  I was working for Environment ACT at the time and was able to arrange this with the then manager. He wasn’t convinced that what we were proposing was feasible and insisted that I produce a fairly detailed risk management plan before he would agree to after-hours access.
22 P22 Matthew H Stockyard Gap area - ski shelter site Postponed a couple of times due to weather and, on 27 MAr 12, the Mt Franklin Rd is still closed. Matthew H said on 2 May 10 he'd take me there. It's a little way down the W side of the gap, just pieces of tin left. See page 38 of Graeme Barrow's Namadgi & Tidbinbilla Classics: Tough Bushwalks in Canberra's High Country: "(...walk westwards through scrub for a short distance at Stockyard Gap to reach what's left of a hut (605645) built in 1948 by a group of Mt Franklin skiers; scraps of bush and sawn timber and metal ridge-capping are all that's left.)".
23 P23 More B&B sites at TNR  
24 P24 Nursery Swamp A wander around looking for NA34, 35, 36 and G11. Tony B, Mike B might be interested.
25 P25 Bendora-Johns Peak-Camels Hump-Bendora Talk to Chris L to get ideas. Ridge to Camels Hump or near Johns Peak seen on 3 Apr 07.
C Sunday 1 November 1998 - Johns Peak from Bendora - L/R A demanding walk that offers close up views of some of the wildest and most spectacular terrain in the ACT. We'll follow Burkes Creek upstream for a couple of kilometres from its junction with the Cotter River, climb a long spur to Johns Peak, walk along the ridge of the Tidbinbilla Range to Camels Hump and return to the cars via an equally long spur to the south of the Pierces Creek watershed. Steep climbs, plenty of (not-too-dense) scrub and probably some scree slopes to negotiate. [15kms + 850m climb] Map: Tidbinbilla 1:25,000
26 P26 Namadgi Loop 3 days.
27 P27 BM on the Clear Range from Caloola A shorter version on 14 Feb 12
     
     
     
6 More S Namadgi Sites Around Lutons Crutching Shed: W-G B15
7 John S from Parkway - Bungonia cave in spring. Family picnic on a Saturday  
11 SoS SU24 Murrumbidgee River Near Cottermouth On a day no one will walk with me, ring Greenhills and see if I can go to SU24 Murrumbidgee River Near Cottermouth.
12 Caloola Farm sites Visit the sites around Caloola. Ring Manager (Graham moved on?) to arrange
13 Baldy Range and Mountain Creek F 21 Sept – BALDY RANGE AND MOUNTAIN CREEK – 9km Med (10) Leader: Doug F  From the car park on Doctors Flat Road near Dingo Dell in the Brindabella National Park we walk along the Baldy Range fire trail to a high point and then follow a ridge down about 350m to Mountain Creek. Then follow creek to junction with California Creek and back to Doctors Flat Road at Top Crossing. Some rough country. Then back to cars along road. Climb: about 250m. Cars: 80km ($8).  Map: Umburra.
14 Enchanted Hill F Sat 20 Oct 07 –ENCHANTED HILL 9km Easy (6) Leader:Sandra W. We start at the Chisholm underpass on the Monaro Highway & follow the railway line south through farmland & then do a loop through bushland up & down Enchanted Hill. Panoramic views Climb 120m. Cars:10km ($1). Map: Tuggeranong. Meet at K.
16 Sunday arvo rambles for Parkway Cotter Dam - views, walks at TNR - including new Cascades and Lyrebird Trails, Big Monk, Gibraltar Creek (see 3 Feb 09)
17 Yankee Hat Ridge Brian S to lead, postponed from 26 May 09
18 W side of Rock Flats As for 13 Jun 09, except around the ridgeline from Split Rock to avoid the pick-up-sticks and try to avoid the worst of the regrowth
19 Snoopy Dog rock above Hospital Creek Hut As included on 16 Jun 09. Cut down, suitable for beginners
20 SoS G43 Grassy Creek Tussock Grasslands Need a pic. Also poke around Mt Clear homestead site complex again
21 SoS WW3 Stanley Hill and stream Need a pic.
22 Tinderry fire trails A little wander in Autumn for Jenny S. Tuesdays OK. Tor 066461 and back would be suitable
23 Canberra Centenary Trail Organise a walk around it, once it's open. SOmeone said 100+km, so 2 or 3 days
24 Cotter Hut Investigate where the track goes E towards Coronet Peak from AAWT
     
     
  KNP:   Australia's top 10 Peaks * Click here to register your interest No dates yet
  NNP:  Bush Tucker * Click here to register your interest No dates yet

Old amazing walk descriptions, pre-2003 fire and subsequent regrowth:

C 16 - 18 March 1996 (Canberra Day Long Weekend) - High Peaks of Namadgi - M/M-R I won't be going on this trip as originally planned, but have left it in in case anyone who wants to go is willing to lead it (Just call me, I am happy to take bookings). A repeat of a trip that was snowed out last year. From Yaouk Gap walk through the snowgums up Mt Murray and then over to Mt Bimberi, the highest point in the ACT where we shall camp on the summit and admire the view of the peasants down below and to Jagungal in the south. Next day we descend to the Cotter River before climbing to Mt Kelly. We shall camp upon one of the high saddles next to the peak. On the last day, out over Mt Gudgenby and Scabby, exploring the huge granite slabs. Map: ACT 1:100 000 or Yaouk and Rendezvous Creek 1:25 000
C 20-21 April 1996 - Orroral - Yaouk - Morgan, Murray, Bimberi , Orroral Car Swap - M/R - L/E This was a popular trip until the mid-80's when a property changed hands. It changed hands again a couple of years ago. The party starting from Yaouk will climb Morgan and Murray before going to one of my favourite campsites between Bimberi and Murray. After a convivial joint camp they will proceed via Bimberi (ACT's highest), Cotter Hut and Cotter Gap to Orroral. The other party will do the reverse. The L/E version would be to skip all peaks and follow fire trails all the way, just looking at the great scenery. Combinations possible. Maps: Rendezvous Creek & Yaouk 1:25 000
C May 23-24 1998 - Mount Namadgi - M/R Walk from the locked gate in the Orroral Valley through Cotter Gap to a camp site at Little Creamy Flats. Climb Mount Namadgi for great views of the southern ACT peaks. On Sunday return from Little Creamy Flats to Rendezvous Creek, Nursery Swamp, and the Orroral valley. Map: Rendezvous Ck 1:25,000
C 16- 17 September 2000- Mt Namadgi- M/R Orroral car park, Creamy Flats, dry camp on top of Namadgi and return. Map: Rendezvous Creek 1:25,000
C 28-29 Oct 2000 Orroral to Namadgi via Cotter Gap and Creamy Flat M/M (R Optional) From Orroral, proceed via track over Cotter Gap to Pond Creek. The overgrown fire trail to Creamy Flat has reputedly been cleared. We shall see. Camp at Big Creamy Flat, with a side trip up Namadgi to see the great views and the aboriginal rock arrangements. Return either the same way or via the emphatically scrubby direct route to Rendezvous & Nursery Creeks. Park authorities require no fires to be lit and a limit of 6. Maps: Rendezvous Creek/Corin Dam 1:25000
C 10- 12 March 2001- Yankee Hat- Rotten Swamp and return- L/R. An exploratory trip, particularly difficult along Yankee Hat. Map: Rendezvous Creek 1:25,000
C 6-8 April 2002: Namadgi N.P. L / M (days 1 & 3), M / R (day 2) Mt Namadgi & Ridge 1711m. From Orroral gate to a pleasant camp site at Little Creamy Flats via Cotter Gap. Then a full day to explore the entire length of Namadgi, ascending from Little Creamy Flats, with optional return to the campsite via northern ridgeline 1711m & further great views. Return to cars day 3. Maps: Corin Dam and Rendezvous Creek 1:25 000
C 8- 10 June 2002: Namadgi N.P. L / R Boboyan Carpark - Gudgenby - Bogong Gap - Burbidge - Rotten Swamp - Namadgi - Middle Creek - Car park. This is a difficult trip checking out whether it's still as awful as it is said to be. Maps: Yaouk & Rendezvous Creek 1:25 000 **
C 6-7 September 2003- Gudgenby Ridge to Bogong Gap- M/R This is an exploratory trip with a likely exit via Bogong Gap and Middle Creek. Map:Yaouk, Rendezvous Creek 1:25,000 **

Peter, Janet and Barrie's bucket list:

1    J    Goodridigbee River gorge. has to be done Dec – March, low water, and temp over 33oC  - best done Tuesday or with the Kirby's

2   J     Musgrave Creek – trip with orchids 7/10/08 8.5h, need 4 walkers +, as Janet's walk             - we need to leave until 10/2012, needs to be dry

3    J    Monga plumwood walk – 30/3 in flower [book Flowering Feb-March]  min 2 people            - put on as Wed or weekend walk March 2012

4    B    Sugar Loaf Creek trib  –Late Feb-March                                                                              - weekend FBI walk ?March 2012

5     J   Balinafad and Wild Cattle creeks                                                                                          - Wed walk April onwards 2012

6     J   Bungonia  May –  hard, need 4 walkers min                                                                         - put on FBI or CBC  program ?May

7   P     Currawan Creek falls -  March April, need 4 min?   ?hard                                                   - Tues or put on FBI or CBC program

8   P     Harrys Spur – Mt Ginini to Goodradigbee R.  Nov, Dec, May? hard, need 4 people min               - put on FBI or CBC program 

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