Books and Other Walk Descriptions - Where to Walk
I really had no idea where to wander when I first started. But there are some wonderful resources available which soon gave me oodles of ideas:
Near Canberra and in Namadgi National Park:
Exploring Namadgi & Tidbinbilla: Day walks in Canberra's high country by Graeme Barrow, Dagraja Press Canberra 1987
30 Family Bushwalks in and around Canberra (4th edn) by Graeme Barrow, Dagraja Press Canberra 2002
Namadgi & Tidbinbilla Classics: Tough Bushwalks in Canberra's High Country by Graeme Barrow, Dagraja Press Canberra 2000
ACT Granite (Second Edn) Australian National University Mountaineering Club John Churchill and Mike Peck (eds) 1997
Twelve historic sites in the Glenburn and Burbong areas of the Kowan Forest, Australian Capital Territory by Colin McAlister, National Parks Association of the ACT Inc Canberra 2007
Canberra Bushwalks by Kim Morgan, Kangaroo Press Canberra 1989 (available for loan from the ACT Heritage Library at Woden)
Beyond the Cotter by Allan J Mortlock and Klaus Hueneke, ANU Press Canberra 1979 (available for loan from the ACT Heritage Library at Woden)
Walking Canberra's Hills and Rivers by Graeme Barrow, Dagraja Press Canberra 1997 (available for loan from the ACT Heritage Library at Woden)
Exploring Tidbinbilla on foot: Twenty bushwalks in Canberra's resurrected nature reserve by Graeme Barrow, Dagraja Press Canberra 2009.
Have a look at the Canberra Bushwalking Club. Join the club! It's the best!
Check out the Family Bushwalkers Incorporated. Join the club!
Check out the National Parks Association of the ACT. Join the club!
Some walk descriptions by Murray Dow, which were published in the Canberra Times in 1992 and greatly contributed to my interest in bushwalking around Canberra.
Some local walks by the ANUMC in their EPIC magazine
Environment ACT's Namadgi Map.
A little further afield:
The Hume & Hovell Walking Track Guidebook by Harry Hill, Crawford House Press Bathurst 1993.
Tasmania:
The Overland Track A Walkers Notebook by Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, 1996
Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair and Walls of Jerusalem National Parks by John Chapman and John Siseman, John Chapman and Pindari Publications Victoria 1998
South West Tasmania by John Chapman, 3rd edn, John Chapman 1990.
Anywhere:
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