ACT Border walk section 1: Kowen from Kings Highway to Sutton Road
Tue 27th Aug 2024
Walk
This elevated route provides excellent views to the south and southwest.The walk follows the fire trails on the edge of Kowen Forest from the Kings Highway west to Sutton Road.
The vegetation will include attractive woodland and farmland as well as pine plantation.
The leader has walked much of the ACT border and is planning to complete that circuit with day walks along the eastern and northern sections, including this walk. The ACT Border reflects some wonderful early twentieth-century history, involving surveyors braving rough country and the full spectrum of weather conditions:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/curious-canberra/2016-04-11/how-the-act-borders-were-determined/7304358
On our walk, we might find some lockspits, legacy markers from that time.
While there will be no scrub, it will be a solid day and requires a reasonable length car shuffle. So, in the best tradition of Tuesday walks, we will start early.
Additional Information
Booking deadline
Sun 25th Aug 2024 05:00pm
Length
Long
Terrain
Medium
Distance (km or hrs)
22 kilometres. About 8 hours
Ascent
About 600 metres
Descent
About 650 metres
Map name
Bungendore
Terrain information
It will be on fire trails, so there will be no scrub. The track is undulating with a number of short ascents and descents
Transport information
Travel arrangements will be determined on the basis of where participants live. A moderate length car shuffle will be required. The walk will require an early start, leaving Canberra between 6-7am.
A walk or similar activity with a duration of a day or part day. No overnight gear required.
Date and Time
Activity Owner
John-Evans
John Evans