We'll be going on a 9km loop trail (350m climbing) near Bargo encompassing the Tahmoor Canyon and Mermaid Pools that cross dense eucalypt forest and then goes deep into the canyons. Mermaid Pools is a sacred Aboriginal site and we'll not swim there. If it's super hot we'll look for another safe spot for a swim. I expect though that we'll get wet on the trail crossing creeks etc so waterproofed packs and grippy walking shoes are necessary.

This is a good practice run for people who are planning on joining Bruce Barnett's canyoning program later this month.

This is an exploratory walk for me so I'll be going off published notes.

The drive is 2 hrs there and 2hrs return to Canberra (404km all up!). So we'll start super early - do the walk - then return home the same day. I'm aiming to car pool as this saves fuel, the environment and is more social.

BOM Meteye forecasts a hot day (31 degrees) with 30 per cent chance of 0mm of rain.