Easy/Medium Wednesday Walk, 4 March, CRONINS FOREST (BBC)

No bookings required for joint club Wednesday Walks

This is the first of two easy/medium Wednesday Walks run by the Brindabella Bushwalking Club on 4 March.

Leader: Kathy Handel ph 0447 289 638, khandel@bigpond.net.au, on behalf of the

Description: This is a beautiful forested hillside on the western edge of Tallaganda State Forest, west of Mt Cronin. The walk is hilly, through tall native forest, with a hut, a ruin, and a viewpoint from a flat granite outcrop. The terrain is mostly old fire trail, with some single-file track and some off-track through semi-open forest.

Grade (BBC 8): Distance 10km; ascent 400m
Meet: Queanbeyan Spotlight car park (corner Yass Rd & Monaro Hwy), leaving at 8:30am
Transport: 90km, $13 per passenger.
Note: A car shuffle is required. AWD cars are desirable as a short part of the forest road is rough and stony.
Map: Bendoura 1:25000, Captains Flat 1:25000
Weather forecast: possible shower, temp 15-29 in Canberra. The forest is a few degrees cooler.
Reminders: Bring water, lunch, hat, gaiters for the off-track section and poles for steep bits.

Those doing their first Wednesday Walk, and those who are not members of the CBC, BBC or NPA, must contact the leader to discuss the level of difficulty of the walk.