Easy-Medium Wednesday Walk, Nursery Creek Swamp (CBC)

No bookings required for Wednesday Walks

This is a nice out and back hike to Nursery Creek Swamp. From the car park just off Orroral Road the track leads up to a saddle via a series of stone and timber steps. The track then flattens out with boardwalks and stepping stones across boggy areas. There are some massive granite boulders along the way and as well as opportunities for bird watching. We will have morning tea at a flattish area just above the main part of the swamp before returning back to the cars by the same track. FYI Nursery Swamp is better described as a large fen i.e. a peat-accumulating wetland. Nursery Creek Swamp is said to have been used as a calving and lambing ground by pioneer graziers during hard winters and hence the name Nursery Creek. Distance: 10 km. Elevation gain: 270 m.

Grading: Short (CBC), 6 (BBC), 1A (NPA)

Map: Rendezvous Creek 1:25000

Meet at Kambah Village at 8.50 am for a 9:00 am departure. $12 petrol cost pp.

Weather: As of Friday, the BOM weather forecast for Canberra on Wednesday predicts it will be 3-16 degrees and partly cloudy, with a slight (25%) chance of less than 1mm rain.

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