General Information
Kiandra Heritage Trail
Distance: 2 kilometers return
Total climb: negligible
Time taken: 30 minutes
Map: Ravine 8526-2N 1:25 000
Guide: Derrick Stone Walks, Tracks & Trails of New South Wales (2012), pp.180-181.
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO: 150 kilometers
Start point map grid reference: 55H FA 34892 28774
Destination: loop trail
End point: same as start
Tabletop Trail (part)
Distance: 13 kilometers return
Total climb: 232 meters
Time taken: 2 hours 15 minutes
Map: Cabramurra 8526-2S 1:25 000
Guide: Derrick Stone Walks, Tracks & Trails of New South Wales (2012), pp.182-183.
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO: 206 kilometers
Start point Map grid reference: 55H FA 34798 28358
Destination: none - walk was exploratory
End point: same as start
Route
http://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/
Description
I have an ancestor who was mining gold at Kiandra during the brief gold rush of 1859-61, so I wanted to see the site. I started at the restored courthouse and followed the trail through a rather bleak and windswept valley.
Old mining remains can be seen, as well as the ruins of Yan's Store and the restored Matthew's Cottage.
Information boards are regularly placed around the trail, and it is well worth taking the time to read them.
With the trail only 2 kilometers in length, I had plenty of time and energy for some additional walking and decided to check out part of the Tabletop Trail to see if it was worth the two-day hike in Derrick Stone's book. Starting near Pollocks Gully, I walked up the side of Dunn's Hill and looked back towards Kiandra.
The track passes mostly through open grassland with occasional stands of trees and distant mountains.
I followed the trail south about 5.5 kilometers and decided that I should return to get back to Cooma in time. Unfortunately I took a wrong turning down the Mt Selwyn nordic ski trail, and while this added about 2 kilometers to the walk, it provided some nice views.
The Kiandra Heritage Trail is worth taking some time over, though it is remote and has few facilities (there is a toilet at the Court House, however). The Tabletop Trail was sufficiently interesting to get me back there to do the Tabletop and Four Mile Trails as a two-day hike the following month.
Old mining remains can be seen, as well as the ruins of Yan's Store and the restored Matthew's Cottage.
Information boards are regularly placed around the trail, and it is well worth taking the time to read them.
With the trail only 2 kilometers in length, I had plenty of time and energy for some additional walking and decided to check out part of the Tabletop Trail to see if it was worth the two-day hike in Derrick Stone's book. Starting near Pollocks Gully, I walked up the side of Dunn's Hill and looked back towards Kiandra.
The track passes mostly through open grassland with occasional stands of trees and distant mountains.
I followed the trail south about 5.5 kilometers and decided that I should return to get back to Cooma in time. Unfortunately I took a wrong turning down the Mt Selwyn nordic ski trail, and while this added about 2 kilometers to the walk, it provided some nice views.
The Kiandra Heritage Trail is worth taking some time over, though it is remote and has few facilities (there is a toilet at the Court House, however). The Tabletop Trail was sufficiently interesting to get me back there to do the Tabletop and Four Mile Trails as a two-day hike the following month.
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