General Information
Distance: 13 kilometers
Total climb: 300 meters
Time taken: 4 hours
Map: Hoskinstown 8727-2S, 1:25 000
Guide: link
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO: 30 kilometers
Start point map grid reference: 55H GA 04863 77024
Destination map grid reference: 55H GA 04776 67918
End point: same as destination
Route
http://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/
Description
This walk required two cars, one of which we placed at the London Bridge carpark at the southern end of Googong and the other at the Foreshores carpark near Googong Dam. From the Foreshores carpark we could have started directly along the Western Foreshores Walk, which is along a management trail, but we decided it would be more scenic to do the 2.6 kilometer Shoreline Walk first and meet up with the Western Foreshores Walk at Shannons Inlet. As it turned out, the Western Foreshores Walk was not particularly scenic, through not particularly inspiring bushland and with only occasional views of Googong Reservoir.
We probably should have left our first car at the Tin Hut rather than London Bridge carpark, since that would have made the walk slightly shorter and this last section was along a hot and dusty road. This was not a particularly inspiring walk, although it did cover almost the entire length of Googong Reservoir. I suspect it would be better to do this by kayak.
We probably should have left our first car at the Tin Hut rather than London Bridge carpark, since that would have made the walk slightly shorter and this last section was along a hot and dusty road. This was not a particularly inspiring walk, although it did cover almost the entire length of Googong Reservoir. I suspect it would be better to do this by kayak.
