Friday, 26 September 2025

Googong Foreshores: London Bridge Arch and Gelignite Crossing

General Information

Grading: moderate
Distance:  11.5 kilometers

Total climb:  470 metres
Time taken:  3 hours
Map:  Hoskinstown 8727-2S, 1:25 000
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO:  40 kilometers
Start point map grid reference:  55H GA 04782 67958
Destination map grid reference:  London Bridge Arch - 55H GA 05175 67464
                                                     Gelignite Crossing - 55H GA 07377 67642
End point:  same as start

Route

 


Description

The starting point for this walk is the London Bridge carpark at the end of London Bridge Road, about 3.4 kilometers from Burra Road.

We started off by following the trail to London Bridge Arch.

 


From there we continued along a management trail to the north and followed a few turnings to reach Gelignite Crossing on the Queanbeyan River.
 


 
Rather than retrace our steps back up the hill, we headed south and then east through the bush and eventually found the management trail once more. When we reached the North Urialla Fire Trail we headed south into the Burra Nature Reserve before turning west towards London Bridge Homestead.
 

 From there we headed north back to our starting point.