General Information
Distance: 19 kilometers
Total climb: 530 meters
Time taken: 4 hours 20 minutes
Map: Colinton 8726-3N 1:25 000
Guide: link
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO: 80 kilometers
Start point map grid reference: 55H FA 81540 29140
Destination map grid reference: 55H FB 86633 33632
End Point: Same as start
Route
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Description
This walk starts at the Mount Clear camping ground, just off Boboyan Road in the far south of the Australian Capital Territory. The walking trail follows management trails through the Naas Valley which are part of the Bicentennial National Trail. There are a number of points of interest along the track that are marked with numbered posts - the guide provides information on these, so it's a good idea to take it with you. Leaving the campground we walked firstly through fairly open terrain, passing the remains of the Mount Clear horse yards and with occasional glimpses of Naas Creek.
About 2 kilometers into the trail there is a bow in Naas Creek which means that it has to be crossed twice, or walked around. The water level was quite high when we were there so we decided to walk around the bow rather than ford the creek twice. This was quite heavy going through thick grass, and was a bit swampy in places. We were probably lucky not to encounter any snakes. The trail continues through more wooded terrain with a lot of climbing up and down. The track is very distinct though and easy to follow.
A bit over 7 kilometers into our walk we came across a side-track on the left that leads to Demandering Hut, about 200 meters away. We continued on along the track, finally reaching a grassy clearing and Horse Gully Hut which was built in the 1940's.
We had lunch in the hut, which contains some basic amenities typical of huts in Namadgi National Park.
We returned to the Mount Clear camping ground the way we had come, again diverting around the marshy bow in Naas Creek.
This is quite a long and demanding walk, but well worth it. Although we were walking on a hard and dusty management trail, the scenery was very nice and there were 20 items of interest along the way (marked by numbered posts and explained in the guide).
About 2 kilometers into the trail there is a bow in Naas Creek which means that it has to be crossed twice, or walked around. The water level was quite high when we were there so we decided to walk around the bow rather than ford the creek twice. This was quite heavy going through thick grass, and was a bit swampy in places. We were probably lucky not to encounter any snakes. The trail continues through more wooded terrain with a lot of climbing up and down. The track is very distinct though and easy to follow.
A bit over 7 kilometers into our walk we came across a side-track on the left that leads to Demandering Hut, about 200 meters away. We continued on along the track, finally reaching a grassy clearing and Horse Gully Hut which was built in the 1940's.
We had lunch in the hut, which contains some basic amenities typical of huts in Namadgi National Park.
We returned to the Mount Clear camping ground the way we had come, again diverting around the marshy bow in Naas Creek.
This is quite a long and demanding walk, but well worth it. Although we were walking on a hard and dusty management trail, the scenery was very nice and there were 20 items of interest along the way (marked by numbered posts and explained in the guide).
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