Murrumbidgee Corridor: Red Rocks

General Information

Distance:  11.25 kilometers
Total climb:  308 meters
Time taken:  3 hours 40 minutes
Map:  Tuggeranong 8727-3S 1:25 000
Guide:  link
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO:  20 kilometers
Start point map grid reference:  56H FA 84908 81249
Destination map grid reference:  55H FA 86545 79167
End point map grid reference:  55H FA 87308 80314

Route

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Description

We started this hike in Winser Crescent Kambah, walking from there through to the Bicentennial National Trail which we followed to the northwest to Kambah Pool Road. We then followed Kambah Pool Road to the left until we passed into the Murrumbidgee Corridor Nature Reserve about 2 kilometers into the hike and turned south towards the river. At the river we joined the Murrumbidgee Discovery Track and followed it southeast. Our initial plan was to cross the river around map reference FA838801 and walk up Bullen Range via the Bullen Powerline Fire Trail, but after much looking around we could find no suitable crossing point, the river being quite high. Slightly dejected, we continued along the Track until we found a nice spot for a break.



From there we pressed on to our destination Red Rocks Gorge.





Having taken in the sights at Red Rocks, we left the Murrumbidgee Discovery Track  and headed northeast to link up once again with the Bicentennial Trail, which had some good views back towards the Bullen Range.



Eventually we reached the eastern side of Kambah, where we picked up a second car to return us to our starting point.

This hike was, for us, about 3 kilometers longer than it needed to be due to a lot of looking around for a suitable crossing point. It was surprisingly scenic and the trail was clear and easy to walk on. It has encouraged me to one day attempt the 27 kilometer Murrumbidgee Discovery Track from Casuarina Sands to Point Hut.