Canberra Nature Park: Callum Brae Nature Reserve and Mount Mugga Mugga

General Information

Grading: easy

Distance:   8 kilometers

Total climb:   223 meters

Time taken:   1 hour 50 minutes

Maps:   Canberra 8727-3N 1:25 000

Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO:   9.5 kilometers

Start point map grid reference:  55H FA 94629 85740

Destination map grid reference:   No destination

End point:  Same as start

Route

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Description

We started this walk from the parking area on Narrabundah Lane about 550 metres down from Mugga Lane. We headed back up Narrabundah Lane and crossed to the other side of Mugga Lane where there was a section of collapsed fence that gave us entry to the nature reserve. We headed roughly west towards the Hindmarsh Drive side of Mount Mugga Mugga and then around the western side of the mountain. There is now a high fence around the old quarry so we could not explore the quarry itself. We did get some views of the asters side of Issacs Ridge though.

Coming around the south of Mount Mugga Mugga we soon came back to Mugga Lane, which we again crossed near the gated entrance to Callum Brae Nature Reserve. Near the gate is one of the old dynamite sheds that serviced the quarry.

We followed the track through Callum Brae Reserve. Apart from the very nice bushland in the Reserve there were occasional views to the south and over the privately-owned Callum Brae property.

The track took us right back to our cars on Narrabundah Lane.