General Information
Grading: easyDistance: 7.5 kilometers
Total climb: 207 meters
Time taken: 1 hour 45 minutes
Maps: Cotter Dam 8627-2N 1:25 000
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO: 32 kilometers
Start point map grid reference: 55H FA 74137 95543
Destination map grid reference: 55H FA 72104 95061
End point: Same as start
Route
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Description
This walk started at a small carpark just off Mountain Creek Road 1.5 kilometres north of Uriarra Road. Proceeding through the gate, we followed a management trail roughly southwest for 2.5 kilometres before turning north through a rather nice open field which was once the site of the Sherwood Homestead.
After a short time we could see on the right the daffodils first planted by the Phillips family who settled there in 1863.
While there were a considerable number of flowers visible, I suspect that it will be a much more spectacular show in a few weeks' time.
We then walked back to the road and up a slight rise to the site of the graves of three members of the Phillips family. From there we returned the way that we came.
