Canberra Nature Park: Goorooyaroo Nature Reserve - Old Joe Hill and Gooroo Hill

General Information

Grading:  medium

Distance:   9.4 kilometers

Total climb:   290 meters

Time taken:   2 hours 20 minutes
Maps:   Hall 8727-4S 1:25 000

             Sutton 8727-1S 1:25 000 

             See also (link)
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO:   13 kilometers
Start point map grid reference:  55H GB 98346 01230
Destination map grid reference:   Old Joe Hill 55H FB 99407 03215

                                                      Gooroo Hill 55H GB 00037 04192
End point:  Same as start

Route

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Description

This walk commenced at the Goorooyaroo Nature Reserve carpark off Horse Park Drive. We started by going through the gate and following the management trail north for a bit, taking a right hand turn at the first intersection we came to. Following this second track for a short distance we then went bush and climbed Gecko Hills where we could get some great views.

From there we followed the border fence up Old Joe and Gooroo Hills. From Gooroo Hill we followed the track back to our starting point. This was definitely the less interesting part of the walk.