Booroomba Rocks, Namadgi National Park
Today we took advantage of the drier, cooler weather and headed down to the southern ACT for a walk, this time to Booroomba Rocks.
Booroomba Rocks panorama
This is a really enjoyable walk, a bit steep in places, but the view at the top is well worth it, apparently it is ranked #9 of the 104 attractions in the ACT according to Trip Advisor. The pathway is mostly shaded, with lots of diverse vegetation, including some very large, burnt out gum trees. Most of the way there are stone steps with some timber ones, so it is pretty safe under foot. The granite boulders along the walk are truly spectacular.
Map for Booroomba Rocks
About half way along the path is a wooden chair which looks to some boulders and out to the ridge on the other side of the mountain, which is a nice spot for a cup of tea.
Well worth the drive.
Here is our trip on Everytrail:
Booroomba Rocks Walk
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Booroomba Rocks view and map
Gorgeous – one of my favourite walks, and a lovely place to take visitors!
Thanks, will be heading out there tomorrow as my first stop for reacquainting myself with the Australian bush after several years living in New Zealand! Bit of a struggle finding decent maps though – have been spoiled by NZ LINZ’s free 1:50,000 topo maps and http://www.topomaps.co.nz – nothing like that here. Then again, Australia is quite a bit larger than NZ 🙂
Thanks for your comments, I discovered the LINZ website earlier this year when I was working on an art project in New Zealand – what a fab resource! You are right, Australia does not have anything so comprehensive. We have used a couple of books to help us find walks around the region. Graeme Barrow has written a number of books we find really informative – Tidbinbilla Walks and Namadgi. You can find out more on his website http://www.graemebarrow.com.au/
Enjoy your walk 🙂
Nice one, thanks!