Start & finish: Australian Centre for Christianity & Culture, Blackall Street, Barton.
Start location: 2km SW of Canberra.
Description: Day 1, Canberra Two Day Walk 2009
Walk map: NSW topographic map 1:25000 Canberra
MGA Grid ref: FA 943892
Start GPS: UTM Zone 55H 6943000E, 60892000N
Locality map:
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Satellite image from ACTMAPi:
Waypoints and route: See scanned documents below.
Day & date:Saturday 04 APR 2009
Start time:0800
Walking time:6 hours
Weather:Cool-mild, overcast after rain the night before.
This walk was part of the Canberra Two Day Walk 2009. The circuit started and finished at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture [ACCC], Blackall Street, Barton. There were six intermediate checkpoints around the course. The actual distance was 31.1km.
I arrived about 0700 in time to see the walkers for the 41.2km [marathon distance] checking in and getting away first. About 40 in that group, including a sizable overseas contingent, mostly from, Belgium, Germany & the Netherlands. I estimate about 50 walkers started out for the 30km walk, and my impression was that most of them were very proficient walkers for whom the prospect of walking 30km was not so much a challenge as a pleasure. I count myself among those.
The 30km walk was colour coded red. The route map was a 1:40000 map on an A4 sheet matched with a written description of the course on the reverse side. The map, description and on course marking meant that the route was easy enough to follow, especially for a local. The local scouts provided a full range of breakfast offerings for those walkers who wanted it...I enjoyed a bacon and egg roll.
Last 10km of walk made especially enjoyable by walking in the company of Ross Money Walker [what a name!!!].
Scan of 30km route map & description
