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Recreational Trail Enhancement

With support from the Commonwealth Disaster Ready Fund, we invested in recreational trail upgrades in our nature reserves to improve trail resilience, visitor safety and to enhance the experience of our park’s users.

The initiative included upgrading surface materials, installing and repairing steps, and enhancing drainage systems to strengthen the durability and resilience of our trails in line with the Australian Walking Track Standards.

The trail enhancement included upgrades of recreational trails across Canberra Nature Park, the Murrumbidgee River Corridor, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and sections of the Centenary Trail. Five of these were trail re-alignments to replace sections of trail that are unsafe, causing damage to the environment or which are vulnerable to natural disaster impacts.

Stairs on the Pinnacle summit walking track upgraded in 2024.

The following trail upgrades are now complete. The tracks and trails that received upgrades include:

  • Canberra Nature Park - North
    • Black Mountain - Forest Loop Track
    • Bruce Ridge - Green MTB circuit
    • Mt Majura - Clancy’s Track
    • The Pinnacle - Summit Tracks North, and South
    • Mt Majura - Casuarina Track
    • Mt Painter - Summit Track East (re-alignment)
    • Majura Pines Winery Hill
  • Canberra Nature Park - South
    • Cooleman Ridge - Mt Arawang Summit Northwest and South (re-alignment)
    • Mt Taylor - South summit track (top section) & Zig Zag Track
    • Red Hill - Summit track North & Red Track
    • Urambi Hills Walking Track (re-alignment)
    • Isaacs Ridge downhill mountain bike trails
    • Jerrabomberra Wetlands WW1 trenches walk
    • Molonglo Gorge - Blue Tiles Track
    • Jerrabomberra Wetlands - Kelly’s Swamp Track
  • Tidbinbilla
    • The Sanctuary Loop (sections)
    • Baraygnu Murawung Walk
  • Murrumbidgee River Corridor
    • Murrumbidgee Discovery Trail (Tuggeranong Wall to Pine Island)
    • Uriarra Loop Trail (re-alignment)
  • Canberra Centenary Trail
    • Northern Border Campground approach
    • Kambah Pool Entry (re-alignment)
  • Googong
    • Black Wallaby Trail (re-alignment)

Future planned trail upgrades include:

  • Canberra Nature Park - North
    • Mount Painter Summit Track
  • Canberra Nature Park - South
    • Red Hill Central Summit Track
  • Tidbinbilla
    • Peppermint Trail
    • Gibraltar Peak Track
    • Cascades Track
  • Googong
    • Cascades Track
    • Shoreline Track