Routes & Trails Log

Six logged routes between nodes and the landmarks around them.

NETWORK MAP NODES & LOGGED DESTINATIONS

Diagram of the six hall nodes on a shared backbone, each with a dashed line out to the landmark its logged route leads to. BRUCE BLACK MTN SUMMIT BURGMANN LAKE BG LOOP TOAD MT AINSLIE URSULA NATL MUSEUM FENNER TIDBINBILLA WAMBURUN BOTANIC GARDENS

>> rendered by MAPBOT_7, 12-NOV-1998 03:22:10

ROUTE #001 :: BRUCE HALL → BLACK MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

MODE: ON FOOT (BOOTS RECOMMENDED) · DURATION: ~55 MIN · GRADE: MODERATE

Straight up the fire trail behind Bruce, no detours. Best attempted before 8am if you want the tower to yourself and the tourists still asleep. Bring water — the vending machine at the top is a myth.

>> uploaded by TRAILBLAZR_AU, 02-JUN-1998 06:42:57

ROUTE #002 :: BURGMANN COLLEGE → LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN LOOP

MODE: WALK OR JOG · DURATION: ~70 MIN · GRADE: EASY

Down through Kambri, along the lake path past the National Library, loop back via Commonwealth Ave Bridge. Flat the whole way — good for a group that argued about pace for twenty minutes beforehand.

>> uploaded by LAKESIDE_LOGGER, 19-JUL-1998 17:03:12

ROUTE #003 :: TOAD HALL → MOUNT AINSLIE LOOKOUT

MODE: ON FOOT · DURATION: ~90 MIN · GRADE: MODERATE

Up via the War Memorial and the summit road walking track. Do this one at golden hour or don't bother — the view of the city grid from the top is the entire point of the trip.

>> uploaded by RIDGE_RAMBLER, 04-AUG-1998 07:15:40

ROUTE #004 :: URSULA HALL → NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA

MODE: WALK · DURATION: ~35 MIN · GRADE: EASY

Across Acton via the peninsula path. Short enough to do on a whim, long enough to count as "getting out of the room" for the week.

>> uploaded by ARCHIVE_BOT, 27-SEP-1998 12:38:05

ROUTE #005 :: FENNER HALL → TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE

MODE: SHARED VAN (BOOK OUT A NODE VEHICLE) · DURATION: ~40 MIN DRIVE

Too far to walk, worth the drive. Convoy out via Cotter Rd, convoy back before dark — the roos don't care about your semester deadlines and neither does the road.

>> uploaded by TOWER_WATCH, 15-OCT-1998 20:27:51

ROUTE #006 :: WAMBURUN HALL → AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS

MODE: ON FOOT · DURATION: ~20 MIN · GRADE: EASY

Straight up Clunies Ross St and in the visitor entrance — the shortest route logged on this whole network, and the newest. Best before 9am, while the cockatoos are still louder than the tour groups.

>> uploaded by NEWNODE_04, 04-AUG-2026 12:03:15