Booroomba Rocks day (Honeysuckle access)

Timeline

1. Night before

   Confirm access and name Plan B

   Parks ACT Booroomba alert + walking-tracks page. Phone 02 6237 5307 if unsure. Plan A = Honeysuckle → AAWT → Booroomba cliffs. Plan B = Square Rock on Corin Road if the Honeysuckle approach is junk. Pack 2 L+, shell, grip shoes, offline map. Sleep in Canberra — not a Civic café add-on at 10am.

2. Early

   Visitor Centre then Honeysuckle

   Fuel in Tuggeranong. Briefing at Tharwa. Then the unsealed run to Honeysuckle Campground. Do not treat “open on a blog” as live. If the road is soup, execute Plan B before you are committed to a boggy reverse.

3. Walk out

   AAWT link then granite

   Parks ACT: 10.5 km return / 4 hours to the top from Honeysuckle; 8 km return / 2.5 hours if you only go as far as the (closed-road) car park. Out-and-back. Fill the register. Steep sections. Turn around at the old car park if the extra climb is not worth it.

4. Cliffs

   Views, then reverse

   Massive granite, Brindabella panoramas. Stay back from the edge. This is not a fenced city lookout. Photos, water, then the same track home. No loop exit onto a highway.

5. Afternoon

   Honeysuckle then Canberra

   Heat, ice, tired legs. Do not invent Square Rock from Corin because the cliffs felt easy. Drive out with daylight on the unsealed road. Debrief: if this felt too long, next time wait for the car-park start or print the half-day Tharwa plan.

Extra tips

Related trail guides

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• Booroomba RocksTall forest to massive granite cliffs and Brindabella panoramas. Parks ACT lists the walk open, but Booroomba Rocks Road is closed until further notice (alert 11 May 2026). Reach the track from Honeysuckle Campground via the Australian Alps Walking Track.
• Australian Alps Walking Track (Namadgi section)Parks ACT: 650 km through Victoria, NSW and the ACT. Grade 5. Most people walk sections. The Namadgi section is also the current access to Booroomba Rocks while the road is closed. This page is not a full AAWT plan.

Map (orientation)

Pin may be approximate. Confirm trailheads and seasonal roads on Parks ACT before you drive.

Other plans on this site

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• 3–5 hours on the ground (+ Canberra drive)Half-day from TharwaVisitor Centre, then one outdoor block: Woodland Walk or Cypress Pine Lookout. Yankee Hat only if you already have the road status and a 3-hour walking window. Not Gingera, not Booroomba-from-Honeysuckle.
• Full day (4.5 hours walking plus Corin Road drives)Square Rock dayOfficial 10.5 km return / 4.5 hours from Corin Road. Alpine ash, snow gums, metal ladder and cliffs. Gibraltar Falls lookout is closed — not your 20-minute add-on. Not Gingera.
• One night + a morning walkOvernight Orroral + valley morningBook Orroral (or Honeysuckle) official only. Per person per night. Phone the Visitor Centre during the online outage. Morning: Orroral heritage or Yankee Hat — not Gingera, not Mount Clear with a camper trailer.
• Long full day (6 or 8–9 hours walking)Mount Gingera full dayPick one start: Mt Franklin Road 14.5 km / 6 hours, or Stockyard Spur from Corin Dam 22 km / 8–9 hours. Pryors Hut is the turnaround meeting point, not a booked bed. Not a Canberra afternoon.

Official links to verify

• www.parks.act.gov.au/find-a-nature-park/namadgi-national-park/namadgi-national-park-walking-tracks
• www.parks.act.gov.au/before-you-go/alerts
• www.parks.act.gov.au/find-a-nature-park/namadgi-national-park