Boboyan Road south & Mount Clear

The long south

This is where Namadgi stops feeling like a Canberra afternoon. Fuel and medical are behind you in Canberra. Reception fades. Book Mount Clear official only — phone the centre during the outage.

Parks ACT: tell someone where you are going and when you will return, especially in remote areas. If you have no local contact, you can register trip intentions with police. Carry a map. PLB hire from the Visitor Centre is a realistic note.

Yankee Hat sits on Old Boboyan Road further north in this corridor. It is a different walk (rock art, 6.5 km). Do not treat “we are already south” as a licence to do Gingera tomorrow from here — that is the Corin door.

Settlers Track

Parks ACT: 6 km loop from Boboyan Road / 4 hours, or 9 km via Waterhole Hut / 5 hours. Grade 3. Status Open on re-check 13 Sep 2026. Huts, homesteads and historic sites from the 19th and 20th centuries. Download the official Settlers Track notes (PDF).

Parks ACT: this corner of the park was untouched by the 2020 bushfire. That is unusual in Namadgi. Stay on the signed loop. Huts Code applies — day or emergency use; tent if overnighting at hut sites.

The longer loop only if daylight and legs agree at the junction. Reverse or take the short loop if you would finish after you wanted to be on Boboyan Road.

Mount Clear campground

Official: most remote campground in Namadgi, basic facilities, unsealed access, not suitable for campervans and caravans. Tents/swags preferred. Typical max 7 consecutive nights. Book official only.

Horse Gully Hut walk starts here: 16 km return / 7 hours / Grade 3 / Open. Portion of the National Trail. Download official track notes. Horse yards at Mt Clear by arrangement at the Visitor Centre.

This is not Orroral. If you want a first overnight with a trailer, Orroral is the valley product. Mount Clear is the remote product.

Unsealed roads and the border

Boboyan Road toward the NSW border. Parks ACT: generally 2WD when dry; conditions change. 4WD useful; not mandatory for every destination. Ask the Visitor Centre. Snow/ice in winter can close or require chains on higher roads.

Dogs: not in the park. Limited vehicle-transit exception on Boboyan or Brindabella Roads for ACT–NSW travel — VERIFY current policy. Do not walk a dog on Settlers Track.

If remote is the wrong product

Sleep in Canberra and walk Yankee Hat or Settlers as a long day if the campground is full or the road is ugly.

Woods Reserve is not the overflow tonight: still listed closed until late Spring on re-check 13 Sep 2026. Cotter / Blue Range are outside the park — VERIFY live, do not assume.

Highlights at a glance

• Settlers Track — 6 km loop / 4 hours or 9 km via Waterhole Hut / 5 hours, Grade 3, Open; unburnt in 2020 (Parks ACT)
• Mount Clear campground — most remote, basic, unsealed, not for campervans/caravans (official)
• Naas Valley to Horse Gully Hut — 16 km return / 7 hours from Mt Clear, Grade 3, Open
• Brayshaw’s Hut and other settler sites on the self-guided notes
• NSW border / Australian Alps context — not a Canberra lookout precinct

Walks nearby

Grades, times and open/closed status change — open each guide and verify on Parks ACT before you go.

Itineraries that use this area

One night + a morning walk

Overnight Orroral + valley morning

Book 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.

Map

Orientation only — confirm trailheads and road status before you drive.

FAQ — Boboyan south

Explore next

Other Namadgi corners — not a second summit stacked onto this one. Pick the door that matches tomorrow’s clock.

Tharwa

The front door. Namadgi Visitor Information Centre on Naas Road, 2.7 km south of Tharwa bridge. Maps, conditions, PLB hire, firewood for sale, card only. Mount Tennent starts in the car park.

Orroral

Valley camping, Orroral Homestead, former tracking-station context at Honeysuckle, and the current walking access to Booroomba Rocks while the road is closed.

Yankee Hat

Ngunnawal rock art, grassland kangaroos, Gudgenby valley. The cultural walk most visitors should do before they chase granite.

Gingera

ACT alpine: snow gums, Pryors Hut, Mount Gingera 1,857 m, Mt Franklin Road, Stockyard Spur. Winter snow. This is not a Canberra café afternoon.

Corin

Western Canberra approach: Square Rock 10.5 km, Corin Dam, Stockyard Spur toward Gingera. Gibraltar Falls lookout is closed until later in 2026.