Booroomba Rocks

How to get there

1. Namadgi Visitor Centre first (Naas Road, Tharwa) for the live road answer — not this page.
2. Honeysuckle Campground is on the Apollo Road system south of Tharwa. Unsealed park roads are generally 2WD in dry weather; conditions change — VERIFY.
3. When Booroomba Rocks Road reopens, the car park is still an unsealed approach. Low-clearance cars: caution. Do not treat “open on a blog” as live.

How to do it (step by step)

1. While the road is closed: start at Honeysuckle Campground, follow the Australian Alps Walking Track to the Booroomba Rocks walking track, then climb to the cliffs. 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.
2. When the car park is reachable: 2.5 km return / 1.5 hours from the car park to the top. Steep sections. Stay back from the cliff edge.
3. Out-and-back. Turn around at any point. Carry water. Fill the bushwalking register if provided.

What to expect

Parks ACT: walk through tall forests to views from massive granite cliffs. Some steep sections. Moderate bushwalking experience required because of distance and remoteness. Beware the cliff edge.

The short official option is 2.5 km return from Booroomba Rocks car park (1.5 hours). That only exists when the road is open. The longer official option is 10.5 km return from Honeysuckle Campground via the Australian Alps Walking Track (4 hours).

We have not walked this track for this guide. Confirm the live Parks ACT walking-tracks page and phone 02 6237 5307 the morning you go.

Logistics and day shape

Re-checked 13 Sep 2026: Booroomba Rocks Road still closed until further notice (alert from 11 May 2026). Parks ACT walking-tracks page lists the walk Status: Open via Honeysuckle Campground and the AAWT. Treat the Honeysuckle start as the default until the Visitor Centre says otherwise.

Day shape from Honeysuckle: forest, AAWT link, then the steep granite climb. Out-and-back. You can turn around at the old car-park location (8 km return / 2.5 hours official) if the extra climb is not worth it that day.

Apollo Road / unsealed park roads: generally 2WD when dry. Snow, ice and rain change that. Visitor Centre first. Card only — no cash.

Hazards, bail-outs and reverse

Granite, cliffs, heat, ice. This is not a fenced city lookout. Stay back from edges. Summer snakes and fire danger are real; winter snow on the Brindabellas is real.

Bail-out is reverse. There is no loop that drops you on a sealed highway. If you started at Honeysuckle, you finish at Honeysuckle.

Parks ACT: most of Namadgi has limited or no mobile reception. 000 needs reception. Download Emergency+. Hire a PLB from Namadgi or Tidbinbilla Visitor Centre. Tell someone your plans. We do not invent carrier coverage maps.

Map (orientation)

Pin may be approximate. Confirm trailheads, parking and track status on Parks ACT before you drive.

Itineraries that use this walk

Full day (4 hours walking plus drives and briefing)

Booroomba Rocks day (Honeysuckle access)

While Booroomba Rocks Road is closed, Parks ACT sends walkers from Honeysuckle Campground via the AAWT — 10.5 km return / 4 hours to the top. Not the old 2.5 km car-park day. Cliffs. Grade 4.

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.