After visiting Booroomba Rocks last year I really wanted to visit nearby Booroomba Rocks Peak. You could easily do both together, but we had arrived at the rocks so late that we couldn’t visit the peak. Now we’ve done both it has confirmed this mountain as one of my favourite places in the ACT. There’s excellent views in all directions from the summit plateau, which is itself an attractive patchwork of open rocky sections, heath vegetation and forest.
Booroomba Rocks Peak lacks the granite cliffs of Booroomba Rocks, however views south and west are excellent, as are views back towards the rocks and beyond to Canberra. Only downside is some bush bashing and route finding to get there, but it’s only a few hundred metres so definitely worth the effort. We earned our views this time by walking the 5-6km route from Honeysuckle Campground on a pleasant section of the Australian Alps Walking track. You can drive close to the mountain and make it a much shorter walk (as we did on our first visit). However, that is a rough vehicle track and was in fact closed for either repairs or upgrade on this visit.
Track notes at the end.
Booroomba Rocks Peak from Honeysuckle Campground: The Scenery
A few shots from when we first climbed to Booroomba Rocks on the short route:
Up on the tops now:
Track Notes
On this occasion we walked from Honeysuckle Campground which takes roughly 4-5 hours return (11.5km). The walk starts on a section of the Australian Alps Walking Track, then the Booroomba Rocks Walk to the tops. The route to the peak is marked sometimes by cairns and an indistinct track, but does require route finding and bush bashing in sections. Despite some navigational challenges Booroomba Rocks Peak is easy to see for the most part and the summit plateau is not large enough for you to get seriously lost.
There’s more information on visiting the rocks (and other walks) on the Parks ACT website, and of course in my blog post.
