Border Walk

The Straight Line Border section is probably the easiest stretch of the ACT Border to walk. The start can be seen below right and horses may be encountered on the way.

Why is this interesting?

This part of the Belconnen Heritage Track honours the surveyors who marked out the ACT border over 100 years ago. It is one of the easiest sections of the ACT border that can be traversed in a rural setting.

Water catchment determined the position of the border for much of the ACT. With no watershed to follow on this occasion, the line of the border runs straight from Mt Coree’s summit to One Tree Hill.

From the surveyor’s sign at b), near West Belconnen Pond, see the landmarks identified. Surveyors Hill takes on a new meaning after reading about what Scrivener’s team of surveyors had to endure to deliver a border for the ACT.