10 Canberra walks to check out

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If you’re looking to lift your spirits, and your heart rate, here are 10 of Canberra’s best walks.

The choice for wanderers, day-hikers and mountain bikers is perplexingly wide, but no fear, you will find what you’re after in at least one of these 10 tantalising trails.

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Murrumbidgee Discovery Trail

At the Centenary’s southern end, the well-signposted Discovery Trail meanders through rolling fields and bushland.

One Tree Hill

Northern sections of the Centenary Trail can feel noticeably more remote, but find the right spot and all-encompassing city views unfold.

National Arboretum

The trail passes by the nascent 250-hectare National Arboretum.

The Central Basin

It’s flat, almost impossible to get lost on, and ventures through serene public spaces, always with the mirror of the lake to reflect upon.

Jerrabomberra Wetlands

Cloistered away on Lake Burley Griffin’s eastern shore, the wetlands is a secluded slice of nature.

Mt Ainslie Summit Trail

A rosy-cheek-producing walk (4.5 kilometres return), that rises up directly behind the Australian War Memorial.

Black Mountain

The nature reserve is filigreed with excellently thought-through and maintained trails.

Australian National Botanic Gardens

For a manicured change of pace.

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Forty kilometres west of the city, the wetlands, grasslands and woodlands of sub-alpine Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve beckon.

Namadgi National Park

Just south of Tidbinbilla, the 106,000-hectare Namadgi National Park, which borders Kosciuszko, is a trekker’s dream daytrip.

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