Graeme Barrow Books

Walking Canberra's Hills & Rivers

The book contains descriptions of 40 walks on hills in the Canberra Nature Park system and along the banks of the Murrumbidgee, Molongolo and Cotter Rivers.

Each walk has comprehensive track notes, access information, distance from Canberra, walk distances, estimated time allowance, grading and contact details for further information. Maps are in colour and clear and easy to read. The author states the maps are not intended for navigation, but also provides details on topographic maps or other maps to take with you.

96 Pages. 210mm X 150mm. (2006). ISBN 0958755299 RRP $19.80

30 Family Bushwalks in and around Canberra

Ranging widely across the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra and surrounding New South Wales, this book describes 30 walks varying in difficulty from easy to hard. It takes walkers to the Googong Foreshores, Wee Jasper, Bungonia Gorge, Braidwood, Micalong Creek and Tuross Falls in addition to many other scenic and fascinating places.

Each walk has comprehensive track notes, access information, distance from Canberra, walk distances, estimated time allowance, grading and contact details for further information. Maps are clear, easy to read with a contours and a legend; however, the author states the maps are not intended for navigation, but also provides details on topographic maps or other maps to take with you.

Terror and the Scenic Coast

There are many extraordinary scenes to be viewed on the 40 walking tracks described in this book between Batemans Bay and Green Cape, south of Eden. The coastline is grimly impressive in places, serene in others. There are sharp-edged rock platforms and forbidding cliffs, curving white beaches and beautiful lakes and lagoons. Inland, beyond the shore, there are lofty mountains where trails take you as high as the peaks. Patches of rainforest add diversity to the immense eucalypt forests up and down the coast. The author combines a love of walking and his fascination with history to bring you this informative and functional guide book.

Each walk has comprehensive track notes, access information, distance from Canberra, walk distances, estimated time allowance, grading and contact details for further information. Maps are clear, easy to read with a contours and a legend; however, the author states the maps are not intended for navigation, but also provides details on topographic maps or other maps to take with you.

Namadgi & Tidbinbilla Classics

The magnificent high country that covers about half of the Australian Capital territory south-west and south of Canberra inspires bushwalkers entering the Namadgi National Park and the adjoining Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. Lofty mountains and huge boulders, weathered by the centuries, excite and impel. Dense stands of eucalypts, open valleys, rivers and streams please and delight. Twenty-one bushwalks in this diverse region are described.

Each walk has comprehensive track notes, access information, distance from Canberra, walk distances, estimated time allowance, grading and contact details for further information. Maps are clear, easy to read with a contours and a legend; however, the author states the maps are not intended for navigation, but also provides details on topographic maps or other maps to take with you.

Walking from the mountains to the Sea

The long stretch of mountains and coastline from Nowra to Batemans Bay offers countless rewards for bushwalkers and is easily accessible. You can climb spectacular peaks in the morning and walk along lovely beaches in the afternoon. There are lofty eucalyptus forests in the hills and giant cliffs and flat rock platforms along the coast. The book details 45 walks in the area.

Each walk has comprehensive track notes, access information, distance from Canberra, walk distances, estimated time allowance, grading and contact details for further information. Maps are clear, easy to read with a contours and a legend; however, the author states the maps are not intended for navigation, but also provides details on topographic maps or other maps to take with you.

Unlocking History's Secrets

The history of Canberra region comes alive in this book as the author takes motorists on ten heritage trails north, east and south of the Australian Capital Territory. Governors and convicts, bishops and bushrangers, squatters and selectors; all figure in these pages. Some pray, others shoot to kill. Tours will take the reader to Yass, Gunning, Goulburn, Collector, Gundaroo, Bungendore, Braidwood, Majors Creek, Cooma and Adaminaby.

Under discussion are homesteads, cathedrals, war memorials, churches, monuments to local worthies, railway stations, pubs and country graveyards. Most of us dash through the countryside oblivious to the fascinating historical material all around us.