Cotter Loop - ACT
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261km
On Road
Scenic
Easy

Start - Parliament House

Starting and finishing point - as good as any landmark I guess...

Right onto Cotter Rd Exit

Take this exit to get onto Cotter Rd.

Exit is marked 'Tuggeranong'

Right into Lady Denman Drive

This is an optional part of the loop - if you choose not to take in the Uriarra area you can just proceed along Cotter Rd and continue the loop.

Scrivener Dam

The dam that created Lake Burley-Griffin.

There is also the National Zoo and Aquarium if you're looking for tourist attractions ;-)

Right onto Tuggeranong Parkway

Follow the Parkway back towards Civic...

Left onto Belconnen Exit

...until you get to the Belconnen exit.

Left onto Coppens Crossing Rd

Left turn here

Right onto Uriarra Rd

Right turn here to head into the forests.

Uriarra Crossing

Nice shady spot to take a quick break

Left onto Brindabella Rd

Left turn here.
Or optionally you can continue on ahead - Uriarra Rd (turns into Bullock Paddock Rd) eventually turns to dirt and continues to Tumut via Brindabella.

It's an interesting side trip until the black-top runs out. Then you can double back to this point and continue on down Brindabella Rd.

Brindabella Rd

Some groovy little twisties - but surface is a bit bumpy on some corners.

And watch for 4WDs and WRXs playing Rally Drivers.

Right onto Cotter Rd

Turn right here to continue along COtter Rd.

Cotter Dam Area

Shady spot to take a break. To check out Cotter Dam you hang a right turn just after the bridge and head to the carpark at the end - after that its a short walk thru the river valley.

Optional Detour - Left into Tidbinbilla Satellite Tracking Station

Deep Space Centre - has a coffee shop and a groovy little museum.

Tidbinbilla Satellite Tracking Station

End of Detour

Left onto Paddy's River Rd

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Turnoff on the right here if you want to get back to nature (another tourist attraction)

Optional Detour -Right onto Corin Forest Rd

Right turn here to Corin Forest and Corin Dam.

Corin Forest

Private park which sometimes has snow making and other attractions.

Corin Dam

Probably almost empty.

End of Detour - Right onto Tidbinbilla Rd

Right hander to continue south towards Tharwa.

Optional Extension- Naas Valley

Either turn Left here to go back to Canberra via Tuggeranong, or continue south into the Naas valley, with side trips to the old satellite tracking station sites at Honeysuckle Ck and Orroral Valley

Tharwa

Small township - has a general store and fuel.

Optional Sidetrip - Right onto Apollo Rd

Road up to the site of the old Honeysuckle Ck Satellite Tracking Station.

Site of Former Honeysuckle Ck Satellite Tracking Station

Right onto Naas Valley Rd

Optional Side Trip - Right onto Orroral Valley Rd

Road up to the site of the former Orroral Valley Satellite Tracking Station

Site of Former Orroral Valley Satellite Tracking Station

Right onto Naas Valley Rd

End of the black-top.

You can continue from here to Adaminaby, but it's mostly dirt from here-on in.

Turn right when the bridge is open

Back to Canberra via Tuggeranong Parkway - if the bridge is open (later in 2007 after repairs) then its a straightforward run.

Otherwise we backtrack to Point Hut Crossing.

Right Turn onto Point Hut Rd

Left Hander into Woodcock Dr

Left Onto Drakeford Dr

Right turn at Cotter Rd Exit

Finish - Parliament House

Starting and finishing point - as good as any landmark I guess...

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