Black Mountain Nature Reserve — Attraction in District of Canberra Central

A good mix of short walks, with varying grades and most with the excellent views of the city or lake or in other directions. My pick for just a nice stroll with no steep bits is the forest trail which is a loop around three quarters of the way up the mountain and so has excellent views in all directions and no steep climbs, just the occasional few steps and is mostly flat. Several of the walks have interpretative signs on the wildlife, natural history, or Aboriginal history & culture and are really well done. There are many walks to try and so close to the city centre you've got no excuse to not do some exploring. The only downside is the walks tend to not be signposted so you've got to use a map, or just head down a track if you think it looks interesting to see where it goes. Whatever happens you'll always be bounded by the 4 main arterial roads (Belconnen Way, Caswell Drive, Parkes Way & Clunies Ross St) so you can never get get into trouble as long as you take lots of water and sun...

Bare in mind, my review is solely for the day I went. I have no doubts I would rate higher if I went to the observation deck and the view was not ruined by haze on the day!

It has a small exhibit downstairs which was interesting enough. Has some old phones and a bit of history. I'm not all that interested in that history, but it was good for what it was. That part is free too, so you can't complain there.

As I said, the view outside, due to neighbouring bushfires, was terrible. We decided it wasn't worth going to the observation deck, even though I was looking forward to it, not having been there for over 15 years.

The man working there was a good bloke, making the trip worthwhile. Kudos to him for bringing some fresh air!

All in all, my review isn't that fair. It's unreasonable to expect great views in the conditions we experienced. We came there knowing that.

I highly recommend the trip up Black Mountain and going up to the observation deck when there's...

It's such a shame telstra and Canberra government plus federal government can't come up with a plan its closed which sucks for everyone it should be open yeah telstra don't use there floors but for tourist it's a winner ,come let's start a portion to get it re open ,my grandparents have been there mum dad ,me there kids and now are kids and even there's come on Canberra tourism and telstra federal government this is a land mark on a beautiful city why let it rust away lol, people would volunteer to work there I do and I live in south Australia, so let's start a potion and get someone somewhere to get it reopen ,20 years since last in Canberra I went up there so to go in tower to viewing platforms etc and see how the place had growing id pay 20 bucks for that not 9 as on the sign at front door ,come Canberra Australia telsta governments why waist a magical landmark to a great...