"Started out at Alivio Tourist Park and made our first mistake by punching Telstra Tower Black Mountain into Google and it started sending us up the mountain by road. We were fifteen minutes into the walk when we realised this. Take two. Started on Belconnen Way at Fairfax St, and headed west until we saw a sign for Black Mountain Nature Reserve and saw a track entering the bush. We took this track and quickly came to an intersection and crossed over the Powerline Track and kept heading southwest. We came to another intersection and turned southeast (left) onto Link Track and followed this until it terminated at Callitris Track and headed southwest and then south to another cross intersection and kept heading south. The track then starts to steepen for the last 600m or so. We then just followed the track around the summit until it pops out just near the summit marker. " — Julian4077 • Jan 20, 2022

"Monday morning arboretum adventures. Started at the wide brown land sculpture and walked off trail to the start of the dairy farmers hill walk, then up to the lookout. And then back via the visitors centre and the trail up to the wide brown land sculpture. Gorgeous day." — kjw • Aug 17, 2020

"Saturday morning walk with friends. Rather squishy underfoot following a rainy week. Started at Hackett Gate and took the zig zag trail, with a sidetrip to a couple of dams (and paths that had become creeks!)" — kjw • Aug 15, 2020

"Started at the Onred restaurant car park and followed the track south through the Red Hill Nature Reserve through a steep downhill and a steep 50+m rise to the peak of Davidson Hill and the Trig Station. Track is about 950m each way." — Julian4077 • Jul 15, 2020

"Parked in the car parking area off Coulter Drive in Cook. Walked up a dirt track to the ridge, then at the water reservoirs turned off on the track to the Mt Painter Trig. Great views. A popular walk" — VK1DI • Apr 26, 2020