Bonner

Walk Features: This loop walk takes you from the Shops around wetlands, through playgrounds and uphill to bushland then back down through a reserve. You will proceed through the Bilin Bilin Street Sculpture Garden and past some other art works.

Duration of the walk: About 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Region: Gungahlin.

Information about the Suburb: Bonner was established in 2010 and was named after Senator Neville Bonner, Australia’s first Indigenous parliamentarian who served the people of Queensland during the years 1971-1984.

Walk Directions

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To get to the start of the walk proceed along Mulligans Flat Rd and then into Mabo Blvd and park at the Shops on your L.

Note that streets in brackets means there is no street sign at this point of the walk.

  1. Facing away from the Shops go R along (Mabo Blvd).
  2. Go L onto William Cooper Av.
  3. Pass Walyer St on your R.
  4. Pass Muriel Stewart Cct on your L.
  5. Pass Clay St on your L.
  6. Go L on a concrete path through the park and past seats.
  7. Go L on a concrete path alongside (Mulligans Flat Rd) on your R and houses then (Muriel Stewart Cct) on your L.
  8. Proceed along a wide concrete path to pass wetlands on your R.
  9. Proceed through a little roundabout with Farm Machinery sculptures on your L and a viewing platform over Bonner Pond on your R.
  10. Go R on a concrete path to keep wetlands on your R.
  11. Go R onto (Charles Perkins Cct).
  12. Go R on a concrete path with wetlands on your R.
  13. Follow a concrete path alongside (Mulligans Flat Rd) on your R.
  14. Cross over Mabo Blvd and continue straight ahead on a concrete path.
  15. Proceed alongside (Rob Riley Cct) on your L.
  16. Pass Sydall St on your L.
  17. Pass Rob Riley Cct on your L.
  18. Go L on a concrete path.
  19. Pass a playground on your L.
  20. Cross over Henry Williams St and continue straight ahead alongside (Ida West St) on your L.
  21. Cross over Lucy Beeton Cr and continue straight ahead on a concrete path uphill.
  22. Cross over Lucy Beeton Cr
  23. Pass a low seat on your L.
  24. Pass a concrete path on your L and proceed uphill to the Golden Sun Moth Information area.
  25. Retrace your steps.
  26. Go R on a concrete path downhill.
  27. Go L onto (Ida West St).
  28. Go R onto Bert Groves St.
  29. Opposite Rangiari St go L on a concrete path.
  30. Go L on a concrete path to pass a sculpture on your R.
  31. Go R on a concrete path at a playground to pass it on your L.
  32. Go L on a concrete path.
  33. Go R on a concrete path.
  34. Cross over (Bilin Bilin St) and continue straight ahead through a stone park.
  35. Cross over (Ida West St) and proceed on a concrete path across a water course.
  36. Veer R on a concrete path before the (Essie Coffey St) underpass.
  37. Pass Margaret Tucker St on your L.
  38. Cross over Roy Marika St.
  39. Pass Don Bell St on your L.
  40. Go L on a concrete path uphill.
  41. Pass a playground on your R.
  42. Take the L fork of a concrete path uphill.
  43. Pass a sculpture on your R.
  44. Proceed all the way downhill.
  45. Cross over (Mobourne St).
  46. Pass picnic tables on your L.
  47. Pass a playground up to your L.
  48. Cross over (Louisa Briggs Cct).
  49. Pass a sculpture on your L.
  50. Continue straight ahead downhill.
  51. Go L onto Louisa Briggs Cct.
  52. Pass Dinah St on your R.
  53. Go L onto Louisa Briggs Cct.
  54. Go R onto Bindi St.
  55. Go L onto Bill Ferguson Cct.
  56. Pass (Fernando St) on your L.
  57. Go L onto Bill Ferguson Cct.
  58. Go R onto William Cooper Av.
  59. Go L onto Mabo Blvd and back to the Shops on your L.