Casey

Walk Features: This loop walk takes you from the Shops through parkland, around Casey Pond, down streets and around wetlands.

Duration of the walk: About 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Region: Gungahlin.

Information about the Suburb: Casey was established in 1991 and named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey an Australian politician, diplomat and later the 16th Governor-General of Australia. Its streets are named for notable Australian diplomats, public servants and administrators.

Walk Directions

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To get to the start of the walk proceed north along Gungahlin Dr. Turn L onto the Barton Highway. R Clarrie Hermes Dr, L into Kingsland Pde 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 on Kingsland Pde, cross the street and go R on a concrete path.
  2. Cross over Bentley Pl.
  3. Go L on a bitumen path.
  4. Just before the Clarrie Hermes Dr underpass, go L on a bitumen path.
  5. Go L on a concrete path and follow it all the way around wetlands on R and seats on your L.
  6. Go L on a bitumen path as it runs alongside (Horse Park Dr).
  7. Pass the Horse Park Dr underpass on your R and continue straight ahead.
  8. Cross over (Overall Av) and continue straight ahead.
  9. Opposite the Horse Park Dr underpass go L on a concrete path through bushland.
  10. Pass alongside Casey Dog Park on your L.
  11. Pass Minty Gr on your R.
  12. Cross over Plimsoll Dr.
  13. Go R on a footpath.
  14. Pass Yeend St on your R.
  15. Go sharp L up a concrete path.
  16. Pass seats and continue uphill alongside (Hanley St) on your L.
  17. Go R on a concrete path with houses on your R and bushland on your L.
  18. Stay on the concrete path as it runs for quite a way alongside bushland on your L.
  19. Cross over (Cooley Cr) and go L on a concrete path to continue alongside Cooley Cr on your L.
  20. Pass Courgaud St on your R.
  21. Go L on a concrete path to cross over (Cooley Cr) and continue straight ahead around to your R on a concrete path.
  22. Cross over (Alan Watt Cr)
  23. Go L on a concrete path to follow it alongside (Alan Watt Cr) on your L.
  24. Pass Keith Waller Ri on your R.
  25. Go L on a concrete path to cross over (Alan Watt Cr).
  26. Continue straight ahead on a concrete path alongside Bidgood Way on your L.
  27. Go L on a concrete path to cross over Edna Thompson Cr.
  28. Continue straight ahead on a concrete path alongside Edna Thompson Cr on your L.
  29. Pass (Hogg St) on your R.
  30. Go L onto Hyslop Cr then immediately go R on a concrete path to wind downhill passing two seats with Edna Thompson Cr alongside on your R.
  31. At the corner of Edna Thompson Cr and Hyslop Cr note a playground straight ahead on Critchley St.
  32. Go R onto Plimsoll Dr.
  33. Go L on a concrete path into parkland that runs between two arms of Plimsoll Dr.
  34. Pass Hogg St on your R and Patrick Shaw St on your L.
  35. Cross over (Nordeck St).
  36. Pass Alan Watt Cr on your R
  37. At Quealy St go R on Plimsoll Dr.
  38. Pass Whitrod Av and a playground on your L.
  39. Cross over McGovern St onto a concrete path running through parkland down the middle of Plimsoll Dr.
  40. Pass Courgaud St and Swinney St on your R.
  41. Cross over Cooley Cr and continue straight ahead on a concrete path down through a reserve.
  42. Pass Liz O’Neill St and Breen St on your L and Macandie St on your R.
  43. Cross over (Plimsoll Dr) onto a concrete path as it winds down to wetlands.
  44. At a pond continue straight ahead all the way around the pond on your R.
  45. Just past three seats on your L go sharp L uphill on a concrete path away from the pond.
  46. Proceed past a playground on your L and a barbecue on your R.
  47. Go L onto Plimsoll Dr.
  48. Pass Yeend St on your L and proceed on a concrete path with bushland on your L.
  49. Continue alongside Plimsoll Dr.
  50. Pass Skermer St, Rattigan St, a bus stop, Hanley St and Ruth Dobson St on your R.
  51. Pass David Miller Cr, Salisbury Cr, Bym Porter Lane and David Miller Cr on your L.
  52. Cross over Overall Av and continue alongside Kingsland Pde.
  53. Pass Hugh Gilchrist St and Dalkin Cr on your R and back to the Shops.