Swinger Hill – Phillip

Walk Features: This loop walk through both suburbs takes you from the Swinger Hill Shops through the streets, playgrounds and reserves and past the Woden Cemetery. It also visits Woden Town Park. Some of the walk goes down steps and on dirt tracks.

Duration of the walk: About 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Region: Woden Valley.

Information about the Suburb: Swinger Hill was established in the 1970s and follows the pattern of calling local trigonometrical points after the surveyor who surveyed them, in this case Louis Walter Henry Swinger (1901–1943) who surveyed this area. Its streets are named after architects.

Phillip was established in 1966 and was named after Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales. Streets use names associated with the First, Second and Third Fleets.

Walk Directions

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To get to the start of the walk proceed south down Yamba Dr, R into Hindmarsh Dr, L into Ainsworth St and park at the Shops on the L.

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

1. Proceed out to Ainsworth St and go R.
2. Go R onto Butters Dr.
3. Pass (Butters Dr) on your R.
4. Go R onto Sulman Pl.
5. At its end go R up a dirt track.
6. Cross over the top of (Hallen Cl).
7. Go R up steps onto a concrete path into a park.
8. Pass seats on your R.
9. Follow the path all the way along between houses.
10. When (Butters Dr) comes into view below, go L down a concrete path.
11. Pass a concrete path to your L then go L on the next concrete path.
12. Go L into (Barnet Cl).
13. Cross over Barnet Cl to proceed on a concrete path past a playground on your L.
14. Go R at a T-junction down a concrete path.
15. Go L onto (Butters Dr).
16. Pass Rowe Pl, Oldham Cct and Terry Cl on your L.
17. Go R onto Kemp Cl.
18. Go L between numbers 3 and 5 down a concrete path and steps to (Ainsworth St).
19. Cross over (Ainsworth St) and then Hindmarsh Dr.
20. Proceed down Ainsworth St past a bus shelter.
21. Pass Chaseling St on your L, Abermarle Pl and Kitchener St on your R.
22. At a playing field fence go L on a concrete path.
23. Go straight across the roundabout at the end of (Bootle Pl) and then continue L up this cul de sac through a line of trees.
24. Cross over a concrete path leading into the cemetery on your R and continue straight ahead on a dirt track.
25. At the corner of Cavanough St and Mower Pl, go R on a concrete path behind houses on your L and trees on your R.
26. Pass a small garden and seats on your L.
27. Continue on the path as it swings around to your R.
28. When the concrete path swings around to your L, continue straight ahead on a dirt track alongside trees on your R.
29. Pass the entrance to the cemetery on your R.
30. Proceed through a low wooden fence and go R on a concrete path.
31. Pass a grassy mound on your L.
32. Go L on a concrete path.
33. Go L on a concrete path at an exercise equipment area on your R. There are public toilets nearby.
34. Go R onto a coloured concrete path and follow it around past playground equipment on your R and then back to the main concrete path.
35. Go R on a concrete path leaving a barbecue over to your L.
36. Pass a war memorial on your L and a pond on your R.
37. At a playground go L on a bitumen path.
38. Go R on a concrete path.
39. Go L on a concrete path alongside (Easty St).
40. At a concrete path that goes L up to the cemetery entrance, cross over (Easty St) and proceed into Arabanoo Park.
41. Follow a bitumen path then cross over a bridge on your R.
42. Circle (Woden Town Park) and return over the bridge.
43. Go R down a bitumen path to a bitumen path running out from under the bridge.
44. Go L on a bitumen path.
45. Cross over (Wilson St) and continue straight ahead on a bitumen path.
46. Pass a bridge on your R.
47. Go through the Hindmarsh Dr underpass.
48. After quite some distance go L up a concrete path.
49. Pass a playground on your L and continue straight ahead uphill on a concrete path out of the park.
50. Go L at a T-junction between houses.
51. Go R onto (Ainsworth St).
52. Pass Power St on your R, a bus stop, and Butters Dr on your L.
53. Pass Enderby St on your R and back to the Shops on your L.