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Australian Capital Territory - Canberra and NSW surrounds

Lake George (Geary's Gap)

Closed

Closed DECEMBER 2015 The ACTHPA committee are working on getting it re-opened (ongoing as at October-2025)

Type	Inland Ridge
Conditions	E
Height	2400ft / 730m ASL, 180ft / 56m AGL
Rating	PG2 / HG Supervised

Launch Navigate Map

About 30 minutes north of Canberra on the road to Sydney.

Landowners - ?

Contact/Responsible

ACTHPA

See also

Description

Lake George is an excellent inland soaring site.

Weather station: http://www.freeflightwx.com/acthpa/

Article: Flying Canberra

Please check ACTHPA guide for recent changes.

Takeoff

Launch is accessible by 2WD. It is just to the north of Geary's Gap where the highway heads down to the lake.

Landing

Anywhere on the lake.

Flight

Generally most pilots turn left immediatly after launch. It is not too high and it is pretty easy to bomb out.

Hazards / Comments

Powerlines to the right of launch, and then again near the first rest stop about 3 km to the north of launch.

Airspace starts at 3500ft/1060m ASL so there is not much room over launch to get high. Make sure you check the current Visual Terminal chart before flying. Once you push north past the first rest stop airspace goes up to 5500ft (1670m) ASL. If you push south over the highway towards Bungendore then airspace goes up to 4500ft (1370m) ASL.

Map information