Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog
... bushwalking in the ACT and nearby NSW
Johnny Boy
... bushwalking in the ACT and nearby NSW. I began my love affair with the ACT bush in 2004 after completing the Canberra Bushwalking Club's annual Navigation Refresher. Seven sessions of navigation and bushcraft shared by living legends had me hooked. It's grown from a passion to an obsession. With other responsibilities it's hard to get away overnight, so I usually only day walk. I like gadgets and technobabble. Information on this blog is shared in the hope that it might encourage others to get out and breathe a bit of fresh air.
19 March 2022 Saturday 19 March 2022: Misplaced ACT Border Marker near Melrose ! – S/E. Check out the misplaced ACT border marker near Melrose, as pointed out by Tim the Yowie Man. Summary Distance: 7.6km | Climb: 149m |...
Monday 14 March 2022: Johns Peak ! – L/E-M. Try the new-ish made track from the Camel Back Fire Trail to Johns Peak. Summary Distance: 14.6km | Climb: 755m | Time: 4hrs 7mins moving plus 20mins of breaks | Grading:...
Saturday 12 March: Barrer Hill * – M/E. Barrer Hill and environs are located on the true right side of the Molonglo River, opposite Denman Prospect. A peninsula, sometimes called Misery Point, causes a sweeping U-bend in the river. The area...
Wednesday 9 March 2022: Smiley-baby face on Hospital Hill – S/R,ptX. There is a rock formation on the flank of Hospital Hill that makes a handy aiming point when walking out of Middle Creek. I see in it a smiley...
Saturday 5 March 2022: A circuitous route to Square Rock – M/E. Meet at Kambah Village shops at 8:20 for an 8:30 departure. Drive to Square Rock car park and follow fire trails to Smoker’s Trail. Leave Smoker’s Trail and...
Monday 28 February 2022: Misery Point and nearby hills ! – S/E. A short trip to Misery Point and nearby Bold, Ryan and Barrer Hills, with a little geocaching thrown in. Summary Distance: 10.8km | Climb: ~230m | Time: 3hrs...
Monday 21 February 2022: Mt Tennent via the new track ! – L/E. Mt Tennent via the new track. Summary Distance: 13.3km | Climb: 783m | Time: 4hrs 42mins moving time, plus 30mins of stops and breaks | Grading: L/E;...
Saturday 19 February 2022: Rendezvous Creek RA(mble) * – M/M. From the Rendezvous Creek car park beside the Boboyan Road, walk the well-made track and across the bridge out onto the grasslands. Follow an old vehicle track which parallels Rendezvous Creek past an...
Wednesday 23 February Wednesday 23 February 2022: National Arboretum #2 – S/E. A Wander in the more southerly and central Arboretum CBC walk ~6 kms. Please park near the Zoo ready to walk by 8.30am and then we will walk...
Wednesday 9 February 2022: Wednesday Walk E-M – Angle Crossing to Tharwa – M/M. Starting from a locked gate north of Angle Crossing we head northward along the Gigerline Nature Reserve. Our route is covered in light to medium scrub...
Tuesday 8 February 2022: Square Rock and Smokers Trail – M/E. From Corin Hub, walk the Square Rock Track, detouring in to the Orroral Valley Lookout. Take in the views from Square Rock. Return via the Smokers Trail Link Track...
Sunday 6 February: Mt Ainslie nature reserve varying trails – S/M. A ramble in different areas of the Mt Ainslie region. About 3 hours starting 8.00am. Summary Distance: 9.9km | Climb: 274m | Time: Starting 8.00am 2hrs 33mins moving time, plus...
Wednesday 2 February: Wednesday Walk – Palmerville Heritage Park – Gungaderra Grasslands – Gungahlin Hill Circuit – E-M. This walk is suitable for a summer’s day in that it is only about 12km in distance, any climbing is minor (about...
Monday morning 31 January: Drystone Walls above Glendale ! – S/R. From the N Brandy Flat car park, climb the side of the Billy Range to the drystone walls. Around 5km and 330vm. I have not been down that way...
Wednesday 23 March Combined BBC/NPA ACT/CBC Wednesday Walk 23 March: Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve * – M/E-M. Circumnavigate Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve. Visit 110 year old ACT border markers, the Dungarvon and Inglewood Homestead sites, the Wetlands, Gungahlan quartz ridge...
Saturday 22 January 2022 * – S,E-M;ptXA short but interesting stroll. Visit Bluetts Block, an ecologically diverse area under pressure from development above Denman Prospect. There is an active group lobbying for its preservation (see their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/712279349177563/...
Thursday 20 January 2022 – S/EI am proposing a coffee club gentleman’s walk at 8am this Thursday 20 January. The meet point is the main Jerrabomberra Wetlands car park on Dairy Road, 8am. We’d do an amble round the Kellys,...
Sunday 16 January 2022: Shepherds Track from Ginninderry to Shepherds Lookout – S/EA morning stroll. Walk the newish Shepherds Track, which goes from The Link, Ginninderry to join the Shepherds Lookout Track. This is a well-made Grade 3 track of...
Sunday 23 January 2022 Sunday 23 January: Molonglo Gorge – S/M. The path meanders among trees which will provide protective shade. The walk runs along the northern side of the gorge giving views up and down the Molonglo River. The...
Tue 04 January 2022 – Fri 07 January 2022: Huts and hills on Nungar Plain – M/EFrom Tantangara Rd we walk to Schofields Hut then Circuits Hut where we camp. Day 2 a side trip to Mt Nungar and return....