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.
Saturday 1 January: Shepherds Walking Track to Molonglo River – M/E. Walk the new Shepherds Walking Track from The Link in Ginninderry to join the Shepherds Lookout Track. Then take the Molonglo Crossing Track to the Molonglo River footbridge. Return...
last updated 31Dec21 2021 Cancer Recovery Walks – S/E. Short walks as I recover from a blood cancer and autologous stem cell transplant. Further Information I have been wonderfully supported by family, church and bushwalking friends from the Canberra Bushwalking...
last updated 14 Dec 21 2020 Cancer Recovery Walks – S/E. Short walks as I recover from a blood cancer. Further Information I have been blessed by family, church and bushwalking friends support, including taking me on short outings. Photographs...
Saturday 26 October 2019: Morning paddle on Lake Burley Griffin – M/W. How about a paddle on LBG in the morning? Meet on the shore on Menindee Drive (in past The Boathouse restaurant), on the water ready to start at...
Tuesday – Wednesday 22-23 October – H. Paddle on Tallowa Dam to Bundanoon Creek. Leader: Mike B. Further Information A similar paddle on 13-14 May 19, except that was up the Shoalhaven River. Summary Distance: 26.6km | Time: 2 days...
Saturday 19 October: CBC Annual Worn Boot Bash – L/E. The annual Worn Boot Bash has a history extending back to 2002. It is defined by “around 30km and a few hills”, so don’t be fooled by the E(asy) terrain...
Butmaroo Range, Tallaganda National Park – M/R. The walk is in the northern section of Tallaganda National Park and starts on the Black Range Fire Trail about 5 kilometres north of the Forbes Creek Road. We’ll spend the day off-track...
Saturday 12 October: Mt Budawang – M/M. After the drive through Braidwood we park the cars then it’s all on track up a graded fire trail to the fire tower at the top of Mount Budawang for lunch and panoramic...
Monday 7 October: Thunder Bluff – L/R,ptX. Thunder Bluff is a granite outcrop to the south-west of Orroral Hill with good views of many of Namadgi’s peaks. We’ll start in the Orroral Valley and follow the Nursery Swamp track for...
Saturday 5 October: Two Walks in the Brindabellas – M/M-R. The first walk follows a very overgrown trail, which includes the burnt-out Reids Pinch North arboretum, down to the sunny corner weir on Condor Creek and geocache GC2Q54N Weird Weir VII...
Tuesday 1 October: Tallowa Gully Clifftop Walk, Morton National Park – M/R,X. The start is in the Wingello State Forest 16 km east of Marulan. We’ll walk south on fire-trails for 2 kilometres to Morton National Park. The off-track section...
I reckon that women still get the rough end of the stick and, consequently, we all suffer. Wouldn’t it be great if 50% of our leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (and politics) were women. That’s where...
Saturday 28 September: Yankee Hat South and Rock Art – M/R,ptX. Explore Yankee Hat South (1558m), the seldom climbed bigger of the two Yankee Hats. Walk the to the rock art on footpad, then off track following the drainage line...
Thursday night 19 September: Navigation refresher #7 – GPSr and PC. An evening demonstration of PC software (eg. BaseCamp, OziExplorer) and digital maps to plan and analyse trips recorded on a GPSr. Includes no-cost web resources such as Google Earth...
Saturday 14 September: Mt Mavis – L/R. Leader: Ian (the granite hunter) W. Further Information Ian put on a private trip to Mt Mavis. I said I’d sulk if he didn’t include me. As it turned out, my presence helped...
Saturday-Sunday 7-8 September: A roam around the southern Namadgi – L/E-M-R. From the Yankee Hat car park, walk fire trails and footpads over the Gudgenby saddle and down across Naas Creek to join the Sams Creek Fire Trail to Lutons...
Saturday 31 August: ‘Mt Evans’ – M/R,ptX. Last century Outward Bound named a knoll north of Mt Tennent ‘Mt Evans’, so I’ve been told. Wanna visit this magnificent 1008m scrubby knoll? From the Namadgi Visitors Centre, take the AAWT to...
Friday 30 August: Brindabella National Park geocaching. Leader: Roger E. Further Information The last time I was in this area of Brindabella National Park was 8 Apr 11. I share this post to remind folk that it is now not...
Wednesday 28 August: Snowshoe from Guthega to The Paralyser. Leader: Mike B. Further Information Similar to 9 Aug 18. Summary Distance: 10.4km | Climb: 440m | Time: 9.05am – 2.10pm (5hrs 5mins), including 45 mins of breaks | Grading: M/M;...
Saturday 24 August: Orroral Ridge of Stone from Orroral Valley – M/R. From the Orroral River bridge, climb very steeply up the SE end of the Orroral Ridge of Stone through The Cloisters to The Belfry. A short fixed rope...