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.
Orroral Valley from the slab above the cave Tuesday 2 February: More Headwaters of Honeysuckle Creek – M/R,X. Starting at Honeysuckle creek car park, go West for about 3.5 km along the ridge between the two main arms of Honeysuckle creek...
Scabby Tarn at sunset Sunday 31 January: Presentation to Artists Society of Canberra – A brush with the border. Photographs Photographs are available, where you can start a large sized slideshow or view the photo in higher resolution. If you...
… or a long way to get a schooner of Coke at the George Harcourt Inn Cbr100 Training for Beryl Womens Shelter Saturday 30 January: Cbr100 Training for Beryl Womens Shelter. Contact me if you want some exercise on the Canberra...
Chinese Tour Group to TNR Thursday 28 January: Escort a Chinese tour group on walks at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve – S/E . I drove to TNR and met a bused-in group of 11 tourists. Summary Distance: 4.7km | Climb: 180m...
Australia Day lunch views to the Orroral Valley Tuesday 26 January: Orroral Adventures – L/EandR,ptX. A short search for the second SATAN command antenna site. Walk the Granite Tors Walking Track from the Orroral Tracking Station – that’s easy. Head...
Track Lap of LBG Saturday 23 January: A lap of LBG – L/E. Needing some exercise? Join me for as little or as much as you like of a lap of Lake Burley Griffin. Meet at the National Library at...
Happy and chatty walking group Thursday pm 21 January: Aranda Bushland, Kiers Trig and Frost Hollow – S/E. Meet at 6.30 in the car park accessed via the road beside 61 MacKellar Circuit, Cook. We will walk in the Aranda...
… the most inhospitable and unrelenting country I’ve walked in a while Dead Alpine Ash as far as the eye can see Sunday 17 January: Peak 1409 – M/R. A challenging walk cross country and through scrub to the lovely...
Blatant Brindabella Geocaching (clockwise from top left) flowers | 7 and a half mile blaze | views from Mt Aggie | border corner U55, the westernmost point of the ACT | flowers | flowers Saturday 16 January: Blatant Brindabella Geocaching,...
… 33 geocaches in 37ºC Red Rocks gorge from the lookout on the Canberra Centenary Trail Tuesday 12 January: Geocaching from Pine Island to Kambah Pool – L/E . A little private walkabout along the ‘Bidgee just north of the...
Enjoying an evening stroll in Farrer Ridge and Wanniassa Hills Nature Reserves Monday pm 11 January: Farrer Ridge and Wanniassa Hills – S/E We will stroll along Farrer Ridge then on to Wanniassa Hills. Return via a different route. Meet...
Ladies in black appreciating the view from Mt Tennent Saturday 9 January: Cbr100 training – Mt Tennent and Bushfold Flats – L/E. The usual Mt Tennent walk, plus a loop down the AAWT to Bushfold Flats and return up the...
Wave Cave Friday 8 January: Bainbrig Creek and a search for the Wave Cave – M/R,X. From the Nerriga-Nowra road we will descend into upper Bainbrig Creek through a steep and ferny gully at ~ 423E 145 N (AGD66), then...
Lake Burley Griffin from above Parkes Way Saturday 2 January: Cbr100 training – Cbr100 25km route – L/E. Walk the Cbr100 Challenge 25km route. Campbell High School, Anzac Parade, Commonwealth Avenue bridge, Melbourne Avenue, Red Hill, Kent St, Dunrossil Drive,...
Woden from Mt Taylor Monday evening 21 December: Mount Taylor Triple – M/E. The plan for this walk is to go to the summit of Mount Taylor three times via three different routes, taking in the fabulous views of Canberra,...
Pleasant creek sections of the walk Saturday 19 December: Southern ACT Walkabout – M/M,ptX Enjoy the drive through the centre of Namadgi National Park to the ACT’s southern border. Walk the fire trail going east along the border through Burnt...
Rob Roy from the Mt Tennent track Saturday 12 December: Mt Tennent – L/E Start from the Namadgi Visitors Centre and take the trail to the top of Mt Tennent and return. On track all the way. Distance is 14kms...
Southwell graves in the Weetangera Methodist Cemetery Thursday evening 3 December: Weetangera Methodist Cemetery – S/E. Continuing a birthday theme established last year, walk from The Pinnacle via the Bicentennial National Trail across the back of Hawker to the Weetangera...
Bullen Range Tuesday 10 November: Bullen Range Nature Reserve – M/M-R. A circuit around the Bullen Range Nature Reserve. Starting from the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station cross the Bullen Range to the Murrumbidgee and follow it south to Pine Island. Back...
Evening views from the Cooleman Ridge Nature Reserve Monday pm 9 November: Cooleman Ridge – S/E. Meet at the car park on Namatjira Drive just on the Kambah side of Fisher near the speed limit sign. Great views along the...