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.
Sandstone cliffs to the south and east of Gilberts Gap from Gilberts Mountain Saturday 7 November: Gilberts Mountain – M/M. Starting from near Nerriga, this Budawangs walk follows fire trails then heads to and up the sandstone mountain west of...
Stormy weather near the Majura west fire trail Thursday evening 5 November: Lower Majura – S/E. Meet at the car park on the right just past the last house on Antill St. We will walk along a track that runs...
The Bog Hut site | Max and Berts Hut Tuesday 3 November: Max and Bert’s Hut via The Bog – L/M-R, part X. From the Hospital Hill Lookout on the Boboyan Road walk north to north-east and down to Dry...
Views to Civic in the south-east from Black Mountain, directly north of Black Mountain Peninsula Monday am 2 November: Earlybird walk – A different Black Mountain walk – S/E. Starting at 7 am, we will go for a walk for...
Ex-Bruce Hallers from ANU and friends (and grandchild) at The Sanctuary, TNR – older but little wiser Wednesday 28 October: The Sanctuary, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve – S/E. A wheelchair-paced lap of the Sanctuary with pommy friends Bill and Lainey. 9...
View into the second gully from 1100m contour Tuesday 20 October: Tallaganda National Park – L/R/ part X. The walk is in the northern section of Tallaganda National Park. From the junction of the Forbes Creek road and the North...
Thursday evening 15 October: Navigation Refresher #7 – GPSr and PC software. An evening looking at interfacing GPSr to PC. Use of digital mapping software (eg. OziExplorer, Garmin’s BaseCamp) and maps (eg. NSW LPI TopoView digitised 1:25000 topo maps for...
Pheasant Hill, a 1-point Percy Tuesday 13 October: Bobeyan vales and hills. This walk at Bobeyan (officially Boboyan) visits several sites relating to the lives and deaths of the locally significant Brayshaw family. We enjoy the valley landscape then climb...
The south-east slope of Mt Majura Monday 12 October: Early Bird Walk – Mount Majura – S/E. Starting at 7 am, we will go for a walk for 1 to 2 hours mainly on urban bushland tracks to the summit...
8am Floriade Walk Friday 18 September: 8am Floriade Walk – S/E . Join a Heart Foundation walk through Floriade before the gates open to the public. 17 of us met at the Early Morning Floriade Walk sign, near the Commonwealth...
View from the slab to Mt Gudgenby and Mt Mouat (The Fortress) on the SE Scabby Range View from the slab with marble along the Yankee Hat ridge including Mt Burbidge and the Mavis Ridge Tuesday 8 September: Yankee Hat Slabs...
Fitz Hill, Glendale drystone walls and Billy Range Saturday 5 September: Glendale Drystone Walls and the Billy Range– M/M-R,ptX. From the Brandy Flat Walking Track northern track-head, climb 300m to the north through a little scrub to visit the amazing...
Very proud of my wife who today was awarded Lifeline’s 2015 Women of Spirit award. Huge thanks to our dear friends Rachael, who did all the hard work in writing Gay’s nomination, and Wendy, who is Gay’s dearest friend. A...
A little snow on Mts Scabby and Gudgenby from the slab Tuesday 1 September: Rocks above Breakfast Creek – M/R. A walk to a pleasant small plateau edged by massive boulders and slabs, to the east of Gudgenby. From Yankee...
Punch Bowl Creek and Blythburn Cottage Saturday 29 August: Punch Bowl Creek and Blythburn Cottage – M/M,ptX. From off the Corin Rd, walk old fire trails to the top of Punch Bowl Creek. Follow a footpad (it was there in...
At the southernmost point in the ACT Tuesday 18 August: Return to our Southernmost Point – L/M. This walk to the ACT’s southernmost point begins/ends near the Mt Clear Campground. We travel through beautiful mountain forest and high meadows and...
WBB to Mt Clear – (clockwise from top left) Walking Long Flat | Top Flats | Sam Abouds dunny | Fording the Naas Creek | Horse Gully Hut | Mt Clear trig Saturday 15 August: Worn Boot Bash – L/M....
Mts Gudgenby, ‘Mouat’, SH1733, Mts Kelly and Burbidge from the Mavis Ridge Tuesday 11 August: An interesting cave site on the southern approach to Mt Herlt – M/R/X. On a previous walk we came across a cave that is worth...
Murrumbidgee River churning Saturday 8 August: Gigerline Geocaching – M/M,X. Some geocaching in the Gigerline Nature Reserve off Smiths Road. Walk along the banks of the Gudgenby and Murrumbidgee Rivers. Around 10km and 300m climb. Map: Williamsdale. Leader: John Evans...
View west from the first knoll north of Tinderry Twin Peak over Michelago Tuesday 4 August: Tinderry Range – L/R/X. From the Burra Rd we follow the West Keewong and other trails east for 6 km before heading off-track for...