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.
What is it? A blaze tree that was associated with ACT border marker H87. Local historian Matthew Higgins framed the idea to preserve such a tree for future generations. It has been harvested and helicoptered to the Namadgi Visitors Centre...
Who’s out there? Dan an(d) Bill a(re)! View down to the cleared valley below and across to the Illunie Range Tuesday 23 June: Dananbilla Nature Reserve L/R,X. The reserve is approximately 35 square km in size, covered in native forests and...
View down Nursery Swamp Saturday 20 June: Nursery Creek Rock Art – M/M. This is a great walk for those who’d like a little taste of the Namadgi. Walk 2km of the Nursery Swamp Walking Track, a well-formed and well-used...
Tuesday 16 June: Belconnen Community Council – meeting presentation. Short walks in the Belconnen area. Download (27MB PowerPoint) from here....
Tidbinbilla Mountain and The Pimple over the Tidbinbilla Peak cairn Saturday 13 June: Tidbinbilla Mountain – M/R. Lyrebird Trail, Snowy Corner, Tidbinbilla Mtn, Tidbinbilla Peak, Camel Hump fire trail and return. Map: Tidbinbilla. Leader: Rob H. Transport: $36 per vehicle....
Bungongo State Forest Tuesday 9 June: Bungongo State Forest – L/R,X. Bungongo State Forest is located between Wee Jasper and Jugiong. This is a new area for the leader. This is a long exploratory walk, in native forests and woodlands,...
Tara Territory – Dunlop Grasslands NR; matching skirt with ‘brain fruit’ (osage-orange) | border marker 120000 Fifteen Mile points to One Tree Hill | one foot in the ACT and the other in NSW Monday 8 June: Dunlop Grasslands NR...
The Bedulluck Waltz – map segment | view from CCT | border marker U | free stone rock sculptures | the Bedulluck Waltz | the party near the northern border Saturday 6 June: The Bedulluck Waltz – L/E. Someone has...
South Arm of Middle Creek Tuesday 2 June: South Arm of Middle Creek – L/R,ptX. Walk over the Gudgenby grasslands into the mouth of Middle Creek. Follow the south arm of Middle Creek up to a knoll, around half way...
Walking the SE Scabby Range – view from near BM J82 30-31 May 2015: The Fortress and Sams Creek – M/R. This is a reconnaissance along the ACT border between the saddles south of Kelly and north of Gudgenby. Some...
The footpad leaves Bimberi Peak Saturday-Sunday 23-24 May 2015: Bimberi Peak from the West – M/M-R.Trip depends on weather (road closed the following fortnight for winter). A 3 hour, 220km drive via Cooma, Adaminaby, Tantangara and Pockets Saddle Rds to...
Misty arvo break Tuesday 19 May: Yanununbeyan National Park – L/R. This is the wet weather alternative to the advertised walk to Parliament Hill in the Blue Mountains National Park. The walk starts on the Captains Flat road and follows...
View to Yankee Hat North and South, Mt Gudgenby and The Fortress from 1420m contour on the lower Mavis Ridge Saturday 16 May: Pheasant Creek–Mt Herlt – M/R. From the Boboyan Road near Rendezvous Creek the route crosses open ground...
The going 1km south of lunch Wednesday 13 May: Cookbundoon Nature Reserve – M/R/X. The reserve was gazetted in 2010 and is located 15 km northeast of Goulburn. It is an area of about 7 km x 1.5 km, with...
Ian on Yaouk Peak framing Mt Scabby and Sentry Box Mountain Tuesday 5 May: Yaouk Peak – L/R,ptX. A long drive through the south of the ACT to a private property on Yaouk Rd. Farm track and footpad most of...
Keverstone SCA Tuesday 28 April: Keverstone State Conservation Area – L/R. The reserve is 35 km north of Crookwell. It is a rugged area of about 12 km x 6 km, with steep gullies and ridges covered in dry grassy...
19 April 2015 4.55pm Max at Derwent Bridge Hotel 20 April 2015 10.07am Fabulous track side growth | Lodden River to N junction Philps Lead 20 April 2015 Philps Peak above Lake Vera 21 April 2015 9.30am Johnny Boy at...
Orroral Homestead – arvo tea and a great talk by Jenny H on Andy Cunningham Saturday 11 April: Yet More HMAS geocaching – S/E. Morning bike ride for a couple of hours in the old Stromlo Pine Forest area west...
Molonglo River flowing strongly Thursday morning 9 April: Geocaching (more of the HMAS series) – S/E. A short stroll. I drove down past the RSPCA in Kirpatrick St Weston and parked down on the edge of the pond. Summary Distance:...
North Mundoonen Nature Reserve Tuesday 7 April: North Mundoonen Nature Reserve – M/M. Change of plan with wet weather forecast. Leader: Jenny H. 5 of us drove in 2 cars to Sheldricks Lane, just off the Hume Highway. Around a...