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.
Plenty of Grass Trees | Sidling across scree to GC5CHVG Pierces Plummet | Happy buddies at GC5CHVG Pierces Plummet | A good drop below GC5CHVG Pierces Plummet Saturday 4 April: Pierces Creek Falls – S/E-R. A short morning walk to...
Rich and Sean – professional clowns and great guys Saturday-Sunday 21-22 March 2015: CBR100Challenge – L/E. Walks of 25, 50 and 100km are being organised by CBR100Challenge on the Canberra Centenary Trail. I have a team of 3 to do...
Cbr100Challenge course marking at the Majura Pines signage – go straight ahead, not over horse gate Thursday 19 March: Checkout the Cbr100Challenge 100km route joining the Acacia Trail – S/E. Checkout this bit of the course that has fooled me....
Eternity church walkers at the Kambah firestorm storytree Sunday 15 March: Beryl Women’s Shelter Fund Raising Walk – Eternity church to Kambah Firestorm Storytree and return – S/E. Come and join us after church (∼12noon) as we walk from Eternity...
Sunset over the Illoura Horse Paddocks on the north-west of Curtin Saturday 14 March: Cbr100Challenge Training – night walking from Duffy to Regatta Point – L/E. The 100km next weekend will see us walking through the night. Here’s an opportunity...
Murrumbidgee River at sunset Thursday 12 March: Southside Stroll – S/E. How about a stroll north from Kambah Pool along the Murrumbidgee River track? A few geocaches too. Around 8km and 480m climb. Maps: Tuggeranong, Canberra, Cotter Dam. Leader: John...
Balloons following us Saturday 7 March 2015: CBR100 Challenge training – Lake Burley Griffin circuit inc Black Mountain, Mount Ainslie – L/E. Last training walk before the CBR100 Challenge. A complete lap of Lake Burley Griffin, including visiting Black Mountain and...
… or grumpy old man picks further holes in Cbr100Challenge route Track Check out Black Mountain Thursday 5 March: Cbr100Challenge Training – Check out Black Mountain – S/E. An opportunity to check out the 100km course of the Cbr100Challenge around...
Eucalypt grass Tuesday 3 March: Nadgigomar Nature Reserve, Western Section – L/M. The walk is in the Sunset Mountain section of Nadgigomar Nature Reserve 35 km north of Braidwood. The terrain is hilly or slightly undulating and there are extensive...
Free-stone sculptures on the Northern Centenary Trail Saturday 28 February: Cbr100Challenge Training – WestSide@ActonPark to Black Mountain via the northern Canberra Centenary Trail – L/E. Join me for as much or as little as you like. Start at 6.20am. Ring...
Coronet Peak and the bottom of the Kelly Spur from west of the Cotter River Tuesday 24 February: Cbr100Challenge Training – Cotter Hut – L/E,W. Walk in along Cotter Hut Rd to Cotter Hut, splash through the Cotter River and...
GPSr screen capture Monday 23 February: Cbr100Challenge Training – Cooleman Ridge – L/E. A morning stroll. Walked out the front door. Summary Distance: 15.6km | Climb: 560m | Time: 7.15am-10.15am (3hr) | Grading: L/E; M(8) Track Maps Track overview Track...
Jasmine (flapping her arms about) and Roger at a cascade below Gibraltar Falls Saturday 21 February: Gibraltar Creek – S/M,W. Access Gibraltar Creek through old pine forest a crowlometer or so above the Falls. Wend our way down to Gibraltar...
Government House and Lake Burley Griffin Saturday 14 February: Cbr100Challenge Training – LBG – L/E. Join me for a lap or two of Lake Burley Griffin. Feet hardening for the Cbr100Challenge. As much or as little as you like. We’ll...
View over Woden to Tidbinbilla and Brindabella Ranges from Red Hill Thursday 12 February: Cbr100Challenge Training: Scriveners Camp to End and Kent St to Red Hill – M/E. Check out the adjusted official 100km route from Scriveners Camp to the...
Rendezvous Creek flats from lunch on a knoll Rendezvous Crags – M/R. A circuit taking in Rendezvous Crags and Orca Rock, on the spur at ∼776E 477N GDA94, exact route to be decided according to the weather. At least 10 km...
Sunrise over Lake Burley Griffin at 6.30am (from an iPhone 4S!) Saturday 7 February: CBR100 Challenge training – Parliament House to Mount Majura return – L/E. A walk following the Centenary Trail and taking in Mount Ainslie and Mount Majura....
Guess why they call Mulligans Flat Mulligans Flat – it’s flat Tuesday 3 February Cbr100Challenge Training: 100km route, War Memorial to Hall – L/E. Walk a bit of the 100km route from the start towards Hall. Around 45km. Maps: Canberra and...
Bullen Range and Tidbinbilla Range from the Cooleman Ridge Saturday 31 January 2015 – CBR100 Challenge training – Weston Creek Circuit – L/E pt X. I’m training for the 50km version of the CBR100 to be held in March. A...
View south from Mt Painter | view north from Mt Painter Wednesday 28 January: Cbr100Challenge Training – Walk from Duffy to meeting in Higgins – L/E. Gotta spend time on my feet. I just walked out the front door. Summary...