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.
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...
Roos at Tongs sheepyard site | Not much of a view at the top Monday 26 January: Mt Tennent – L/E. Depending on how I pull up after Saturday and a party on Sunday evening, I might do a quick...
… or, how we won the Orroral Valley Classic 20km walk … or, the lads take grandpa for a walk Orroral Training for CBR100Challange Saturday 24 January: Orroral Training for Cbr100Challenge – AMRA Orroral Valley Classic 20km walk. 7am start...
Latest News – Cbr100Challenge have published the official gpx file here. Cbr100Challenge Routes The Cbr100Challenge published a route map here. It’s a 4.2MG jpg, so it can be pumped up in a viewer to see the detail. Based on this,...
Beautiful view from Dairy Farmers Hill Tuesday 20 January: Finish the Cbr100Challenge 50km route – L/E. Not your usual Tuesday walk. Meet on Red Hill and walk Melbourne Ave, Parliament House, Commonwealth Ave bridge, north side of lake to Glen...
View from the southern flanks of Mt Majura towards Mt Ainslie Monday, 19 January 2015 – Mount Majura – S/E. This evening walk will follow the Centenary Trail to the summit of Mount Majura. After soaking in the view and...
View to Oak Hill from the flanks of One Tree Hill Saturday 17 January: Cbr100Challenge Training – Forde to Hall and return via the Canberra Centenary Trail – L/E. Join me for as much or as little as you like....
Wednesday evening 14 January: Southside Stroll – Lake Tuggeranong – S/E. Help me push my wife around. A lazy lap of Lake Tuggeranong. For extra exercise you can push Gay’s wheelchair. Prams, dogs on leash also welcome. Meet at 6.30pm...
Source of the Murrumbidgee River Tuesday 13 January: Source of the Murrumbidgee – S/M. A 10 km return walk mostly on Peppercorn Firetrail to the source of the Murrumbidgee River. A small bit of scrub bashing near the source so...
Mt Ainslie from the north Monday 12 January 2015 – Mount Ainslie – S/E. This evening walk will follow the Centenary Trail around the northern and eastern sides of the mountain, before heading to the summit and down the hill...