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.
View from Mt Tennent Saturday 8 March: Geocaching Mt Tennent – L/E. Geocache the Tennent Trail series up the Mt Tennent Fire Trail from Apollo Rd to Mt Tennent. Descend via the Link Track and AAWT to the Namadgi Visitors...
Geocache GC391G1 Bruce’s Chook Tuesday 11 March: Mulligans Flat, CCT and Bonner geocaching – L/E-M. 2 of us drove from Weston Creek and parked on Gundaroo Drive at the entrance to Little Mulligans Flat. Summary Distance: 21.1km | Climb: 480m...
Mt Kelly, Coronet Peak, Rotten Swamp, Mt Namadgi and Mt Burbidge from Z81 on the granite slabs of 1733m feature Friday-Sunday 14-16 March 2014: 3 days Border Marker Hunting on the Scabby Range – L/R,ptX. Hunt for border markers on...
Mt Mavis and the bowl down to Rendezvous Creek flats from the Wall of Tors (Mav 022) Tuesday 18 March: Rocky Outcrops Eastern Flank of Mavis Ridge – L/R,ptX. From the Nursery Swamp carpark we will follow tracks for 90...
Coornartha NR | Cypress Pines | old bottle | trig | open going | eagles’ nest Tuesday 25 March: Plan C Coornartha Nature Reserve – L/M,X. A ramble around the Coornartha Nature Reserve near Numeralla. Maps: Numeralla and Cooma. Leader:...
Googong Dam from Googong Lookout Saturday 29 March: Bradleys Creek and Black Wallaby Loop – Googong Dam – M/E. Starting at the Downstream Picnic area of the Dam we will follow the Bradley’s Creek Walk looking to find our way...
Cuumbeun Nature Reserve – Exit from Ravine 1 | Ravine 2 | Descending to Ravine 3 | Walking Ravine 4 to find an exit Tuesday 1 April: Cuumbeun Nature Reserve, Four Ravines – L/M-R. We start 10 minutes from Queanbeyan...
Geocachers at work (photo Cynthia C) | the first creek that caused an upstream crossing | a grey but tranquil Drum Stick Point | Googong Dam lets it out Saturday morning 5 April: Googong Geocaching – M/E-M,ptX. Great views over...
View from GC2BG7Q Bushfold View Saturday 19 April: Mt Tennent (part 3) – L/M. From the Namadgi Visitor Information Centre, we will follow the AAWT to Bushfold Flats before climbing through the scrub to pick up Tennent Fire Trail, which...
Climbing North out of Antills Creek through dry sclerophyll woodland Tuesday 29 April: Yanununbeyan National Park – L/R,ptX. The walk starts about 8 km northwest of Captains Flat at the junction of Woolcara Lane and Spring Creek Fire trail (GR...
View from our ascent of the Gourock Range at 1300m contour Tuesday 6 May: Tumanmang Mountain – M/R. The walk is on the crest of the Great Dividing Range in the Tallaganda State Forest, about 20 km northeast of Jerangle....
Saturday 10 May: Cotter Gap for AN and friends – L/E. From Orroral Valley Tracking Station, walk Cotter Hut Rd and the Australian Alps Walking Track to Cotter Gap. Views to the majestic Split Rock. We pass a number of...
Tallaganda NP – dirt bike trail | boulders | feeder creek | Mulloon Creek flats | ferny feeder creek | creek confluence Tuesday 13 May: Tallaganda National Park – M/M. A walk around the western side of the Tallaganda National...
Tuesday 10 June: Tennent North Ridge and geocache GC1M2VE Tennent’s Tail – L/R,ptX. Mt Tennent has a north-west ridge system that extends out through SH1101 and SH1035 to Booroomba Trig. Let’s have a look. From the Namadgi Visitors Centre, AAWT...
Peter checks the temperature and wind speed on Mt Mavis Tuesday 20 May: Mt Mavis Summit – L/R,ptX. Starting at the Nursery Swamp carpark we will follow tracks to Rendezvous Creek. We then head off-track to the 1700 metre summit...
Rob surveys the view over Little Creamy Flats from the geocache site Saturday-Sunday 17-18 May: Weekends in the southern Namadgi #3 1646 spot height above Little Creamy Flat – L/R. Day 1: Nursery then Rendezvous Creeks, roughly west via spot...
Saturday 14 June: Yankee Hat indigenous sites, with a geocaching twist – M/E-M. Stroll to the Yankee Hat rock art then via old fire trails to the causeway SW up Bogong Creek. Walk through the open campsite area where artifacts...
Saturday 12 July: Long-time Walkabout – L/M. Something for everyone: southern Namadgi views; indigenous and European sites; border markers and blaze trees; up to 12 hours walking; night walking under a full moon to bay at. From the Yankee Hat...
I79 – twin lockspits | U79 cement cylinder | G80 | View down the headwaters of the Cotter River near Mt Scabby to Mt Kelly Saturday 22 March: Border Markers from Yaouk Gap to Mt Scabby – L/R,X. Very early...