Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Photo shoot at ‘The Pyramid’ above Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Saturday 8 July: Tidbinbilla (T)romp – L/E-M. Walk up the Devils Gap Fire Trail to the crest of the SE rim of the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. An optional short ascent of...

Cotter River and Pipeline Rd from Cotter Hill Saturday 1 July: Hardy Range geocaching – M/M-R. Drive to the bottom of Hardy Hill. Walk up an old fire trail to the top for geocache GCWE2M Hardy ha ha. Next, walk...

Tidbinbilla Mountain from the Skyline Track Wednesday 28 June: Tidbinbilla Skyline  – L/R. Lyrebird Track, spur up to Snowy Corner, Tidbinbilla Mountain, Tidbinbilla Peak, Johns Peak, Camel Back fire trail. Around 14km and 900m. Solo trip. Further Information So why...

Walkers on Tidbinbilla Peak Saturday 24 June: Tidbinbilla Skyline, northern section – M-L/R. Walk up the Camel Back Fire Trail from the Mountain Creek car park in Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. Walk the crest of the Tidbinbilla Range following the Skyline...

Underneath Apollo Rocks Thursday 22 June: Honeysuckle Creek area – S/R. A trip for those interested in finding geocaches and do not mind a bit of scrub. South of the Apollo Road is a ridge with lots of granite. Propose...

Tennent scar rock art Wednesday 21 June: Medium-Hard Wednesday Walk Scar on Mt Tennent – M/R; H(12). Leader: Peter D. We walk from the Namadgi National Park Visitor Centre, cross the road and head to the bottom of the creek that...

Happy walkers at morning tea at the end of the Nursery Swamp Walking Track Saturday 17 June: Nursery Swamp and Rendezvous Creek – M/E-M. Walk some old favourite tracks and routes. Visit Nursery Swamp walking all on track. Nursery Swamp...

Remnant snow just west of Mt Gingera Wednesday 14 June: Mt Gingera from Corin Dam. This walk didn’t go ahead last week because of the weather but we’ll try again this week. The walk is 20 km and involves a...

Nice rocks at 1270m on the climb to SH1332 Thursday 8 June: Corin Caching S/M-R. Thanks to a generous cache owner, we’ll return to grab GC22BVN Binary Peak 10. We’ll throw in GC49RVE Billy Boulder and GC1TE57 Punchbowl Pass to...

Typical open going NW of lunch Tuesday 6 June: Nadgigomar Nature Reserve – L/M. With the weather a bit iffy locally, Ian chose to take us back to Nadgigomar Nature Reserve, located 25 kilometres southeast of Tarago. The area contains...

Crossing Gibraltar Creek Saturday 3 June:  High Hills East of Gibraltar Creek – M/R. We drive to the Corin Dam road, near to Woods Reserve.  We then walk off-track down to Gibraltar Creek, then up spurs to the unnamed high...

Cliffs in southern Morton National Park Coolumburra Cliffs # 4 M/R,ptX. A circuit to continue my exploration of the cliffs of this area, with their dramatic cliff-base scenery and cliff-top views. From Bulee Gap on the Nerriga-Nowra road, we head...

Lunch views to The Pimple from Tidbinbilla Peak Saturday 27 May: Snowy Corner to Tidbinbilla Mountain – M/R. Car park-top of Lyre Bird trail– Snowy Corner–Mt Tidbinbilla–ridge–line–Tidbinbilla Peak–part of the Camel Hump trail-car park. ~700m climb, 10 km, ~6 ½ hours. Map:...

Looking down into Bundanoon Creek Tuesday 23 May: Caoura Ridge, Morton National Park – L/R,X. The walk starts on the Caoura Road, 21 km southeast of Marulan. We’ll follow fire-trails for 5 km, then investigate the base of the upper cliff-line...

Big Monks Sunday arvo 21 May: Big Monks, a data-driven experience # 3 – S/E. Big Monks is a trig above the deep south suburb of Banks. At 300m above the Lanyon suburbs, it commands sweeping views to Mt Tennent,...

Bramina Creek cascades from the south side of the creek Saturday 13 May: Honeysuckle Trail to Brindabella Valley – L/E,X. When driving the Mt Franklin Rd, have you seen the gate at the top of the Honeysuckle Trail south of...

CVA work party | photo by Tim the boss 7-8 May 2017: CVA Track Maintenance at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve – S/E. Join a Conservation Volunteers Australia work project at TNR. Further Information This project was advertised to continue route clearing...

Pago Weir Saturday 22 April: Warking in the Brindabellas – L/E-M. From a base at the Warks Camp area on Bendora Road, three short warks to nearby features. First, north along Warks Rd, then south-west up Old Mill Rd to...

Little Creamy Flats, 300m below,  from the top of the granite bulb Saturday–Monday 15–17 April: Mt Namadgi via Middle Creek and return – M/R. Day 1: Yankee Hat car park – Middle Creek – Big Creamy Flats, ∼500 m climb...

Orca Rock Wednesday 12 April: Rendezvous Crags – M/R. A circuit to some of the granite outcrops between Rendezvous Crags and Nursery Hill, including Orca Rock.  From the Rendezvous Creek carpark we stay on the true left of the creek...