Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

… the most inhospitable and unrelenting country I’ve walked in a while Dead Alpine Ash as far as the eye can see Sunday 17 January: Peak 1409 – M/R. A challenging walk cross country and through scrub to the lovely...

Blatant Brindabella Geocaching (clockwise from top left) flowers | 7 and a half mile blaze | views from Mt Aggie | border corner U55, the westernmost point of the ACT | flowers | flowers Saturday 16 January: Blatant Brindabella Geocaching,...

… 33 geocaches in 37ºC Red Rocks gorge from the lookout on the Canberra Centenary Trail Tuesday 12 January: Geocaching from Pine Island to Kambah Pool – L/E . A little private walkabout along the ‘Bidgee just north of the...

Enjoying an evening stroll in Farrer Ridge and Wanniassa Hills Nature Reserves Monday pm 11 January: Farrer Ridge and Wanniassa Hills – S/E We will stroll along Farrer Ridge then on to Wanniassa Hills. Return via a different route. Meet...

Ladies in black appreciating the view from Mt Tennent Saturday 9 January: Cbr100 training – Mt Tennent and Bushfold Flats – L/E. The usual Mt Tennent walk, plus a loop down the AAWT to Bushfold Flats and return up the...

Wave Cave Friday 8 January: Bainbrig Creek and a search for the Wave Cave – M/R,X. From the Nerriga-Nowra road we will descend into upper Bainbrig Creek through a steep and ferny gully at ~ 423E 145 N (AGD66), then...

Lake Burley Griffin from above Parkes Way Saturday 2 January: Cbr100 training – Cbr100 25km route – L/E. Walk the Cbr100 Challenge 25km route. Campbell High School, Anzac Parade, Commonwealth Avenue bridge, Melbourne Avenue, Red Hill, Kent St, Dunrossil Drive,...

Woden from Mt Taylor Monday evening 21 December: Mount Taylor Triple – M/E. The plan for this walk is to go to the summit of Mount Taylor three times via three different routes, taking in the fabulous views of Canberra,...

Pleasant creek sections of the walk Saturday 19 December: Southern ACT Walkabout – M/M,ptX Enjoy the drive through the centre of Namadgi National Park to the ACT’s southern border. Walk the fire trail going east along the border through Burnt...

Rob Roy from the Mt Tennent track Saturday 12 December: Mt Tennent – L/E Start from the Namadgi Visitors Centre and take the trail to the top of Mt Tennent and return. On track all the way. Distance is 14kms...

Southwell graves in the Weetangera Methodist Cemetery Thursday evening 3 December: Weetangera Methodist Cemetery – S/E. Continuing a birthday theme established last year, walk from The Pinnacle via the Bicentennial National Trail across the back of Hawker to the Weetangera...

Bullen Range Tuesday 10 November: Bullen Range Nature Reserve – M/M-R. A circuit around the Bullen Range Nature Reserve. Starting from the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station cross the Bullen Range to the Murrumbidgee and follow it south to Pine Island. Back...

Evening views from the Cooleman Ridge Nature Reserve Monday pm 9 November: Cooleman Ridge – S/E. Meet at the car park on Namatjira Drive just on the Kambah side of Fisher near the speed limit sign. Great views along the...

Sandstone cliffs to the south and east of Gilberts Gap from Gilberts Mountain Saturday 7 November: Gilberts Mountain – M/M. Starting from near Nerriga, this Budawangs walk follows fire trails then heads to and up the sandstone mountain west of...

Stormy weather near the Majura west fire trail Thursday evening 5 November: Lower Majura – S/E. Meet at the car park on the right just past the last house on Antill St. We will walk along a track that runs...

The Bog Hut site | Max and Berts Hut Tuesday 3 November: Max and Bert’s Hut via The Bog – L/M-R, part X. From the Hospital Hill Lookout on the Boboyan Road walk north to north-east and down to Dry...

Views to Civic in the south-east from Black Mountain, directly north of Black Mountain Peninsula Monday am 2 November: Earlybird walk – A different Black Mountain walk – S/E. Starting at 7 am, we will go for a walk for...

Ex-Bruce Hallers from ANU and friends (and grandchild) at The Sanctuary, TNR – older but little wiser Wednesday 28 October: The Sanctuary, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve – S/E. A wheelchair-paced lap of the Sanctuary with pommy friends Bill and Lainey. 9...

View into the second gully from 1100m contour Tuesday 20 October: Tallaganda National Park – L/R/ part X. The walk is in the northern section of Tallaganda National Park.  From the junction of the Forbes Creek road and the North...

Thursday evening 15 October: Navigation Refresher #7 – GPSr and PC software. An evening looking at interfacing GPSr to PC. Use of digital mapping software (eg. OziExplorer, Garmin’s BaseCamp) and maps (eg. NSW LPI TopoView digitised 1:25000 topo maps for...