Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Hills around the Gudgenby Valley Tuesday 7 July: Gudgenby Valley Wander – M/M. Using old and new knowledge, we’ll visit hut ruins, interesting stone arrangements, the Yankee Hat art site, some lovely hillocks and beautiful stream features.  Might see a...

Sentry Box Rock views Saturday 4 July: Sentry Box Rock from Old Boboyan Rd (South) – L/M-R. Starting from the Old Boboyan Rd (South) car park, walk the management trail to Lutons Crutching Shed. Continue up the Sams Creek Fire...

Lunch views over the source of the Yadboro River, Wirritin Basin to Pigeon House Wombat collage for Wombat Woman Budawang National Park, Currockbilly Mountain – M/M,ptX. We will follow the track up to Currockbilly and then head north through the...

Exped bed, where have you been all my life? The Mt Scabby top Mt Gudgenby at the back of knoll 3, knoll 1 and knoll 2 Saturday-Sunday 27–28 June: Mt Scabby – M/R. Day 1: Old Boboyan Road car park,...

What is it? A blaze tree that was associated with ACT border marker H87. Local historian Matthew Higgins framed the idea to preserve such a tree for future generations. It has been harvested and helicoptered to the Namadgi Visitors Centre...

Who’s out there? Dan an(d) Bill a(re)! View down to the cleared valley below and across to the Illunie Range Tuesday 23 June: Dananbilla Nature Reserve L/R,X. The reserve is approximately 35 square km in size, covered in native forests and...

View down Nursery Swamp Saturday 20 June: Nursery Creek Rock Art – M/M. This is a great walk for those who’d like a little taste of the Namadgi. Walk 2km of the Nursery Swamp Walking Track, a well-formed and well-used...

Tuesday 16 June: Belconnen Community Council – meeting presentation. Short walks in the Belconnen area. Download (27MB PowerPoint) from here....

Tidbinbilla Mountain and The Pimple over the Tidbinbilla Peak cairn Saturday 13 June: Tidbinbilla Mountain – M/R. Lyrebird Trail, Snowy Corner, Tidbinbilla Mtn, Tidbinbilla Peak, Camel Hump fire trail and return. Map: Tidbinbilla. Leader: Rob H. Transport: $36 per vehicle....

Bungongo State Forest Tuesday 9 June: Bungongo State Forest – L/R,X. Bungongo State Forest is located between Wee Jasper and Jugiong. This is a new area for the leader. This is a long exploratory walk, in native forests and woodlands,...

Tara Territory – Dunlop Grasslands NR; matching skirt with ‘brain fruit’ (osage-orange) | border marker 120000 Fifteen Mile points to One Tree Hill | one foot in the ACT and the other in NSW Monday 8 June: Dunlop Grasslands NR...

The Bedulluck Waltz – map segment | view from CCT | border marker U | free stone rock sculptures | the Bedulluck Waltz | the party near the northern border Saturday 6 June: The Bedulluck Waltz – L/E. Someone has...

South Arm of Middle Creek Tuesday 2 June: South Arm of Middle Creek – L/R,ptX. Walk over the Gudgenby grasslands into the mouth of Middle Creek. Follow the south arm of Middle Creek up to a knoll, around half way...

Walking the SE Scabby Range – view from near BM J82 30-31 May 2015: The Fortress and Sams Creek – M/R. This is a reconnaissance along the ACT border between the saddles south of Kelly and north of Gudgenby. Some...

The footpad leaves Bimberi Peak Saturday-Sunday 23-24 May 2015: Bimberi Peak from the West – M/M-R.Trip depends on weather (road closed the following fortnight for winter). A 3 hour, 220km drive via Cooma, Adaminaby, Tantangara and Pockets Saddle Rds to...

Misty arvo break Tuesday 19 May: Yanununbeyan National Park – L/R. This is the wet weather alternative to the advertised walk to Parliament Hill in the Blue Mountains National Park. The walk starts on the Captains Flat road and follows...

View to Yankee Hat North and South, Mt Gudgenby and The Fortress from 1420m contour on the lower Mavis Ridge Saturday 16 May: Pheasant Creek–Mt Herlt – M/R. From the Boboyan Road near Rendezvous Creek the route crosses open ground...

The going 1km south of lunch Wednesday 13 May: Cookbundoon Nature Reserve – M/R/X. The reserve was gazetted in 2010 and is located 15 km northeast of Goulburn. It is an area of about 7 km x 1.5 km, with...

Ian on Yaouk Peak framing Mt Scabby and Sentry Box Mountain Tuesday 5 May: Yaouk Peak – L/R,ptX. A long drive through the south of the ACT to a private property on Yaouk Rd. Farm track and footpad most of...

Keverstone SCA Tuesday 28 April: Keverstone State Conservation Area – L/R. The reserve is 35 km north of Crookwell. It is a rugged area of about 12 km x 6 km, with steep gullies and ridges covered in dry grassy...