Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

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...

Pheasant Hill, a 1-point Percy Tuesday 13 October: Bobeyan vales and hills. This walk at Bobeyan (officially Boboyan) visits several sites relating to the lives and deaths of the locally significant Brayshaw family.  We enjoy the valley landscape then climb...

The south-east slope of Mt Majura Monday 12 October: Early Bird Walk – Mount Majura – S/E. Starting at 7 am, we will go for a walk for 1 to 2 hours mainly on urban bushland tracks to the summit...

8am Floriade Walk Friday 18 September: 8am Floriade Walk – S/E . Join a Heart Foundation walk through Floriade before the gates open to the public. 17 of us met at the Early Morning Floriade Walk sign, near the Commonwealth...

View from the slab to Mt Gudgenby and Mt Mouat (The Fortress) on the SE Scabby Range View from the slab with marble along the Yankee Hat ridge including Mt Burbidge and the Mavis Ridge Tuesday 8 September: Yankee Hat Slabs...

Fitz Hill, Glendale drystone walls and Billy Range Saturday 5 September: Glendale Drystone Walls and the Billy Range– M/M-R,ptX. From the Brandy Flat Walking Track northern track-head, climb 300m to the north through a little scrub to visit the amazing...

Very proud of my wife who today was awarded Lifeline’s 2015 Women of Spirit award. Huge thanks to our dear friends Rachael, who did all the hard work in writing Gay’s nomination, and Wendy, who is Gay’s dearest friend. A...

A little snow on Mts Scabby and Gudgenby from the slab Tuesday 1 September: Rocks above Breakfast Creek – M/R. A walk  to a pleasant small plateau edged by massive boulders and slabs, to the east of Gudgenby. From Yankee...

Punch Bowl Creek and Blythburn Cottage Saturday 29 August: Punch Bowl Creek and Blythburn Cottage – M/M,ptX. From off the Corin Rd, walk old fire trails to the top of Punch Bowl Creek. Follow a footpad (it was there in...

At the southernmost point in the ACT Tuesday 18 August: Return to our Southernmost Point – L/M. This walk to the ACT’s southernmost point begins/ends near the Mt Clear Campground. We travel through beautiful mountain forest and high meadows and...

WBB to Mt Clear – (clockwise from top left) Walking Long Flat | Top Flats | Sam Abouds dunny | Fording the Naas Creek | Horse Gully Hut | Mt Clear trig Saturday 15 August: Worn Boot Bash – L/M....

Mts Gudgenby, ‘Mouat’, SH1733, Mts Kelly and Burbidge from the Mavis Ridge Tuesday 11 August: An interesting cave site on the southern approach to Mt Herlt – M/R/X. On a previous walk we came across a cave that is worth...

Murrumbidgee River churning Saturday 8 August: Gigerline Geocaching – M/M,X. Some geocaching in the Gigerline Nature Reserve off Smiths Road. Walk along the banks of the Gudgenby and Murrumbidgee Rivers. Around 10km and 300m climb. Map: Williamsdale. Leader: John Evans...

View west from the first knoll north of Tinderry Twin Peak over Michelago Tuesday 4 August: Tinderry Range – L/R/X. From the Burra Rd we follow the West Keewong and other trails east for 6 km before heading off-track for...

Swamp Creek Sunday 2 August: Swamp Creek Nature Reserve – S/R,X. An afternoon walk to explore a small nature reserve near Uriarra Crossing, through grasslands and along the creek bed, with some optional rock scrambling at the upper end of...

The top of Binnari Pass Tuesday 28 July: Binnari Pass – L/M-R, part X. From the Nerriga entrance to Morton National Park walk east across Running Creek and to the north of Round Mountain (avoiding private property) to join the...

Mt Morgan, Mt Murray and Bimberi Peak from Coronet Peak Saturday 25 July: Coronet Peak geocaches – L/R,ptX. Provided the weather is suitable, insert via the Australian Alps Walking Track from Orroral, then off-track up towards Coronet Peak. A cache...

A Googong Wander – (clockwise from top left) Cave under London Bridge | London Bridge Homestead | a stop beside the Queanbeyan River | London Bridge arch | Apple Box tree beside the river | cascade on the Queanbeyan River...

Murrumbidgee River round the corner north of Kambah Pool Saturday 18 July: Cotter to Kambah, a Totally Topo! and geocaching event – M/E. Walk the Murrumbidgee River track from Casuarina Sands to Kambah Pool. 17 geocaches to find and 3...

Higher Namadgi hills over the ‘Mavis Ridge’ from Nursery Hill Tuesday 14 July: A different approach to Nursery Hill via the N-W and some nice boulders – M/M. The walk wanders up Nursery Swamp then turns up the main feeder creek to...