Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

View from geocache Just for the views #2 Saturday 23 August: Gentle Geocaching at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve – M/M. TNR is covered with geocaches. If you’d like a stroll on Saturday, do come with me. We’ll go to Nildesperandum and...

Majors Creek 10m Falls | Majors Creek | Crossing Bells Creek | Bells Creek 120m Cascades and Falls Tuesday 19 August: Majors Creek to Bells Creek in the Majors Creek State Conservation Area – M/R,ptX. A partly off-track walk in mostly...

Beside the Mt Franklin Rd north of Pryors Hut Saturday 16 August: Mount Gingera – L/M. I’m getting married in late September and would like to hold a buck’s bushwalk (though the walk isn’t gender specific). The walk will leave...

Heading around the top of the T-bars, with the powerline up the Munyang River to Schlink Pass in the distance Thursday 14 August: Beginners snowshoe – Plains of Heaven – S/M. Snowshoeing day trip suitable for beginners from Smiggin Holes...

Feeder to Little Nadgigomar Creek Tuesday 12 August: Nadgigomar Nature Reserve – L/M. The walk is in the eastern section of Nadgigomar Nature Reserve 35 km north of Braidwood. The terrain is flat or slightly undulating, with some low hills...

Tidbinbilla Peak and Camels Hump from near Mt Rob Roy Saturday 9 August: Mt Rob Roy – No Tartan Required – M/E-M. A half-day stroll mainly on fire trails around the hills near Canberra’s southern-most suburbs. Geocaching opportunities numbering seven...

Kybeyan River bluff Tuesday 5 August: Kybeyan Ridges and River – M/R,ptX. A circuit in the Kybeyan SCA, to explore the ridges and river upstream of the April walk in this interesting area. Start ~ 121 E, 868 N, then...

Top of the slab of North Tinderry Bluff (aka seldom seen slabs) Tuesday 29 July: Tinderry Nature Reserve Northern Section – L/R,X. This is an exploratory walk to investigate some large granite slabs and tors in the northern section of...

Tidbinbilla valley from Billy Billy Rocks Saturday 26 July: Day trips in the Namadgi #5 – Tidbinbilla–Smokers Gap crossover – M/R. Meet on top of Billy Billy Rocks for lunch. Maps: Corin Dam, Tidbinbilla. Leaders: Jenny and Rob H. Transport:...

View to the ridges and spurs between Tuena Creek and Bears Gully Tuesday 22 July: Nuggetty State Conservation Area – L/M/X. This is an exploratory walk 40 km north of Crookwell. The Nuggetty SCA is rugged country of about 6...

View up the Rendezvous Creek valley from a knoll above the Boboyan Rd Saturday 19 July: Southern Namadgi Geocaching – L/E-M. 3 mini-walks and a long one for quick walkers. (1, 2) Knolls above the Boboyan Rd for 2 caches;...

Waterhole Hut 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...

Westermans Homestead Tuesday 8 July: Grassy Creek and beyond – M/M. Starting at Brayshaws Hut we’ll walk the first section of the Settlers Track to Waterhole Hut, then leave the track and make our way up Grassy Creek past two...

Day 1 | As far as we got 1580m contour SE of Mt Gudgenby Day 2 | Mt Gudgenby and the high hills of the Namadgi from Boboyan tor lookout Saturday-Sunday 5-6 July: Weekends in the southern Namadgi #5 –...

Heading towards the Groses Fire Trail through open Eucalypt woodland Tuesday 1st July: Yanununbeyan National Park – L/M,X. An exploratory trip, mainly off-track, in the woodlands and open forests of the Yanununbeyan National Park, We start from the main road...

Booroomba Rocks cliff from Mt Tennent Monday 20 May: Mt Tennent – L/E. A quick jaunt up Mt Tennent prior to a meeting at the NVC. Just me. Summary Distance: 14.0km | Climb:820m | Time: 11.40am-2.55pm (3hrs 15mins) | Grading:...

Gooandra Homestead Saturday 28 June: Gooandra Homestead snowshoe – M/M.  Snowshoe from the Snowy Mountains Highway to Gooandra Hut. Around 10km. Maps: Ravine and Tantangara. Leader: Max S. Transport: a long way. 2 of us drove via the Boboyan Rd...

‘Calvary’ Tuesday 24 June: Bullen Range South – L/M. From locked gate at entrance to Paddys River Travelling Stock Reserve off Tidbinbilla Road ascend to Barnes Trig (825 m) then N along crest of Bullen Range on fire trails for...

Lunch views to the wild heart of Namadgi from the Boboyan slabs Saturday 21 June: Blatant Boboyan Bounty – L/E-M. Geocache down the Boboyan Rd – walking too! (1) A quick stop at the lookout just past the Orroral Rd...

On the spur south of Primrose Valley Creek, descending to Woolcara Lane Tuesday 17 June: Yanununbeyan State Conservation Area and National Park – L/M,X. Another exploratory trip in the woodlands and open forests of the Yanununbeyan SCA and National Park...