Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Saturday 20 April 2024: South Bullen Range and ‘Calvary’ * – M/E-M. Lovely views of TNR and the Tidbinbilla Range. Walk fire trail and off-track through Barnes Hill onto the south Bullen Range. Turn down west through shrubby country to ‘Calvary’, a pisé...

Monday 15 April 2024: Tidbinbilla Skyline Northern Section – Camels Hump, Pierce Hill, Johns Peak, Tidbinbilla Peak * – L/E-M. In via Camelback Fire trail, over Camels Hump to Pierce Hill, south to Johns Peak and Tidbinbilla Peak, out via SE from...

Saturday 13 April 2024: London Bridge to Washpen Crossing – M/M. This is a walk through the southern section of Googong. We will walk from the London Bridge woolshed to the old homestead then we walk beside Burra Creek to...

Monday 8 April 2024: Tidbinbilla Mountain * – M/R. In via Snowy Corner, out via SE from Tidbinbilla Peak. Around 9km and 750vm. Sunrise 6.22am, sunset 5.48pm. Summary From Garmin Connect (recorded on MAP66i handheld) – Distance: 9.53km | Climb:...

Sunday 7 April 2024: Practical Map and Compass Navigation Group 7 * – S/E. An exercise in Callum Brae Nature Reserve. Summary From Garmin Connect (recorded on MAP66i) – Distance: 6.92km | Climb: 110vm (Elev Corrections Enabled) | Time: 1:44...

Wednesday 3 April 2024: Mushroom Rock and Gibraltar Peak on West side, SH985 on East side of Corin Road ! – M/E-M,ptXptW. A fire trail wander on both sides of the lower Corin Road. Summary From Garmin Connect (recorded on...

Saturday 30 March 2024: Arboreta in Kowen Forest * – L/E-M,ptX. Arboreta in Kowen Forest? Yep, so I’ve been told. Let’s have a look. I’ve recently discovered a great little e-publication on Amazon ‘Kowen: Trails and Tales’ by Peter Komidar. Peter documents 14...

Thursday 28 March 2024: Granite Tors Walking Track * – M/E-M. The Granite Tors Walking Track has been upgraded, as announced on the ACT Parks and Conservation Service Facebook page on 4 March. I’m time poor atm so propose a quick out...

Monday 25 March 2024: Main Range Track ! – L/E. Trying again. Weather window looks good. Private trip. 24km, 850vm. Old folks home to Charlotte Pass 203km, 2hr 30mins from Google Maps + 30mins for coffee = 6hrs driving + 8hrs walking =...

Saturday 23 March 2024: Gigerline Nature Reserve * – M/M. From the Angle Crossing Road, we enter the Gigerline Nature Reserve on the Eastern side of the Murrumbidgee. We walk along a fire trail for a few hundred metres before turning north...

Tuesday 12 March 2024: Bullen Range – M/R. A walk around the Bullen Range Reserve on the west side. Walking will be mainly on track with some intervals of light scrub combined with some fairly short sections of dense scrub. The...

Saturday 9 March 2024: Under Square Rock and Smokers Trail (replacing Granite Tops south of Smokers Gap) – M/E-M. (From the car park at Smokers Gap, on the Corin Dam Rd, we use the Square Rock walking track to do...

Wednesday 28 February 2024: Wednesday Walk: Red Hill * – E/M. No, not that one. If you were walking last century, you may have been to Red Hill at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. There was a track which was obliterated in the 2003 bushfires...

Saturday 22 February 2024: Snake Bite Compression Bandaging Practice – S/E.  What do you do if a snake bites you on the butt? Join qualified Wildlife snake handler and educator Allan Donnelly on a relaxed walk in a Canberra Nature...

Saturday 18 February 2024: Dick and Lena’s Rendezvous Creek Ramble – M/M. This is a re-run of a John Evans walk from 2 years. We start our walk at Rendezvous Creek car park beside the Boboyan Road. Following the track...

Saturday 10 February 2024: South Buttress Beneath Booroomba Rocks – M/R. We start from Honeysuckle car park and follow the AAWT turning at the Booroomba Rocks car park and then following the track up to Booroomba Rocks. Once there we...

Saturday 20 January 2024: A dawn sortie up Billy Billy Rocks – S/R. We’ll be making an early start to drive out along the Corin Dam Rd and parking at the base of the rock climbers track up the Rocks....

Saturday 13 January 2024: Orroral Ridge of Stone * – M/M-R. Visit all the granite tor formations on the ridge, as seen from below in the Orroral Valley. Walk in and out via the Orroral Ridge Road. Walk SE to...

Saturday morning 6 January 2024: Callum Brae Map and Compass Navigation * – S/M,ptX. Come and help me set up a map and compass training exercise for CBC new/emerging leaders, and any members who want to try their navigation. Stroll...

Sunday morning 31 December 2023: Eastern Hills of Goorooyarroo * – M/E-M. An early New Years Eve ramble along the eastern hills of Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve. You’ll be home for lunch and to get your glad rags on to count in 2024. From...