Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

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...

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...

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...

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...

GPSr screen capture Monday 23 February: Cbr100Challenge Training – Cooleman Ridge – L/E. A morning stroll. Walked out the front door. Summary Distance: 15.6km | Climb: 560m | Time: 7.15am-10.15am (3hr) | Grading: L/E; M(8) Track Maps Track overview Track...

Jasmine (flapping her arms about) and Roger at a cascade below Gibraltar Falls Saturday 21 February: Gibraltar Creek – S/M,W. Access Gibraltar Creek through old pine forest a crowlometer or so above the Falls. Wend our way down to Gibraltar...

View over Woden to Tidbinbilla and Brindabella Ranges from Red Hill Thursday 12 February: Cbr100Challenge Training: Scriveners Camp to End and Kent St to Red Hill – M/E. Check out the adjusted official 100km route from Scriveners Camp to the...

Deadmans Hill, Booroomba Rocks, the boutique range, hill of disgrace from Mt Tennent resting rocks Saturday 25 October: Mt Tennent M/E-M. For the time poor meet at Namadgi Visitors Centre ready to depart at 0800 for a half day trip...

Lunch views down the south arm of Burkes Creek from The Pimple Tuesday 30 September: The Pimple and geocaches on the Tidbinbilla Ridge – L/R. There is a cache – GC1KV4P – on The Pimple, and a number of others...

I carked it on this hill Tuesday 23 September: Geocaches above Blue Gum Creek – L/R,ptX. There are 3 geocaches – GC1VDD3, GC1VDD1 and GC1VDD2 – in the hills 400m above the Georges Creek FT ford of Blue Gum Creek....

The creek in the northern part of the walk Tuesday 16 September: Gillindich Nature Reserve – L/R/X. This is an exploratory walk 25 km north of Crookwell. The Reserve is rugged country of about 4 km x 3 km, with...

Middle Creek and Rendezvous Creek with the high hills of the Namadgi Saturday 14 June: Yankee Hat indigenous sites, with a geocaching twist – M/E-M. Stroll to the Yankee Hat rock art then via old fire trails to the causeway...

Walking the unnamed creek | Tall timber near Bombay Creek Tuesday 25 February: Bombay Creek circuit – M/M-R. A shady circuit in the Tallaganda State Forest and State Conservation area. No spectacular points but varied forest, ferns, a charming unnamed...

Coornartha NR | Cypress Pines | old bottle | trig | open going | eagles’ nest Tuesday 25 March: Plan C Coornartha Nature Reserve – L/M,X. A ramble around the Coornartha Nature Reserve near Numeralla. Maps: Numeralla and Cooma. Leader:...

Googong Dam from Googong Lookout Saturday 29 March: Bradleys Creek and Black Wallaby Loop – Googong Dam – M/E. Starting at the Downstream Picnic area of the Dam we will follow the Bradley’s Creek Walk looking to find our way...

View from GC2BG7Q Bushfold View Saturday 19 April: Mt Tennent (part 3) – L/M. From the Namadgi Visitor Information Centre, we will follow the AAWT to Bushfold Flats before climbing through the scrub to pick up Tennent Fire Trail, which...