Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Monday-Tuesday 6-7 May 2024: Gentlemen’s overnight walk, Main Range. Guthega, Mt Anton-Mt Anderson saddle, Consett Stephen Pass, Guthega Ridge. Private trip. Summary Day 1: From Garmin Connect (recorded on MAP66i) – Distance: 9.50km | Climb: 525vm | Time: 3:06 moving +1:33...

Thursday 25 April 2024: Kambah 4 Hills – L/E. Wanna get your match fitness in for the Urban Worn Boot Bash or just keen to walk a few urban peaks in the Kambah area without having to walk 30kms?How about...

Saturday 17 June 2023: Orroral Valley recce ! – L/M,W. Up the middle, return true left side of Orroral River. Summary From Garmin Connect (MAP66i) – Distance: 21.74km | Climb: 400vm | Time: 5:12 moving + 1:39 of stops =...

  Saturday 3 June 2023: Walk from the recently reopened Orroral Valley tracking station car park following the Australian Alps Walking Track to Cotter Gap, then through burnt scrub up to Split Rock. Summary From Garmin Connect (Epix Gen 2) –...

Friday-Sunday 24-26 March 2023: Mt Morgan. See trip description. Parts of this trip were through ecologically sensitive areas and the leader requested that specific locations not be referenced. Summary From Garmin Connect (MAP66i) – Distance: 22.27km | Climb: 959m |...

Saturday 21 January 2023: Geocaching on Little Ginini Mountain and Mt Gingera * – L/R. Did you know that CBC offers geocaching trips? Join prolific cacher Marmaduke Rothschild and wannabe cacher JohnnyBoyACT to hunt geocaches on the Brindabella Range. Bag Little Ginini Mountain...

Sunday 23 October 2022: Canberra Centenary Trail – Section 4 – Hall to Black Mountain * – L/E,ptX. Perhaps begin with an egg and bacon roll at Daughters@Hall. They open at 6.30am. Head SE from Hall through Federation Square, with side trips up...

Thursday 6 June: Kowen Caching – L/E-M. Some geocaches in the Kowen Pine Forest area. Further Information Last time I was in this area was doing Ian’s Kowen Forest 23 Dams on 16 Jul 13. Summary Distance: 21.5km | Climb:...

View from Bimberi Peak Saturday 31 March: Bimberi Peak – L/M. Depart early from Canberra and Drive via Snowy Mountains Highway, Tantangara Rd and Pockets Saddle Rd to the gate at Gurrangorambla Creek. We will stop for a coffee and...

Granite feature 3 – upper molar Tuesday 6 March: Tinderry Nature Reserve, Eastern Side –  L/R/ part X. A long walk in the north of the Tinderry Nature Reserve. Start on Burra Rd, then: West Keewong Firetrail – North Branch...

The Pimple and Tidbinbilla Mountain cliffs from Burkes Creek Rd Wednesday 2 November: Pipeline Rd ride – L/E. Ride from the locked gate on Pipeline Rd in Pierces Creek Pine Forest area above the Cotter River. Do the stages of...

Canberra from the top of the Mt Ainslie Walking Track Tuesday 23 February: Majura Stone Wall and the Cbr100 route – L/E-M. From Antill St to the stone walls on the northern Majura knoll. Walk the Majura Pine Forest to...

… 33 geocaches in 37ºC Red Rocks gorge from the lookout on the Canberra Centenary Trail Tuesday 12 January: Geocaching from Pine Island to Kambah Pool – L/E . A little private walkabout along the ‘Bidgee just north of the...

Bullen Range Tuesday 10 November: Bullen Range Nature Reserve – M/M-R. A circuit around the Bullen Range Nature Reserve. Starting from the Tidbinbilla Tracking Station cross the Bullen Range to the Murrumbidgee and follow it south to Pine Island. Back...

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 from lunch over the Orroral River to the hills beyond Saturday 15 November: A circuit of the upper Orroral Valley – L/E-M-R,ptX. Enjoy an amble up the Orroral Valley grasslands on footpad from the Tracking Station car park to join...

Leaving the Shoalhaven River Tuesday 9th September: Nadgigomar Nature Reserve South – L/M. This is a long off-track walk in the southern section of Nadgigomar Nature Reserve, 15 km north of Braidwood. From the Euradux Road entrance we will follow...

View south to Johns Peak, Tidbinbilla Peak, Tidbinbilla Mountain and The Pimple Tuesday 2 September: Tidbinbilla Geocaching  L/R. From the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Mountain Creek car park, we ll take the Camel Back Fire Trail towards the top. A...