Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

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...

Tuesday morning 14 November 2023: Red Hill Track at TNR ! – S/R,X. Finish the western leg of the Red Hill Track at TNR. Summary From Garmin Connect (Epix Gen 2) – Distance: 4.29km | Climb: 205vm (Elev Corrections Enabled)...

Sunday 29 January 2023: Rediscovering Red Hill Trail ! – S/R,X. An attempt to rediscover the alignment of the Red Hill Trail in Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. Summary From Garmin Connect – Distance: 3.94km | Climb: 196m (Elev Corrections Enabled) |...

Saturday 26 November 2022: Snake Awareness and Snake Bite First Aid training for leaders. Safety and first aid presentation, including application of pressure bandage and immobilisation. Up close and personal with an eastern brown and tiger snake, under close supervision...

LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE TO GET EMAIL NOTIFICATION WHENEVER A NEW TRIP REPORT IS POSTED Friday 24 June: Trying out PeakFinder from Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve knolls – S/E !. A quick stroll on my local hills...

Saturday 2 April 2022: Booroomba Rocks – S/E-M. Booroomba Rocks with Lauren and friends. Summary Distance: 4.4km | Climb: 238m | Time: 2hrs moving plus 15mins of stops | Grading: S/E-M; M(8). Photographs Photographs are available here. gpx File Download...

Thursday 31 January: Tharwa Log Jam, De Salis Cemetery and the Murrumbidgee River – S/E. Tharwa provides several ramble sites. We’ll first visit the Engineered Log Jams downstream of the Tharwa bridge, installed to help fish move through the Murrumbidgee...

Monday 16 April: Lutons Crutching Shed – VE. Take Rhonda to Lutons to meet the KHA crew. Summary Distance: 4.2km | Climb: 90m | Time: 9.25am – 3.35pm (6hrs 10mins), including lots of breaks and slow walking | Grading: S/E;...

Early morning tea views from The Spinnaker Saturday 6 January: Dawn Sorties – The Spinnaker – S/R. Depart Kambah 530 hrs to avoid the heat of the day. Distance to the spectacular rock outcrop the Spinnaker ~2km each way, climb...

Exploring de Salis cemetery Thursday 19 October: Southside Stroll in daylight savings – De Salis cemetery – S/E. It is a short (3km return and flat) stroll through an avenue of poplars and elms to this unique site. This cemetery...

Cbr100Challenge course marking at the Majura Pines signage – go straight ahead, not over horse gate Thursday 19 March: Checkout the Cbr100Challenge 100km route joining the Acacia Trail – S/E. Checkout this bit of the course that has fooled me....