Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Monday evening 13 November 2023: Fairbairn Pine Forest Stroll – S/E. A fairly short evening / night walk around Fairbairn Pines visiting the Air Disaster Memorial, a cache and hopefully sighting a ghost. This short walk will start in daylight...

Thursday evening 2 November 2023: Frost Hollow to Forest Walk – S/E. On this circular walk you will be looking for remnants of ten different types of gum tree (eucalypts). We will start by walking along a low ridge from...

Sunday 13 August 2023: Booroomba Rocks. Up the track to the cliff, then off-track SW to SH1396 and other places. Summary From Garmin Connect (MAP66i) – Distance: 4.92km | Climb: 264vm | Time: 1:45 moving + 2:13 of stops –...

Sunday 1 January 2023: RU⇧4it T is for Tuggeranong Hill/T is for TG84 trig * – S/E. Kick off CBC’s RU⇧4it event challenge with a T. Sleep in after New Years Eve, but climb Tuggeranong Hill, a low urban hill with a trig, in the evening. Good...

Monday morning 31 January: Drystone Walls above Glendale ! – S/R. From the N Brandy Flat car park, climb the side of the Billy Range to the drystone walls. Around 5km and 330vm. I have not been down that way...

Thursday 20 September: Bushwalking with Covenant College – Tuggeranong Hill. Summary Distance: 5.4km | Climb: 270m | Time: 1.00pm – 2.50pm (1hr 50mins), including a few mins of breaks | Grading: S/E-M; E(5) Photographs Photographs are available, where you can...

Booroomba’s Middle Rocks from the Middle Rocks descent Saturday morning 17 February: Booroomba’s beautiful butt – S/R,ptX: Yet another attempt to reach the geocaches below Booroomba’s southern and northern buttresses. Around 6km and 350m climb. Home by 1pm. For quick...

Grevillea Sunday 28 January 2018: Evening ramble – Kambah Pool, Forster Hill Circuit – S/E. A pleasant evening stroll along the river corridor and over a small nature reserve on Forster Hill. Leaders: Rob and Jenny H. Insert further information...

Skylight in the granite of geocache GC1FFJX My Rock is Better than Your Rock Thursday 24 August: Corin Road caches with Roger. Further Information Returned via a footpad which goes to Billy Billy Rocks. Summary Distance: 5.1km | Climb: 455m...

Moon Rise Tuesday night 15 November: ‘By the light of the silvery perigee-syzygy …’ – S/E. Tonight is a super full moon when the moon is closest to the earth and appears 14% bigger and 30% brighter. It rises at...

Telstra Tower and the moon from the south-west on the ‘hat band’ track Tuesday evening 16 August: Night walk by torchlight on Black Mt, Canberra – S/E. The plan is to meet at the substation at the end of Firth...

Chinese Tour Group to TNR Thursday 28 January: Escort a Chinese tour group on walks at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve – S/E . I drove to TNR and met a bused-in group of 11 tourists. Summary Distance: 4.7km | Climb: 180m...

Murrumbidgee River at sunset Thursday 12 March: Southside Stroll – S/E. How about a stroll north from Kambah Pool along the Murrumbidgee River track? A few geocaches too. Around 8km and 480m climb. Maps: Tuggeranong, Canberra, Cotter Dam. Leader: John...

William Farrer’s memorial | William and Nina’s graves Wednesday evening 7 January: Southside Stroll – Farrer’s Grave – S/E-M. I first met William Farrer as a young stamp collector. Come and see where this originator of the ‘Federation’ strain of...

‘Grandpa’ duties with 3 inspiring young ladies at the Canberra Lifeline Fun Run Sunday 23 November: Canberra Lifeline Fun Run (Walk) – S/E. An amble, with a few thousand others, along the new Majura Parkway. 3 of us drove in...

11 October Entrance to Rivendell 12 October Yaralla Estate grotto Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 October: Sydney Geocaching – S&M/E,X.  In Sydney with time to fill in, so a couple of wanders near Concord Hospital. just me. Summary Saturday –...

View from Wanniassa Hills Sunday 19 January: Twilight on Wanniassa Hills – S/E. Meet at 6:00 pm at the big water tank on the corner of Long Gully Road. Bring a picnic snack. Map: Canberra, Leader: Jenny H. Transport: drive...

Track Geocaching and Urambi Hills Monday evening 17 February: Urambi Hills – S/E. Meet at 6:30 at Learmoth Drive (Turn from Athlon Drive into Learmoth Drive, pulling over to the left, about 50metres from the traffic lights). We will enjoy...