Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Clockwise from top left – Fungi | Tree fern gully SE of the cars | Scribbles in Tallaganda | Overlooking the Tallaganda forest to Mt Palerang | View west from the west-most point of Mt Minor | Lichen on pink...

Cliff top views Amphitheatre walls below ‘Skinny Woman Pass’ Wednesday 11 May: Wave Cave – M/R/part X. The Wave Cave is a dramatic overhang in a sandstone cliff in the northern Budawangs. From the Nerriga-Nowra road we will cross a...

Happy and chatty walking group Thursday pm 21 January: Aranda Bushland, Kiers Trig and Frost Hollow – S/E. Meet at 6.30 in the car park accessed via the road beside 61 MacKellar Circuit, Cook. We will walk in the Aranda...

Southwell graves in the Weetangera Methodist Cemetery Thursday evening 3 December: Weetangera Methodist Cemetery – S/E. Continuing a birthday theme established last year, walk from The Pinnacle via the Bicentennial National Trail across the back of Hawker to the Weetangera...

Views to Civic in the south-east from Black Mountain, directly north of Black Mountain Peninsula Monday am 2 November: Earlybird walk – A different Black Mountain walk – S/E. Starting at 7 am, we will go for a walk for...

The south-east slope of Mt Majura Monday 12 October: Early Bird Walk – Mount Majura – S/E. Starting at 7 am, we will go for a walk for 1 to 2 hours mainly on urban bushland tracks to the summit...

Tara Territory – Dunlop Grasslands NR; matching skirt with ‘brain fruit’ (osage-orange) | border marker 120000 Fifteen Mile points to One Tree Hill | one foot in the ACT and the other in NSW Monday 8 June: Dunlop Grasslands NR...

Molonglo River flowing strongly Thursday morning 9 April: Geocaching (more of the HMAS series) – S/E. A short stroll. I drove down past the RSPCA in Kirpatrick St Weston and parked down on the edge of the pond. Summary Distance:...

… or grumpy old man picks further holes in Cbr100Challenge route Track Check out Black Mountain Thursday 5 March: Cbr100Challenge Training – Check out Black Mountain – S/E. An opportunity to check out the 100km course of the Cbr100Challenge around...

View from the southern flanks of Mt Majura towards Mt Ainslie Monday, 19 January 2015 – Mount Majura – S/E. This evening walk will follow the Centenary Trail to the summit of Mount Majura. After soaking in the view and...

Wednesday evening 14 January: Southside Stroll – Lake Tuggeranong – S/E. Help me push my wife around. A lazy lap of Lake Tuggeranong. For extra exercise you can push Gay’s wheelchair. Prams, dogs on leash also welcome. Meet at 6.30pm...

View to the Bullen Range and Tidbinbilla Range from TG26, the southern Urambi Hill trig Monday 29 September: Urambi Hills with Canberra’s social media queens – S/E. A stroll up Urambi Hills with @In_The_Taratory and @chifley_alison. A short and quick...