Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Saturday 30 March 2024: Arboreta in Kowen Forest * – L/E-M,ptX. Arboreta in Kowen Forest? Yep, so I’ve been told. Let’s have a look. I’ve recently discovered a great little e-publication on Amazon ‘Kowen: Trails and Tales’ by Peter Komidar. Peter documents 14...

Tuesday 12 March 2024: Bullen Range – M/R. A walk around the Bullen Range Reserve on the west side. Walking will be mainly on track with some intervals of light scrub combined with some fairly short sections of dense scrub. The...

Wednesday 28 February 2024: Wednesday Walk: Red Hill * – E/M. No, not that one. If you were walking last century, you may have been to Red Hill at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve. There was a track which was obliterated in the 2003 bushfires...

Sunday morning 31 December 2023: Eastern Hills of Goorooyarroo * – M/E-M. An early New Years Eve ramble along the eastern hills of Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve. You’ll be home for lunch and to get your glad rags on to count in 2024. From...

Saturday 11 November 2023: White Horse Rocks and beyond – S/R. A circuit off-track in the bush in the Smokers Flat area. Some wonderful old-growth trees, abundant bird life, rocky outcrops, patches of thick scrub, flowering vegetation … something for...

Wednesday 11 October 2023: E-M Wednesday Walk – Nursery Creek – NS3 and NS1. Was supposed to be: Help re-establish the route from Nursery Creek towards Rendezvous Creek – many feet make light work. Walk to the end of the Nursery...

Monday morning 9 October 2023: Lunar Laser Dome off track. From the Orroral space station carpark we ascend the escarpment directly, through recovering bush and some tall unburnt trees, to join the popular track that winds through boulders to the...

Wednesday 27 September 2023: E-M Wednesday Walk – Enchanted Hill. See walk description. Summary From Garmin Connect (MAP66i) – Distance: 12.40km | Climb: 440vm (Elevation correction enabled)/530vm (Elevation correction disabled) | Time: 3:25 moving + 1:17 of stops = 4:42...

Wednesday 13 September 2023: Nursery Swamp Axe Quarry search ! – M/E-M,ptX. Using a vague location provided Greg H, have a look for and indigenous axe quarry site down to end of Nursery Swamp. Summary From Garmin Connect (Epix Gen2)...

Saturday 9 September 2023: A search for Nursery Swamp rock art 1 * – M/M,ptX. There are three indigenous rock art sites near Nursery Creek/Swamp. Let’s have a search for one down south of Nursery Swamp. Around 16km and 400vm. Summary From...

Monday 21 August 2023: NPA ACT Snowshoe from Guthega to near The Paralyser. Summary From Mike – Distance: 9.68km | Climb: 510vm | Time: 5:48 | Grading: M/M; M(9). Photographs Photographs are available here. gpx File is available here. Thanks to...

Saturday 19 August 2023: Orroral Valley Circuit * – L/E. Wanna 20km stroll out at Orroral? This newish route uses the Cotter Hut Road and Smokers Trail to take us to the top of the Orroral Valley. The walk south down the...

Sunday 28 May 2023: Bogong Moth Cave – S/R. From the Square Rock carpark cross Corin Dam Rd and ascend north-west to the huge cave and jumble of boulders where we will have morning tea. There are views across to...

Saturday-Sunday 6-7 May 2023: Budawangs – Flat Top Mountain. A Budawangs walk starting at the end of Meangora Rd, Nerriga, 2h drive each way from Canberra. We follow Alum Fire Trail south for 6km then descend 1km to a campsite...

Wednesday 3 May 2023: Combined Club’s M-H Wednesday Walk – SW of Booroomba. From the Honeysuckle Campground, we walk a short distance along the AAWT towards Booroomba, then go north off track to find rock slabs (GR797629) with a view...

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 |...

Monday morning 5 December 2022: Goorooyarroo NR ! . Border marker X4, Old Joe Hill, maybe Gooroo Hill and Burnt Stump Hill. Summary From Garmin Connect – Distance: 12.73km | Climb: 467m | Time: 3:00 moving + 0:54 of stops...

Wednesday 12 October 2022: Wednesday Walk M-H: Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie. Heading off from the Mt Majura Antill St carpark, we climb to the summit of Mt Majura and then walk to Mt Ainslie, approaching the summit from the...

Wednesday 21 September 2022: Wednesday Walk E-M/M-H Isaacs Ridge and Mt Mugga Mugga Nature Reserves – M/E-M. For those of you looking forward to a walk this Wednesday please meet in Shepherdson Place, Isaacs at 8.30am.  We’ll combine a walk for...

Tuesday 31 August 2022: Mt Tennent ! L/E. A comparative puff up Mt Tennent via the new track. Summary From Garmin Connect – Distance: 13.99km | Climb: 835m | Time: 4:09 moving + 0:34 of stops = 4:43 | Grading:...