Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Happy geocachers JohnnyBoyACT, Cankid, Fox in Jox (aka ‘the bulldozer’) and Lokipagan find a Lost Czech Tourist (a little displaced on Mt McKeahnie and theatrically acted by happy Percy-bagging Jonathan) | photo Wayne B Friday arvo-Saturday 29-30 September: Mt McKeahnie/Dutchies...

Crossing Naas Creek ford on the Old Boboyan Rd | photo Mike B Saturday-Sunday 23-24 September: Mountain Bike riding in the Southern Namadgi – M/E,R. Start from the Old Boboyan Road (South) car park and ride in to drop overnight...

Climbing towards the Gudgenby summit Tuesday 19 September: Mt Gudgenby and beyond – L/R. Most people have been to the summit of Mt Gudgenby, but most do not venture to the magnificent rock stacks north of the summit. We will...

Sunset from Mt Tennent Sunday 17 September: Mt Tennent sunset – M/M. Starting from Namadgi Visitors Centre at 3pm, we will follow the track up to Mt Tennent peak, diverting via Bushfold Hut subject to progress. Enjoy dinner while we...

Sydney’s Bush Club and CBC party at Hospital Creek Hut Tuesday 29 August: Boboyan Trig from Hospital Creek Hut – M/R. Walk from the Yankee Hat car park to Hospital Creek Hut. Join 10 walkers from the Sydney Bush Club...

McKeahnie Trig from the west side Saturday 26 August: McKeahnie Trig – L/R. On track from the Square Rock car park towards Square Rock. A short footpad detour to the Orroral Valley lookout. Backing up a bit, we go bush...

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...

Mountain Goats near our objective Tuesday 15 August: Orroral Ridge of Stone revisited – M-L/M-R,ptX. Drive via the Honeysuckle Creek camping ground to the car park on the Orroral ridge. If the gate is not open, add an additional 10km...

Destination in sight Saturday 5 August: Booths Hill – M/R,X. At 1584 metres, Booths Hill is a dominant landmark in south-eastern ACT (and it’s a Percy!). We will start from the Brandy Flat South car park, follow the fire trail...

Lunch on the Trojan Wall above the Orroral Valley Tuesday 11 July: Orroral Ridge of Stone Loop – M/R,ptX. From the Orroral Tracking Station car park (sealed road all the way to there), over the Orroral River bridge via the...

Cotter River and Pipeline Rd from Cotter Hill Saturday 1 July: Hardy Range geocaching – M/M-R. Drive to the bottom of Hardy Hill. Walk up an old fire trail to the top for geocache GCWE2M Hardy ha ha. Next, walk...

Underneath Apollo Rocks Thursday 22 June: Honeysuckle Creek area – S/R. A trip for those interested in finding geocaches and do not mind a bit of scrub. South of the Apollo Road is a ridge with lots of granite. Propose...

Tennent scar rock art Wednesday 21 June: Medium-Hard Wednesday Walk Scar on Mt Tennent – M/R; H(12). Leader: Peter D. We walk from the Namadgi National Park Visitor Centre, cross the road and head to the bottom of the creek that...

Happy walkers at morning tea at the end of the Nursery Swamp Walking Track Saturday 17 June: Nursery Swamp and Rendezvous Creek – M/E-M. Walk some old favourite tracks and routes. Visit Nursery Swamp walking all on track. Nursery Swamp...

Remnant snow just west of Mt Gingera Wednesday 14 June: Mt Gingera from Corin Dam. This walk didn’t go ahead last week because of the weather but we’ll try again this week. The walk is 20 km and involves a...

Nice rocks at 1270m on the climb to SH1332 Thursday 8 June: Corin Caching S/M-R. Thanks to a generous cache owner, we’ll return to grab GC22BVN Binary Peak 10. We’ll throw in GC49RVE Billy Boulder and GC1TE57 Punchbowl Pass to...

Crossing Gibraltar Creek Saturday 3 June:  High Hills East of Gibraltar Creek – M/R. We drive to the Corin Dam road, near to Woods Reserve.  We then walk off-track down to Gibraltar Creek, then up spurs to the unnamed high...

Pago Weir Saturday 22 April: Warking in the Brindabellas – L/E-M. From a base at the Warks Camp area on Bendora Road, three short warks to nearby features. First, north along Warks Rd, then south-west up Old Mill Rd to...

Little Creamy Flats, 300m below,  from the top of the granite bulb Saturday–Monday 15–17 April: Mt Namadgi via Middle Creek and return – M/R. Day 1: Yankee Hat car park – Middle Creek – Big Creamy Flats, ∼500 m climb...

Orca Rock Wednesday 12 April: Rendezvous Crags – M/R. A circuit to some of the granite outcrops between Rendezvous Crags and Nursery Hill, including Orca Rock.  From the Rendezvous Creek carpark we stay on the true left of the creek...