Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

View south from morning tea to the top of the Orroral Valley, Mt McKeahnie and our objective knoll Wednesday 13 April: Geocaching McKeahnie in the Middle – L/R,ptX . That says it all. 4 of us drove in 1 vehicle...

Mt Gudgenby – View from geocache | trig | Mt Gudgenby from below | map detail Sunday 3 April: Mt Gudgenby – L/R. A classic walk with great views. From the Gudgenby car park along the valley to the saddle...

Bogong Creek swamp from the Yankee Hat Walking Track Saturday 26 March: Middle Creek – M/R. A walk part way up Middle Creek to a rock and a geocache, GC26Y22 Dinner Rock. Middle Creek is likely to be quite scrubby....

Blue Gum Hill over Blue Gum Creek Tuesday 16 February: Ridge West of Bushfold Flats, Namadgi National Park – L/R/ part X. From the Booroomba Rocks car park we will follow the Alpine Track for 2 km then head off-track...

Mt Coree Saturday 13 February: Mt Coree – L/E. All on fire trails from Blundells Flat. Around 18km and 700m climb. This will be a moderately paced walk taking us to the summit of Mt Coree which has excellent views...

Orroral Valley from the slab above the cave Tuesday 2 February: More Headwaters of Honeysuckle Creek – M/R,X. Starting at Honeysuckle creek car park, go West for about 3.5 km along the ridge between the two main arms of Honeysuckle creek...

… the most inhospitable and unrelenting country I’ve walked in a while Dead Alpine Ash as far as the eye can see Sunday 17 January: Peak 1409 – M/R. A challenging walk cross country and through scrub to the lovely...

Blatant Brindabella Geocaching (clockwise from top left) flowers | 7 and a half mile blaze | views from Mt Aggie | border corner U55, the westernmost point of the ACT | flowers | flowers Saturday 16 January: Blatant Brindabella Geocaching,...

Ladies in black appreciating the view from Mt Tennent Saturday 9 January: Cbr100 training – Mt Tennent and Bushfold Flats – L/E. The usual Mt Tennent walk, plus a loop down the AAWT to Bushfold Flats and return up the...

Pleasant creek sections of the walk Saturday 19 December: Southern ACT Walkabout – M/M,ptX Enjoy the drive through the centre of Namadgi National Park to the ACT’s southern border. Walk the fire trail going east along the border through Burnt...

Rob Roy from the Mt Tennent track Saturday 12 December: Mt Tennent – L/E Start from the Namadgi Visitors Centre and take the trail to the top of Mt Tennent and return. On track all the way. Distance is 14kms...

The Bog Hut site | Max and Berts Hut Tuesday 3 November: Max and Bert’s Hut via The Bog – L/M-R, part X. From the Hospital Hill Lookout on the Boboyan Road walk north to north-east and down to Dry...

Pheasant Hill, a 1-point Percy Tuesday 13 October: Bobeyan vales and hills. This walk at Bobeyan (officially Boboyan) visits several sites relating to the lives and deaths of the locally significant Brayshaw family.  We enjoy the valley landscape then climb...

View from the slab to Mt Gudgenby and Mt Mouat (The Fortress) on the SE Scabby Range View from the slab with marble along the Yankee Hat ridge including Mt Burbidge and the Mavis Ridge Tuesday 8 September: Yankee Hat Slabs...

Fitz Hill, Glendale drystone walls and Billy Range Saturday 5 September: Glendale Drystone Walls and the Billy Range– M/M-R,ptX. From the Brandy Flat Walking Track northern track-head, climb 300m to the north through a little scrub to visit the amazing...

A little snow on Mts Scabby and Gudgenby from the slab Tuesday 1 September: Rocks above Breakfast Creek – M/R. A walk  to a pleasant small plateau edged by massive boulders and slabs, to the east of Gudgenby. From Yankee...

At the southernmost point in the ACT Tuesday 18 August: Return to our Southernmost Point – L/M. This walk to the ACT’s southernmost point begins/ends near the Mt Clear Campground. We travel through beautiful mountain forest and high meadows and...

WBB to Mt Clear – (clockwise from top left) Walking Long Flat | Top Flats | Sam Abouds dunny | Fording the Naas Creek | Horse Gully Hut | Mt Clear trig Saturday 15 August: Worn Boot Bash – L/M....

Mts Gudgenby, ‘Mouat’, SH1733, Mts Kelly and Burbidge from the Mavis Ridge Tuesday 11 August: An interesting cave site on the southern approach to Mt Herlt – M/R/X. On a previous walk we came across a cave that is worth...

Mt Morgan, Mt Murray and Bimberi Peak from Coronet Peak Saturday 25 July: Coronet Peak geocaches – L/R,ptX. Provided the weather is suitable, insert via the Australian Alps Walking Track from Orroral, then off-track up towards Coronet Peak. A cache...