Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Scabby Tarn at sunset Sunday 31 January: Presentation to Artists Society of Canberra – A brush with the border. Photographs Photographs are available, where you can start a large sized slideshow or view the photo in higher resolution. If you...

… or a long way to get a schooner of Coke at the George Harcourt Inn Cbr100 Training for Beryl Womens Shelter Saturday 30 January: Cbr100 Training for Beryl Womens Shelter. Contact me if you want some exercise on the Canberra...

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...

Australia Day lunch views to the Orroral Valley Tuesday 26 January: Orroral Adventures – L/EandR,ptX. A short search for the second SATAN command antenna site. Walk the Granite Tors Walking Track from the Orroral Tracking Station – that’s easy. Head...

Track Lap of LBG Saturday 23 January: A lap of LBG – L/E. Needing some exercise? Join me for as little or as much as you like of a lap of Lake Burley Griffin. Meet at the National Library at...

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...

… 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,...

… 33 geocaches in 37ºC Red Rocks gorge from the lookout on the Canberra Centenary Trail Tuesday 12 January: Geocaching from Pine Island to Kambah Pool – L/E . A little private walkabout along the ‘Bidgee just north of the...

Enjoying an evening stroll in Farrer Ridge and Wanniassa Hills Nature Reserves Monday pm 11 January: Farrer Ridge and Wanniassa Hills – S/E We will stroll along Farrer Ridge then on to Wanniassa Hills. Return via a different route. Meet...

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...

Wave Cave Friday 8 January: Bainbrig Creek and a search for the Wave Cave – M/R,X. From the Nerriga-Nowra road we will descend into upper Bainbrig Creek through a steep and ferny gully at ~ 423E 145 N (AGD66), then...

Lake Burley Griffin from above Parkes Way Saturday 2 January: Cbr100 training – Cbr100 25km route – L/E. Walk the Cbr100 Challenge 25km route. Campbell High School, Anzac Parade, Commonwealth Avenue bridge, Melbourne Avenue, Red Hill, Kent St, Dunrossil Drive,...