Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog

Blue-green hills from Mt Tennent Tuesday 31 January: Mt Tennent – L/E. A morning walk up Mt Tennent. Around 14km and 800m. Approximately 4 hours. Bring plenty of water and morning tea. Map: Williamsdale. Leader: John Evans 0417 436 877...

Crumbling ‘Calvary’ Monday 23 January: ‘Calvary’ caching – L/E. A ride from home along Point Hut Rd and Tidbinbilla Rd to the Paddys River bridge for geocache GC5P120 Paddy’s Pass. Then in through the TSR to ‘Calvary’ for GC6XDQ2 Crumbling...

Orroral River from Orroral Tor Saturday 21 January: Dawn sortie, Orroral Tor – S/M. Taking inspiration from an idea of Terence U, this walk starts and finishes early to avoid the heat. From Orroral campground we follow a pleasant track...

Tabletop Mountain from the Four Mile Trail (Friday late arvo) Saturday–Sunday 14–15 January: 9 Mile Diggings – Tabletop Mtn – M/M. Day 1: Kiandra – 9 Mile Diggings – Broken Dam Hut. Day 2: Tabletop Mtn and 4 Mile Hut...

The view from Granite site 5 overlooking Corin Dam Tuesday 10 January: McKeahnie Trig, Namadgi National Park –  M/R. The walk starts at Kangaroo Creek four kilometres before Corin Dam. We’ll climb to McKeahnie Trig, visiting a number of granite...

Under the Southern Buttress of Booroomba Rocks Tuesday 3 January: The compleat Booroomba Rocks – cliffs, top and butt – S/M. From the Booroomba Rocks car park, walk the Booroomba Rocks Walking Trail to the cliff top. Then off-track to...

De Salis Cemetery Monday evening 2 January: Southside Stroll to de Salis Cemetery – S/E. The de Salis cemetery at Tharwa is a unique, dry-stone wall enclosed burial site for the area’s pioneers of the late nineteenth century. The placement...