Its been too long since I’ve attempted a trig walk — 15 days to be exact. That’s mostly because I’ve been really busy at work these last couple of weeks. That said, it was time for another trig, and this one was a bit of an adventure. Forster Trig is in the Bullen Nature Reserve…
Category: Diary
Confessions of a middle aged orienteering marker
I was an orienteering marker for the kid’s scout troop tonight — I guess it could have been a trick, but I think they were genuine. The basic idea was I went and stood at where the mark on the map was, and then noted which kids found me. Nice little hill in MacArthur, with…
Little Black Mountain
I went on a walk on Monday with the Canberra Bushwalking Club up Little Black Mountain. Its a nice area and I mostly enjoyed the walk. I say mostly because the walk leader was quite un-welcoming. There was the lecture about emergency beacons, and then the lecture about how he’s never been bitten by a…
Geocaching in the evening, the second
I went geocaching while the kids were at scouts. Overall, a very successful evening. The first hour was a phone call with Tristan Goode, and what I learnt is I should call Tristan more because every call (based on a data set of one walk) is 5km.
Tuggeranong Stone Wall
Its not every day that your walk is to a 140 year old stone wall that you’ve been driving past for years without even knowing its there. That however was today’s walk, inspired by a walk post by John Evans. I really enjoyed this walk, and it was a good length too. It would have…
Point Hut Crossing to Pine Island
Andrew and I decided to walk from Point Hut Crossing (near our house) to Pine Island yesterday. Its a nice walk, about 4km and mostly flat with a track the whole way. We even found some geocaches along the way. I think this route would be a good one for cubs.
Two trigs and a first attempt at finding Westlake
I have to do HR paperwork for work at the moment, so I was looking for a quiet place to progress such things. I ended up beside Lake Burley Griffin working away on my laptop, which was quite pleasant. While in the area, it seemed like a good idea to have a quick first attempt…
Geocaching in the evening
I went geocaching while the kids were at scouts. Overall, a very successful evening.
Big Monks
I’m going to be honest here and say I got this one pretty wrong. Looking at Google Earth, Big Monks is about 1.7 km from the access road (which I got right), what I failed to notice is that it is super steep and that much of the walk is off the trail. So… A…
Cooleman and Arawang Trigs
Doug and I went out to walk Doug’s dog at short notice yesterday evening, and managed to sneak in two trigs while we were at it. A nice walk, although it took longer than I expected it to, with our average speed only being about 3.5 kilometers an hour. I wonder how much of that…