A morning of vacation geocaching, wandering, and walking to quartz trig. Quartz was a disappointment as its just a bolt in the ground, but this was a really nice area I am glad I wandered around in. This terrain would be very good for cubs and inexperienced scouts.
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Hunting for GC1D1NB
I went for an after work walk to try and find GC1D1NB on Tuggeranong Hill yesterday. It wasn’t a great success. I was in the right area but I just couldn’t find it. Eventually I ran out of time and had to turn back. I am sure I’ll have another attempt at this one soon.
Percival trig
I had a pretty bad day, so I knocked off early and went for a walk before going off to the meeting at a charity I help out with. The walk was to Percival trig, which I have to say was one of the more boring trigs I’ve been to. Some of the forest nearly…
A team walk around Red Hill
My team at work is trying to get a bit more active, so a contingent from the Canberra portion of the team went for a walk around Red Hill. I managed to sneak in a side trip to Davidson trig, but it was cheating because it was from the car park at the top of…
Yet another possible cub walk
Jacqui and Catherine kindly agreed to come on another test walk for a possible cub walk. This one was the Sanctuary Loop at Tidbinbilla. To be honest this wasn’t a great choice for cubs — whilst being scenic and generally pleasant, the heavy use of black top paths and walkways made it feel like a…
Further adventures in the Jerrabomberra wetlands
There was another walk option for cubs I wanted to explore at the wetlands, so I went back during lunch time yesterday. It was raining really quite heavily during this walk, but I still had fun. I think this route might be the winner — its a bit longer, and a bit more interesting as…
Exploring possible cub walks
I’ve been exploring possible cub walks for a little while now, and decided that Jerrabomberra Wetlands might be an option. Most of these photos will seem a bit odd to readers, unless you realize I’m mostly interested in the terrain and its suitability for cubs… …
Geocaching at the border
Today’s lunch walk was around Tuggeranong Pines again. At the back of the pine forest is the original train line from the 1880s which went down to Cooma. I walked as far as the old Tuggeranong siding before turning back. Its interesting, as there is evidence that there has been track work done here in…
Melrose trig
I went for a short geocaching walk at lunch today. Three geocaches in 45 minutes, so not too shabby. One of those caches was at the Melrose trig point, so bagged that too. There is some confusion here, as John Evans and I thought that Melrose was on private land. However, there is no signage…
Square Rock and Mount Franklin
I’m not really sure why it took me so long to write this set of walks up — I think I just got lost in preparations for the most recent OpenStack summit and simply forgot. That said, here they are… Tony, Steven and I mounted an expedition to Mount Franklin, which is one of the…