Oz Trip - Day 160

Day 160 – 8/10/2012 – Tumbarumba Rest Day

A nice cool night again which was perfect for a sleep in. The temperature went down to 0.6deg over night. Our body clocks were all over the place due to travelling a the different time zones over the last couple weeks, getting back to normal for a few days and then day light saving started with through us out again.

It was pretty much our first relaxing day of the whole trip so far. We didn't have anything planned. No jobs to catch up on and no driving. We walked up to a local cafe for lunch and then pretty much just sitting back taking it all in before we did the final push for home :-( .

Oz Trip - Day 159

Day 159 – 7/10/2012 – Mt Selwyn and Cabramurra Day Trip

Because it was pretty cool overnight, (min 1.4deg), and for the last couple of days, and there was plenty of moisture around, we decided to head up to Cabramurra and Mt Selwyn to see if we could find any snow – unfortunately we didn't. We might have if we had headed to Thredbo instead. It would have been pretty cool to do desert to snow in one holiday.

I didn't end up taking any photos of the day trip either as we had covered all of this ground before. So here is the link from the previous day trip around this area.

http://blog.sjbowden.com/2011/04/snowy-mountains-trip-day-5.html

On the way back to camp we stopped in at Paddy's River Falls. Due to the rain over the past few days the falls were running really well.

Paddys River Falls

Snowy Mountains Trip - Day 6

Day 6 - 30/4/2011 - Batlow and Tumut Day Trip

Saturday - Woke up to sounds of all the horses & their riders getting ready to set off for their Trail ride.  There must have been around 100 vehicles there.  Great to watch.

Snowy Mountains Trip - Day 4

Day 4 - 28/4/2011 - Young to Tumbarumba

Another 8am departure, you wouldn’t think that we were on holidays!!!!.  First destination was Cootamundra.  We didn’t stop here but just drove through a few streets - looks like a lovely town and would definitely like to go back again to have a proper wander and to get some more photos of those beautiful old houses and buildings.

At Cootamundra we turned off and followed the signs to Gundagai - the road across to Coolac was only a minor road but worth driving because the countryside was just beautiful.  The sort of countryside I picture when I think of places like Cootamundra - postcard stuff.

At Coolac we joined onto the Hume Highway and started hauling our little van up the hills to the Gundagai turnoff.  We didn’t realise that the “Dog on the Tuckerbox” was not actually in Gundagai so when we saw the sign for the Tuckerbox turnoff in 500m we had to throw out the parachute so we didn’t miss it!  The statue itself is not much to see but it is in a really scenic spot - got some nice photos.

Dog on the Tuckerbox