Saturday 1 March 2014

Heading up

With a long way to go, we started early whilst it was still dark. We are heading into the Snowy mountains. Our first stop was in Nimmitabel to make some early morning coffee. It was misty outside, we'd been driving up into the hills and it was freezing! Driving on we reached Cooma, across a huge open plateau, which was covered in moors. Our next stop was Jindabyne to grab some information from the tourist office and fill up with breakfast. Baked beans heated up in our camp stove, great! From here we back tracked a little and headed for Adaminaby, near a huge lake. Interesting little town, very quiet like a ghost town. Onwards again to the Thermal pool at Yarrangbilly caves.

We took a dip in the pools, which were very refreshing, though not too hot, about 27 degrees. As we walked back to the car park along a beautiful river, we picked ripe blackberries along the side of the track. Guess what we're having for dessert tonight?

Time to look for a camping spot. The first we tried was a little exposed so we moved on. Next we found a wonderful spot near a little creek (steam) and it was perfect.