Saturday, January 09, 2010

The Snowy Mountains Highway

After viewing the Jillabenan Cave at Yarrangobilly, Rimsy, Jen and I climbed along the Snowy Mountains Highway to about 1500m.

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Though the snow ploughs were stored away for the summer, the yellow road markings are a reminder of the snow that blankets this region for much of the year. Even then, Rimsy may have been okay on his big BMW with heated grips a plug-in electric jacket.

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Jenny and I eased out of the saddle for a stretch next to this treeless plain.

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Dotted about the high mountians are emergency huts in which to shelter in the case of a blizzard. This notorious hut was re-built after being destroyed by a forest fire.

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Dead forests like that behind Rimsy and I have a ghostly, still feeling about them. Of course, new growth is already becoming well-established.

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Our last stop before schnitzels in Cooma was at the Big Trout at (new) Adaminaby.

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After Cooma, we endured the Monaro Highway and arrived safe and weary in the Can.

2 comments:

Scarykrill said...

looked like an exciting journey - did you make it to the coast yesterday?

Alcifer said...

Nah, didn't want to risk riding in a late storm. We did make the beach eventually, though. (See the next post).