Across the 'nearly' Snowy mountains to Ned Kelly country

WOW What a great couple of days!

We spent Sunday in Cooma. It's a great town. We did the 5km self guided tour with the kids on their scooters and TJ and I walking.

So much history and the Autumn colours were magnificent. I have been raving to the family about the beautiful gold and red in the poplars and finally got to take some pics on the walk.

 

Then we packed up and got ready for an early start.

We put on the "Dreampot" for our first go at using it on the road. For those who don't know it is a slow cooker that does the work on its own. We put all the ingredients in the pot, boiled it for 15 minutes then put it inside its own carry case. When we arrived in Glenrowan we had a perfectly cooked, hot casserole that used no power to cook.

Anyway we travelled from Cooma over the Snowy mountains and came across this beautiful cottage that is there for use when shelter is needed in an emergency. Stories inside talk of two dead bodies found in there back in the 1930's or 40's.

Then we stopped at Cabramurra, Australia's highest town, for breakfast in the van (by the way I haven't put on weight it was just the wind and the big sweat shirt).

Then down the other side. Incredible scenery. Huge climbs up mountain sides then extremely steep descents down the other side. We went through rain and really heavy fog where the visibility was down to about 20 metres. It took over five hours to cover the 200 kms. Lucky it was only Autumn can't imagine how it would be in another month.

We crossed dams. This was Tumut Pond Dam.

 

The photos don't do it justice.

We then went through Corryong which was the resting place of the original Man from Snowy River. Then on we went towards Wodonga. Finally some good roads and we could cover some distance.
Then we came upon one of the most beautiful sights, although the rest of the car didn't seem to get as excited as me. It was a beautiful river at the base of Lake Hume meandering through the Tallangatta (spelling) valley. Just breathtaking and my efforts to take a picture to capture it failed but if you get a chance you have to drive down here and see it.

A quick stop for a coffee and an ice cream then on to Glenrowan where we are set up for a few nights. Beautiful little caravan park on the base of the hills to the west of the township. We took this pic of some locals in paddock next to us as we drove in.

We are about 2 kms from the final siege of the Kelly Gang at the Glenrowan Inn. Tomorrow will be a bike ride around town to look at all of the history. Then a drive around Wangaratta and Beechworth too see some of the other Ned Kelly history on Wednesday.

These final couple of pics are of poor Lincoln who has been attached by mossies while sleeping.

I have had a request from Simon to take some photo's of the van inside and out with it all set up, and us in it, so will do that in the next couple of days.

Amazing day today. 402kms. 8 1/2 hours. Very tiring but the scenery made it worthwhile. The kids behaviour was fantastic.

Life is still great.