Friday 20
December - 280 067
After packing
down again we headed north on the Alpine Way to the Murray 1 Power Station
viewing area. Unfortunately, there are
no tours running, but it was still an impressive sight. Khancoban was a tiny, but tidy town undergoing
renovation of the shopping area.
Continuing
north, our first walk was to Patons Hut.
The path was through lovely woodlands with dappled shade on the path. https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/walking-tracks/patons-hut-walking-track
Next up we
set off for Round Mountain Hut – unfortunately our brains were affected by the 38
degree heat, and we forgot to check the directions. So, we took a hot but pretty walk through the
countryside. On arriving back at the car
and checking our directions we found we had gone within a few hundred metres of
the hut, but not realised that it was not on Round Mountain Road, but a side
road off this. The side road was clearly
marked with its name but did not indicate that this was the way to Round
Mountain Hut.
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| A hut beside Alpine Way |
We stopped in
Cabramurra to make phone calls and book our Yarrangobilly Cave tours for
tomorrow. Cabramurra is a Snowy Hydro
town, which looks very much like a military barracks. https://www.snowyhydro.com.au/our-scheme/visit-the-scheme/cabamurra-australias-highest-town/
Our planned
campground at Bullocks Hill was pretty but very much a horse campground with
horse manure everywhere – you literally had to check every step you took. So, we drove on to Yarrangobilly Village
campground – I liked this spot, but Drew and Hayden did not. So, we drove on. We have camped for the night at Jounama Creek
Campground.
After setting up we had a
delightful swim that got our body temperatures back down. We fell asleep to the sound of the creek
flowing past our camper. Tomorrow I will
need to do some research on the walks in this area as we are now camping in an area
that I didn’t know we were going to spend time in.
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