a big day, big mountains, big gorge, big bridge and big storms

hello all

The day started at Jindabyne, the weather cleared to a nice day

Lake Jindabyne

The first stop was Wallace Craigie Lookout for spectacular views over the mountains.

Wallace Craigie Lookout

From the lookout the road drops (you can see it in the background in the picture above) to join the Snowy River.

Down on the Snowy

Jack's lookout

looking along the Snowy

Now for the good bit............yes i have a scoop............my next picture is one of GENUINE brumby shit. How do I know it is brumby shit you ask? Quite simple really..........domesticated horses shit anywhere but wild horses keep adding to the pile to mark their territory, and as you can see in the picture there is definitely different levels of freshness.

Genuine brumby shit

It was onwards to the border and Suggan Buggan and the old schoolhouse still standing (built 1860)

Suggan Buggan Schoolhouse

Next was Little River Gorge and Falls, The Gorge is the Deepest in Victoria, I think I must have been insane, but in the early 80's a group of us actually climbed from the lookout to the bottom and back again.

Little River Falls

Little River Gorge left view

Little River Gorge centre view

Little River Gorge right view

From Little River it was down the goat track to Mc Killops Bridge (formerly Mc Kellars Crossing)

Mc killops Bridge

View from the bridge

 

The original bridge, was by memory 3 metres lower and was washed away one week before it's official opening in 1934. It is 256 metres across.

The road out again

The road looks wide here but it's not

I had intended to camp at Mc Killops but I was surrounded by thunderstorms and with the wind picking up I decided to get the hell out of there.........Camping in light rain is one thing, camping in the sort of rain we have been getting with thunderstorms lately is another. I had visions of trees over the road and landslides etc and once back on the tar the sky opened with torrential rain, so I headed to the civilisation of a motel room (I must be getting old)
A wise decision watching the radar on the net as the area was hammered by a line of storms most of the night

Bye for now