What a brilliant run into the bottom end of the ACT, a couple of GS's flew by...then it's off to the remains of the old Orroral Tracking Station, a leftover of NASA's involvement during the time of their early space flights.
Someone else is watching nowadays...plenty of the buggers everywhere.
We skip the road to Honeysuckle, another of the old Tracking sites...the bridge at Tharwa is closed, which is fine with us, we're by-passing Canberra to the West, anyway, Brindabella and Cotter Dam way...
Canberra's "Needle" (TV-tower) in the far back...
A bit of dirt, then some eerie twisties along the spine of a ridge into the barren, desolate landscape around Wee Jasper...the drought is aweful around here, the worst we'd see during our week.
Back onto the dirt, the going is quite good, direction Tumut....and something solid's brewing overhead.
How much fun can be had, when "waterproofing" the tent-roof with garbage bags during a gale...New Years Eve at Tumut.
While looking a bit dodgy still, it's off towards Tumbarumba....this time not via Batlow, but some cracker-roads through the pine plantations towards Rosewood before the tiny single-laner into town...
New Years Rodeo in Tumbarumba, the place is rockin'.
Someone else is watching nowadays...plenty of the buggers everywhere.
We skip the road to Honeysuckle, another of the old Tracking sites...the bridge at Tharwa is closed, which is fine with us, we're by-passing Canberra to the West, anyway, Brindabella and Cotter Dam way...
Canberra's "Needle" (TV-tower) in the far back...
A bit of dirt, then some eerie twisties along the spine of a ridge into the barren, desolate landscape around Wee Jasper...the drought is aweful around here, the worst we'd see during our week.
Back onto the dirt, the going is quite good, direction Tumut....and something solid's brewing overhead.
How much fun can be had, when "waterproofing" the tent-roof with garbage bags during a gale...New Years Eve at Tumut.
While looking a bit dodgy still, it's off towards Tumbarumba....this time not via Batlow, but some cracker-roads through the pine plantations towards Rosewood before the tiny single-laner into town...
New Years Rodeo in Tumbarumba, the place is rockin'.