Aaron & Lib's Australian Adventure: Temora

Lib training Charlie @ Tumut

We left Temora on Monday and headed toward Canberra via Tumut and Cooma to visit our dear Bra's, Bri and Jes. We had not anticipated the roads to be so hilly or windy but we should have guessed as we were travelling through the Snowy Mtns. By late in the afternoon we had only reached Tumut and decided to find a place to camp. We found a lovely spot 23km SE of Tumut on the bank of the Goobarragandra River called Thomas Boyd Track Head Campground. It is a campground on the 440km walking track of Hume & Hovell. It had flushing facilities, a river with fish and a big grassed area for the dogs to run.

Lib training Charlie @ Tumut

Goobarragandra River @ Thomas Boyd Track Head Campground

The following morning we set off for Canberra arriving late in the afternoon. On the way we stopped to look at Blowering Dam. It is very impressive.

Blowering Dam NSW

There was one really scary moment on the drive. As we were climbing a really long hill and the temp gauge reached 115 degrees we felt sure we were about to cook the engine, but thankfully we reached the top and the downhill run cooled it right down again.

We had a lovely visit with Bri and Jes and met their beautiful two month old daughter Annabelle. She is so sweet. It was good to see them all again including Sonny and Biscuit.

After saying our goodbyes on Wednesday morning we then headed for Moruya and North Head Primitive Campground on the south coast of NSW. On the way down the mountain we had another really scary moment when we rounded a steep corner and the traffic was stopped at road works and I had to use the hand brake as well as the foot brake to pull Bess up in a hurry. Whew! It was close. Good thing we'd just had the front brakes done. After another hour or so we reached our destination. YAY!!! We had finally made it back to the coast. We hadn't seen the ocean in over a year and we were both eagerly awaiting the next few days.

We are staying here one more night before heading to Sydney tomorrow.

So far we have enjoyed walks on the beach. Asha has always loved the sand and it seems Charlie shares her interest. He is more game of the water than she is but he wont be a water dog, I dont think.
I've been fishing a few times but it seems I am doing nothing more than feeding the fishes. I haven't caught dinner yet. The campground has plenty of grass, flushing toilets, cold beach showers and allows campfires. It is dog friendly and cheap. $15 per camp per night. So far we have only seen a couple hours of sun and it has bucketed down a couple of times but we dont care.

The campground is also next door to the local airport. It is fairly quiet and is interesting to watch the various small craft (incl. helicopters) coming and going. It is great watching the sky divers.

It is really nice to just kick back, relax and let the sound of the waves wash over you.