Monthly Archives: January 2011

Tonight we are camped on the shore of Blowering Lake.  Like all the big lakes in this part of Australia it is a man-made lake behind a dam. Completed in 1968, its role is to store the water released upstream … Continue reading →

There is a trail through the Three Mile Dam campground that has a gate just before the dam to block access for vehicles.  We walked along this trail today for about 10 km (return).  Just past the dam there is … Continue reading →

It’s our third day at Three Mile Dam.  We washed some more clothes this morning, but that was about the extent of the effort for today.  A man walked by before lunch and we talked to him at length about … Continue reading →

This morning we walked on the Goldseekers Trail.  It is a dual purpose trail used for walking in summer and as a cross country ski trail in the winter.  Because of it’s ski trail nature it was well signed with … Continue reading →

We left Geehi this morning and drove along the very narrow Alpine Way towards Khancoban.  There are several places along this road that go through deep rock cuts, and the road is very narrow.  It would be very difficult to get two … Continue reading →

Because it is such a nice site we stayed another day at Geehi.  We’re using the river water to drink (after filtering), to cook and to clean with.  This morning Enid washed clothes and then after that we washed the … Continue reading →

This morning I got up fairly early and shot some video of a few birds and kangaroos.  I got a bit of tape of the kookaburra laughing, and also of some kangaroos.  I wanted to get the kangaroos to jump … Continue reading →

It was cool and cloudy when we left Jindabyne Lake this morning, but as we drove farther west it became progressively nicer, until it was a beautiful warm day by the time we stopped at 11 am.  The road, called … Continue reading →

I walked in to the town of Jindabyne this morning, a walk of about 7 km return.  It was a nice warm morning, and several others were on the trail either biking or jogging.  I went to a hardware store … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! We celebrated the start of 2011 by climbing the highest mountain in continental Australia today.  At 2228 m, it’s not really much of a climb, especially given the condition of the trail.  We took the route in … Continue reading →