Jindabyne

Jindabyne

The rain had started as we left Tumut and headed toward Jindabyne. We hoped we might stay in front of the worst of the rain but by the time we started climbing up to Kiandra we were in the middle of it. The road starts off with an easy climb as we travelled past Blowering Dam and Talbingo. After this point the climb really began with its narrow and windy road that could have been more enjoyable in sunny weather.

Along the way we took a detour into the locality of Old Adaminaby beside Lake Eucumbene. The original town of Adaminaby was one of the many towns flooded during the construction of the Snowy-Hydro Scheme back in the 1950s.

Eventually we reached Jindabyne and checked into the Big 4 Discovery Caravan Park, a kilometre out of town on the road to Perisher. We scored a powered site just a few metres from the edge of Lake Jindabyne. There are only two caravan parks in Jindabyne. The other is the Holiday Parks Caravan Park which is in town; both parks sit on the foreshore of Lake Jindabyne.

At this point we noticed that the weather really started to get quite cool. After all we had been travelling through some quite hot areas beforehand. But this did not worry us at all as we were well equipped to handle it. Having the reverse cycle air conditioning in the van really helps. I guess we are making the most of it while we are parked on a powered site, as when we “free camp” we won’t have this luxury.

Jindabyne is the gateway to the Snowy Mountain ski resorts of Smiggin Holes, Perisher and Thredbo. I have never seen this part of the country and was quite excited about the next few days just being a tourist.

I must mention that we take most showers at the ‘caravan parks’. They are hot and the water flow is great, something we really enjoyed when in Jindabyne, and you certainly have more room to move around. On the whole most of them are quite clean, some of course better than others, and that will be another page to write about another day.

The next day we headed off to explore the area of Perisher and some of the Snowy-Hydro localities. Then back down the mountain to Jindabyne and then up to Thredbo.

Thredbo is a quaint village with its very narrow windy streets and I could only imagine what it would be like when it’s snowing and the crowds have arrived. The day we arrived it was pretty quiet, but there were still people around and we stopped in and had a delicious BLT and coffee in the Thredbo village. 

I would love to be able to visit and stay during the snow season. Oh-well, I need to put it this on my bucket list.

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Below are a list of others places we have visited that may be of interest to you:

• • Alice Springs NT to Broken Hill NSW
  • Broken Hill to Sawtell – NSW
  • Crossing the Nullarbor
  • Free Camps – Broken Hill to Cobar -NSW
  • NSW – Free camps, Donation camps, Showgrounds and Caravan Parks 2019
  • Northern Territory – Free camps, Donation camps and Caravan Parks 2018/2019
  • Queensland Road Trip 2017/2018
  • South Australia to Western Australia 2019  
  • South Australia trip 2017/2018 
  • Victoria 2017/2018  
  • Western Australia Coastal Trip 2018  
  • WA’s Got the Lot 2019

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Dixie and Graeme