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Snowy Mountains
12 Jun 2013
What a wonderful trip the Probus Club of Donvale Hill had around the Snowy Mountains in April.
On the first day, the group travelled to Jindabyne via Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Orbost, Cann River and finally up along the Monaro Highway to Bombala. Jindabyne is a very pretty town on the shores of the Lake Jindabyne.
The group stayed three nights at the Horizons Resort in self-contained units each overlooking the lake. It was exceptionally peaceful. The shops were just across the road, which was most important, as fashions, jewellery shoes and craft were all on sale.
The group went touring each day to different locations, enjoying morning teas at picturesque parks beside little creeks, rivers and museums, lunches at either interesting parks or hotels, and finally back to the resort for dinner – country cooking is great.
The Snowy Mountain Hydro-electric Scheme is amazing. Information provided about the Power Stations was very informative. One of the highlights was seeing the huge pipes running down hills that were large enough to have a double-decker bus fit into each one. These pipes transported the water from one power station to the next power station.
The group traversed through very pretty scenery along the Alpine Way passing Thredbo, Mt Kosciuszko, and Lake Eucumbene National Park - what a sight the white tree trunks in this area were. These trunks were the remnants of the massive wild fires that raged through the area in 2003. The group even enjoyed a picnic lunch at Geehi flat on the Murray River with the kangaroos. Another highlight was a ride on the chairlift at Thredbo – What a sight to behold!
Members also visited the Jindabyne Equestrian Centre and the Boggy Creek Farm shows, (all now know how to train horses, cattle, and sheepdogs), and the township of Cabramurra (the highest town in Australia) where they had a picnic lunch in a beautiful setting at the Town’s look-out.
Also included was a visit to Adaminaby to view the amazing famous Stage Curtain that took 85 men and women and 31 children two and a half years to complete.
The spectacular country scenery was enhanced by the magnificent Mountain Ash and Poplars, all putting on a colourful display. The Festival of the Falling Leaves was taking place the following weekend at Tumut.
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