The Snowy Mountains

To get from Jingellic on the upper Murray to the coast we had a few options  - the more adventurous  one was up into the Snowy Mountains and down to the coast at Bega via Browns Mountain. 

We checked the weather and saw that they were forecasting storms and snow for the high country from Thursday onwards so we packed up on Monday and spent Monday and Tuesday climbing up onto the Australian Alps and then back down to the coastal plain at Bega.

Day one saw us travelling through the small valleys and ranges to a free camp at Jones Bridge near Tumut.  This is going to be easy!

Day two saw us leaving Tumut and heading up into the Alps. The 8Km climb from Talbingo to Kiandra where we ascended 1200M is the steepest climb we have ever completed towing our van. After an hour of being locked into second gear through what felt like a hundred hair pin bends we finally reached the top – got out and kissed the Pajero on the bonnet!

The next couple of hours were spent travelling across the high plains (max temp around 14C at midday) before descending down Browns Mountain (locked in first gear) 1200M to the coastal plain.  Almost three tons of caravan pushing you down the hill keeps you on your toes!

Car, dog and Crew were all glad to be down the hill - but it was two days spent in some of the most spectacular high country scenery and we were glad we took the alpine route.

If your car and nerves are in good order and you’re in this part of Oz – it’s a bucket list must do.

We took lots of photos but no drone flights so I have put a lot of the photos in the video found HERE