Sunday 1 March 2009

Bago State Forest - Feb 2009







Hamilton Hume and William Howell were the 1st explorers to visit this area and they certainly didnt do it with GPS, laptop and a fully kitted out, outback ready 4x4 Nissan Patrol.

But hey - I had some discomforts too!! - when I made camp on Saturday night my beers were only at 5c instead of 3c - now THAT is roughing it :-)

The area I travelled is between Tumbarumba (or as the locals say Tumba) and Talbingo, which are both about 90mins drive from Wagga Wagga (or as the locals say Wagga). The actual trek is very easy (at least in the dry) and about 63kms in length.

I visited Paddys River Dam, Buddong Hut, Buddong Falls and an old saw mill now in ruin and saw a family of Brumbies (no not the football team - REAL Brumbies abiet only fleetingly - they are VERY cagey)