Southern corroboree frog at a national parks display at Tumut.

Blowering Dam – 700 metres across the wall

Blowering Dam lake

Downstream from Blowering Dam wall

Tumut 3 Power Station  harnessing clean energy from the gravity fall of water.

Everything here is very big

Perry Black Lookout across to the Brindabella Ranges

Gum blossom at Talbingo

There is an emu population in the western part of Kosciusko

Resting after running the pants off a kangaroo

Jounama Lake near Talbingo

Yarangobilly Caves Guest House

Rillenkarren pattern in the limestone

Avenue of deciduous trees on the walk into the cave complex.

The caves are perched half way down a steep gorge

Glory Arch

The magnificent Glory Arch with opening at left and collapsed ceiling on right

South Glory Cave entrance

A huge stalagmite at the entrance

The cave was quite damp in places despite the dry conditions in the surrounding area.

We could be happy underground

The formation I called “The Bearded Tyrannosaurus”. The person in the middle distance gives an indication of the size of the caverns.

Stalactites hold on tight

Hallelujah!

If you have seen any of the Alien movies……..Ripley, look out!

The way out – it was not shut

Century plant wildflowers

Maidenhair fern growing in limestone

The road out of Yarangobilly Caves

Snowy Mountains Highway

Feral brumbys  – “Hey mate, should we cross the road? Neigh!”

Snowy Mountains Highway across the high plains near Kiandra

On our quest we met up with this rabbit not too far from a cave:

TIM: There!

ARTHUR: What, behind the rabbit?

TIM: It is the rabbit.

ARTHUR: You got us all worked up!

TIM: Well, that’s no ordinary rabbit! That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! Look, that rabbit’s got a vicious streak a mile wide!

(from Monty Python Holy Grail)

Feral  rabbits were plentful across the high plains

Eucumbene River

Kiandra ghost town area – over 8000 miners lived here in the 1860s.

Stamper battery with New Chum Hill behind. When new miners arrived on the goldfields and asked where the best place to prospect they were directed to this hill where there was little or no gold..

Kiandra Courthouse

Ruins at Kiandra

One of the few remaining cottages

Easter egg rock at Kiandra – I’m lichen it!

Across the land of Rohan

The Big Trout at Adaminaby – it was a very sofishticated construction

Baa-ing any encounters with stock we had a good drive late in the day – sheep country between Adaminaby and Berridale

Sunset over the Main Range heading into Jindabyne