Part 7......... heading for home

 After we left Cooma, we headed north and then west in an effort to be home by Friday. We had planned for 4 weeks on the road, but received invitations to 2 birthday parties in 3 weeks time. We could easily have spent another week away to see more of the Snowy scheme, so perhaps this will be a trip for another time??

We were on the road north towards Tumut, on the Snowy Mountain Highway. This road was very windy and steep up through the mountains, with some treeless areas interspersed with forests, and then down the other side and into Tumut.

There was obvious sign of fire in the trees at some time in the past...........

We stopped off at the pretty little town of Talbinga, where there was another dam and Hydro station 3.

Then it was back on the highway until we came across the Blowering dam and wall. 

We found a pretty little spot to stop for lunch beside a creek. 

From there, it was back onto the highway again and into Tumut. We had left the mountains behind and the countryside was changing to farmland instead of many trees.

Tumut was a pretty little town and many of the trees were showing their autumn glory. 

We kept going from here and headed to Adelong and across the Hume highway and down to Albury/Wodonga. It was time to stop again and we returned to the Park that we had stayed at on the way over. The van stayed connected to the car, ready for a quick departure in the morning. 

The following 2 maps show our route, as we left New South Wales and the Snowy Mountains and returned to Victoria.

I will be back for the last instalment of our trip in the next post. Home was not far away now.

Blessings, From Jude