The beginning

Hi Everyone.

I think Spoon has covered most of our trip so far, so I'll just throw in a few extra details.

We left pretty late, around 11:30 and with a Woohoo through the Comms, we were off! We stopped in at Cooma for lunch and were off again quickly. Eager to get to the meat of the journey.

The first big grin moment was when we came over the mountain to Jindabyne and saw the very blue lake spread out before us. Apologies for not taking a photo, as it would take a thousand words to describe, but we were just getting to the fun roads and I didn't want to stop. Little did I know how fun the next section would be. Heading through Thredbo it was all fun and twisty, but you knew it was going to be a good day when you saw this...
In fact, it turned out better than anticipated. The boys who are coming through next week will get to see what we mean. For the rest of you it's a little hard to describe, but it's something along the lines of
The twisty bits through cut rock were my favourite bits. Nothing like flying through a long canyon to get the adrenaline pumping. It's about as close as I will ever get to shooting a torpedo down an airshaft to save an empire from a tyrannical emperor.

We stopped briefly to rest and take some more photos at a lookout which had yet another amazing view.


We stopped in at Tintaldra. Good pub dishing up great food. Mousakka and Chilli. Hot enough for Legs and Phil to appreciate. It was good to sleep under the stars. Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night to a bright nights sky.

Today we got up early to beat the wind that was supposed to be coming through. We pushed through to Albury, with more nice twisty roads winding alongside the Murray River, before heading to Wangarata to stay the night. Tomorrow we will look to stop in at Glenrowan and head northwest. This part of the journey will probably be a bit quiet, so I'll see about posting once we get to Adelaide.

Paddy.