Friends invited us to visit them at their lodge on Lake EUCUMBENE, south of Cooma.
Along the Monaro Highway there are several sculptures with the Brindabella Mountains as the backdrop.
Turning off the highway we passed several cattle and sheep properties.
More pasture and feed here for animals compared to the drier conditions at Wee Jasper, north-west of Canberra, on Saturday.
A surprise to see an echidna crossing the road.
The lodge on the shore of Lake Eucumbene. An artificial lake, created in the late 1950s, to provide water for the Snowy hydro-electric scheme.
The lake is considerably lower than it has been in years gone by, as attested by these distance markers
A desolate landscape
Huge bull ants
We had a long walk along a fire trail, protected from the windy conditions
A small kangaroo and joey on the trail
Not much colour in the pine and gum forests apart from this native pea.
Julie caught sight of this Rufus Whistler, attracted by its beautiful call.
Rain overnight and continuing during the day. A photo shoot with Mark’s new drone.
Another sculpture near the Cooma airport.
The snowfields are only 45 mins south of Eucumbene. We look forward to investigating these further for some summer walks.
M&M
