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Tumut (19-22 April 2019)

We left on Good Friday with no idea where we would stay for the next few days, George wanted to head towards Wagga or Tumut area and once there we’d find somewhere to free camp, so we packed the dogs in the car, hooked up the camper and off we went!  Gelly & Charli spend a lot of time 4WDing in the bush with us, but this was only their 2nd ever camping trip (first one did not end well and they got taken home half way through!), but this time we were pleasantly surprised with their behaviour! We were a little concerned about the roaming cows, kangaroos and emus, but they were actually really well behaved, we doubted their ability to be good, but they surprised us both!
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We ended up heading to the small country town of Tumut, which is in the Riverina region of NSW and basically at the foot of the Snowy Mountains.  First stop was the Blowering Dam, which is one of the biggest dams in NSW, at 1,628,000 megalitres it is three times the size of Sydney Harbour.  Blowering Dam was also the site where, in 1978, Ken Warby set the world water speed record of 317.6 miles per hour (511.1 km / hour) in his boat the Spirit of Australia. 🚤

We ended up driving to the Bago State Forest to see if we could find a place to camp for the night. Some of the views from here were beautiful so we were quite happy to set up camp in this area. After making George turn around in the middle of the track .... twice! (Remember we had the camper in tow too) he was ready to find a place to set up camp!

We found a perfect spot, no one else around, right on the water and amazing scenery. As the sun went down we sat around the campfire and felt lucky that we are able to do this together. As Gelly relaxed in front of the fire in mummy’s arms, we found that Charli is scared of campfires and wouldn’t come near us!

Next morning we realised that we didn’t quite take note of how we got in there to our campsite the day before! We then sat there hoping someone else would leave as we wondered where the hell the track out was! After aimlessly driving around for a while we finally found the way out! (Lesson learnt, always plot entry points on the map!). We do have to thank the young guys on the motorbikes for helping out and pointing us in the right direction (even after Shelly laughed at them when they bogged their Ute and bike earlier in the morning!)

After posting some pics on this site the night before we were contacted by some of our followers (and now friends, after a chance meeting last year) who said we happened to be camped near them, so we arranged to catch up. After a quick visit at their campsite (litterally just across the water from where we were camped!) we took off exploring and looking for our next campsite.  As it turns out we didn’t find anything better so later in the arvo we rocked up back at their camp again and invited ourselves to stay for the night! 

Sunday morning we decided to go for a quick 4WD through the bush, so the Prado and the Navara set off for a bit of a play. The tracks we found weren’t hard by any means, but they were slightly overgrown ..... actually ‘slightly’ isn’t the right word, there were trees taller than me growing in the middle of the track! 🌳

There was quite a bit of track clearing required and while George sat in the comfort of the car, Shelly walked the track and got covered in cuts and scratches as she cleared the way! Couldn’t have done it without Peter, he obviously did more than me, but let’s just pretend for a bit that i was big and tough and did it all! 
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Not only was the track overgrown, we got to one point where a huge tree blocked the whole track. The winch got a good workout removing this and we were then on our way again. Just another reminder to always carry recovery gear when off-road, a chainsaw may have been a handy little addition too!
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So overall we had a super fun weekend. Two great campsites, campfires each night, amazing scenery, great company and a fun little 4WDing adventure. The dogs both loved it and were totally exhausted by all the excitement and slept the whole way home and most of the next day!  We couldn’t have asked for a better way to spend our Easter break.
...... Making memories one track at a time
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    • Extended Holidays >
      • Fraser Island (21 Dec 2019 - 3 Jan 2020)
      • Big Red Bash (12 -26 July 2019)
      • Coffin Bay & Flinders Ranges (26 Dec 2018 - 4 Jan 2019)
      • Cape York (11 July 2018 - 4 August 2018)
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      • Fraser Island (April 2012)
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      • Ulladulla Bushfire Relief (20-22 March 2020)
      • Percy's Place (26.01.18-28.01.18)
      • Platypus Flat, Nymboi-Binderay National Park (15/16.11.14)
      • Snow Trip (2007)
    • Day Trips >
      • Southern Highlands (19.07.2020)
      • Glen Davis (05.07.2020)
      • Scheyville National Park (28.06.2020)
      • Bowral (13.06.2020)
      • Lithgow Snow Day (10.08.19)
      • Lithgow & Surrounds (29.02.2020)
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      • Morisset (20.06.20)
      • Watagans (31.05.20)
      • Stockton Beach (14.03.20)
      • Lithgow with Liam (27.10.19)
      • Jellore State Forest with liam (29.09.19)
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      • GDT Day (18.08.19)
      • Morisset (15.06.19)
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      • Lithgow (09.09.2017)
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      • Lithgow (25.01.2015)
      • Ourimbah State Forest (28.09.14)
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