Kookaburra Lodge Jindabyne

We couldn't book into any of the caravan parks in Jindabyne - all booked out for our size caravan (apparently!!). Roger has kindly 'spoiled us' and booked us in here for 2 nights so we can hike Mount Kosciuszko tomorrow (Thursday). We are in a motel style unit - with our caravan parked out the front. We arrive and find out where we can unhitch our caravan. Have a quick look in our booked room No. 21 before driving back down the street.
We return to unpack from our van - what we require to the room - then go and make our lunch in the guest kitchen/lounge sitting room. I have toasted crumpets with cheese on top, Roger makes a cheese and vegemite sandwich. We relax for a while in the beaut 'communal room' before going for a walk to look around.
We return, to have a relax in our room, before going back to the guest area to have our pre dinner drinks (a bottle of red) and have for tea - leftovers, reheated beef stew followed by the remainder of the bread and butter pudding. Enjoy chatting with other guests staying - a couple of ladies going to the top of Mount Kosciuszko too (using the chair lift though), and 3 men motorbike riding around on scenic trails. After we've tidied up from tea, we return to our room. Roger has a shower and gets to bed. I'm just writing this up, then I'll head to bed too. Big walk tomorrow!
24/04/25 Thursday. Awake before my 6am alarm - at 5.45am - so I get up and have a shower and have plenty of time to be ready to have accommodation provided breakfast at 7am and be sorted to leave to go on a hike. Rog and I enjoy our provided cooked breakfast (bacon, poached eggs, baked beans, potato gems) and buffet of continental breakfast (cereals, toast, juices, cuppas etc). Then we go and drive to Charlotte Pass to do the Mt Kosciuszko Summit Walk.
Return here at 1.30pm - relax reading, while Roger has a shower. After a rest, we go for a walk to Woolworths to get something for tea. Roger chooses a single serve lasagne, and I select a carbonara fetticini - we also get a tossed salad to share. Come back and have drinks and relax in the communal area. I get a call from Raels - enjoy an overdue catchup. Then Rog and I have our packaged meals, before returning to our room - to relax before bed.
25/04/25 Friday Anzac Day. Roger's alarm has us getting up at 5am to go to the Jindabyne Dawn Service. We rug up and get there in plenty of time as we drive to where it's being held. We return here just before 7am. I have a shower while Roger moves our gear from our accommodation back into our caravan and gets the ute hitched ready to go. We both go and have the lovely cooked breakfast again that is provided by Kookaburra Lodge. This has been a great spot to stay (2 nights out of our van). We leave just after 8am.Read more