Day 5 (99)

Sunny and blue skies with high 33☀️

🤸Pilates and strength training sessions

👍🏻 Dipping our toes in the crystal clear waters of the Murray
👎🏻 Seeing the devastation caused by the recent bush fires

More exploring today …..
This time an epic 283km drive through the stunning Australian High Country 🏞️
Our plan was to head to Corryong, Man From Snowy River Country, then follow the Murray River back to Lake Hume

But after chatting with the lovely lady at Corryong tourist information office we detoured to the Kosciuszko National Park, the start of the Murray River.

First to Khancoban (NSW), nestled at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, to see Khancoban Dam and Spillway then to the Murray 1 Power Station, both part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
The original scheme was constructed between 1949 and 1974 and was an engineering wonder consisting of 7 power stations and 16 major dams connected by 80km of aqueducts and 145km of tunnels. During construction more than 100,000 workers from over 30 countries worked on the scheme, with a reported 121 loosing their lives.

We then followed the Murray, back to Lake Hume, stopping at the Jingellic Pub (NSW) along the way.

We were so amazed by the crystal clear waters of the Murray we couldn’t resist dipping our toes in, we are so used to seeing it brown and muddy but here you can actually see the riverbed 🤩

Unfortunately a lot of the area we drove through has been impacted by the recent bush fires, with recovery works in place.
We have travelled through fire affected areas previously working with recovery teams but nothing quite prepares you for the devastation. Fire affected properties, scorched earth, blackened trees, all the green erased from the landscape 🪾. But even at this early stage there are signs of the green returning, grass is peeping through and trunks and branches are showing signs of new life
It was quite heartbreaking and humbling to witness 😔Read more