RV FEATURE
DAY 8
Club members have lunch at the Seahorse Inn.
DAY 7
EDEN TO COOMA
It was time to move on to our next destination, Cooma. We left Eden about 10am, taking the Princess Highway to Kingswood before turning onto the Snowy Mountains Highway. It was a sunny morning but as we approached the Great Divide, thick fog set in, making the windy climb through the mountains somewhat slower than anticipated.
On reaching the other side safely, the fog was gone. It was approaching lunch time and after going through the hills, a break was needed so we stopped at the small town of Nimmitabel, which had a good traveller’ s rest area with ample parking for us all. At Cooma, we booked in and relaxed for the remainder of the afternoon. We had our traditional happy hour before heading off to Mount Gladstone Lookout to take in the sunset and its spectacular views of the Monaro Plains. The sunset was a great way to finish the day.
COOMA
Our morning was taken up by a visit to Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre in Cooma. The centre provided an excellent history of the Snowy Scheme. Over the course of construction, more than 100,000 people from more than 30 countries worked on the scheme. It drove a wave of engineering innovation. It introduced the development of‘ rockbolting’, a safer and cheaper alternative to concrete lining for supporting rock in tunnel walls.
In 1960,‘ Snocom’ was Australia’ s first transistorised computer and one of the first dozen or so computers in the world. It helped ensure the scheme was completed on-time and within budget by completing engineering and design calculations. Safety practices on the scheme were well ahead of comparable projects around the world at that time.
After lunch, we explored the town of Jindabyne. Our first stop was the Snowy Region Visitor Centre run by the New South Wales Parks Service. The centre provide a short video on Kosciusko National Park, its Aboriginal heritage and wildlife.
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