The Droughtbreakers

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Thursday 31/1/2008.
Decided to stop messin' around and head-off. Left Newcastle at 16:45. Headed south under the Harbour. South of Sydney the rain started, we set-up camp in the rain near Currarong. Beautiful spot. Friday, into Honeymoon Bay near Point Perpendicular on Jervis Bay - more rain. Put the boat in and fished, tried out the new boat wheels.
Sunday arvo, headed up the Shoalhaven River to Grady's Riverside Retreat. Only two other campers there. Rained all night.
Monday, put the raincoats on and boated on the river. Rained all day.
Tuesady, packed-up in pouring rain. Headed off towards Nowra past rock falls and along flooded roads. Could not find a way back to Nowra that was not flooded. Found the SES who told us of a detour back to the highway. Wow, talk about high drama. Headed south to find a way westward to get out of the rain. Arrived in Cooma without rain falling. Purchased our first fuel. Onwards towards Kiandra in the Snowy Mountains. Set-up camp and dried off.
Wednesday, walked along the Eucumbene River spotting trout. Very cold wind and rain arrived at about 17:00. Flogged down all night.
Thursday, 4WD back to the Snowy Mountains Highway at 09:00. Via Cabramurra and Khancoban to camp on the Murray River at Towong. So far, only one rain squall for the day. It's almost like a drought.

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Comments

[maggie]

So it's your fault for all this rain, droughtbreakers. Not a great start to your adventures but surely it willl be dry soon. Good luck.