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Temp: Distance: Start time: Walk: After a leisurely breakfast and pack-up we left Cann River under somewhat ominous skies. It rained/drizzled on and off all morning and our first stop, in the drizzle, was Bombala. Wendy had rung her uni friend Triona (who we stayed with last year in Feb/Mar) at the last minute to say we were travelling through Bombala, were they doing anything, an d could they make it to town to catch up for a brew. Unfortunately Jum could not make it, but Triona did and we had a lovely chat over coffee and cake at the Bombala Bakery. Jum and Triona had just put their youngest child, Will, who we met last year, in boarding school in Sydney so were both feeling a little lost, however, Triona did look good! After about and hour and a half, we had to say goodbye, although Greg would have loved to have gone back with Triona to help muster the sheep for shearing (the wet weather is not helping their endeavours). We met G&Y in the park and left Bombala together. The scenery to Jindabyne was in stark contrast to the forests and mountains we had been experiencing the last weeks or so. Wide open paddocks, some with livestock, some devoid. The Boco wind farm just outside of Dalgety was amazing just for the number of wind mills there were. The bridge over the Snowy River in Dalgety was also fantastic, being built in 1888. Arriving in Jindabyne we made out way to the Jindabyne Holiday Park right on the foreshore of Lake Jindabyne. Rather fortunately, it seems, we were allocated sites not over looking the lake, rather in the back-blocks, but away from the maddening crowds. Although it is not peak season, there are a lot of "grey nomads" here. After doing the washing and hanging it out to dry, a snooze was had. We all then went for a wander along the foreshore, and bak through the township of Jindabyne to do a spot of shopping at Woolies. Pre-dinner drinks were then had at the Fischers, complete with a very lonely mans and his dog who set up camp next door. Greg's had needed to be re-dressed and this was done before dinner. It was looking not too flash, but not too bad either. Hopefully the new dressings will work a treat?! Dinner was leftover left-overs, with a bit of new rice and green vege.
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