Day 4

After drying out our gear after the morning dew in Cowra, we packed up camp and began the ride to Tumut.
Heading out of Cowra on the Boroowa Rd we came across a field covered in yellow wild flowers that looked spectacular. We stopped to take a few photos and noticed there were also flocks of wild Cockatoos in the fields that were the only sounds breaking the silence of this area. It was blissfully peaceful! 

Before we left Brisbane I had mentioned to Marissa how wonderful the fields of Canola look through this area at this time of year. I had expected the ride from Molong to Cudal to be dotted with the golden coloured fields, but the planting much have been a bit later this year as the crops had not flowered at this stage in that area. Luckily further south the crops were looking brilliant in full flower, and the fields looked like a patchwork quilt of green and gold when two crops were sown side by side.

After we arrived into Boroowa we refueled the bike again and then headed across to Harden, then onto Gundagai for a look at the famous "Dog on the Tuckerbox"

 From Gundagai we hit the Snowy Mountains Highway and the road is simply spectacular on a bike (even when towing a trailer). The road is smooth with lots of flowing corners, and the scenery is wonderful. We arrived in Tumut and booked into a cabin for the night at he local caravan park. The park it was looking good considering it had been flooded out only days before. 

It was only early in the afternoon when we arrived in Tumut so it was a good opportunity to catch up on domestic chores and do the washing. We enjoyed a relaxed afternoon by the river, then wondered up town to explore the shops and find somewhere to have dinner that night. 



     We had settled on one of the pubs for dinner and got there just as another group of 8 riders arrived for diner as well. We got talking over dinner and a few beers and discovered that they were doing essentially the same trip as us. It was a fun night chatting and we will likely run into this group again somewhere along the road.

   

Today our plan is to ride across the mountains to the coast at Narooma where we will catchup up with a friend I haven't seen since my days at school. The weather is perfect today, and its getting warmer the further we head south which is kind of odd, but we're not complaining.

Regards

Barry and Marissa