48. We Cater For All

We cater for all – Do you like long straight roads? Perhaps you enjoy the more thrilling twisties? Maybe something a little tamer like the big sweepers? And for the more adventurous, a quick trip onto dirt. To throw into the mix, do you fancy seeing some of Australia’s native wildlife?  What about giant teddy bears?

Our recent Snowies trip features it all!

During the 1.5 day journey, both T and I saw a myriad of Australian wildlife. The Taipan Snake – the world’s most deadliest, a wombat, squirrels, a kangaroo that tried to take T out, a blue tongue lizard and to our surprise a tortoise – one of land’s slowest moving creature.  Of course, there was also the standard cows, horses, sheep and goats.

As for the trip itself, here’s the short…

Route: Sydney – Goulburn – Yass – Wee Jasper (dirt)– Tumut (dirt) – Tumbarumba – Khancoban – Thredbo – Sydney
Distance: 1,120km
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…and long of it.

We took off from Sydney at 5am. The morning ride out was extremely peaceful and I loved it!

We arrived in Yass some 3 hours later.

From Yass, we winded up the mountains into Wee Jasper! The view from the foot of the mountain was spectacular. Unfortunately, it wasn’t worth the risk getting taken out by a car so there’s no photograph to share but this is something we both highly recommend!

Wee Jasper is mostly beginners dirt compared to our previous trips. The majority of it being loose tiny stones. Grip was good but it is a little longer than you'd expect so be prepared. 

We also managed to capture a picture of Lake Burrinjuck along the way.

As we approached Tumut, we were met with a sign that says “Tumut (sealed)” to the left or Tumut (unsealed)” to the right.

As expected, we picked the unsealed road.

We arrived in Tumbarumba just around lunch time and I finally got to visit the famous teddy bear place – The Four Bears Café! 

After that, we made our way to Thredbo via Tooma Road and the Alpine Way - Khancoban. As most would already know, the Alpine way is a series of nice twisties. Very enjoyable as usual! And no surprise, we were again greeted with fantastic views! 

The next morning, we started the day down my favourite road – Thredbo Pass which is a series of nice sweepers! It was than the express route back to Sydney.