Category: fly fishing

The Snowy Mountains: part 1, the Thredbo

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There is something that keeps drawing me back to the NSW High Country; the inclement weather, the harsh environment and remote solitary of Long Plain and surrounds conversely clash with the almost upbeat and trendy Jindabyne with it’s cool mountain bike and hiking trails, ski lodges and popular spumante of trendsetters. For me this time…

Another Snowies Adventure

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Nothing spells adventure more than getting up early and loading up the coffee jar with a fresh grind, enough coffee to last the next five to six days. With breakfast done and the Hilux packed I hit the road, first destination a bakery somewhere between home and Canberra. Unfortunately Heatherbrae’s wasn’t the grand stand finish…

Camp #9 2025; west of Oberon

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It’s a great feeling hitting the road early on a Friday morning without incident… Rewind a few hours to my stressed state, the plan being to be on the road by 7.30am and all was going to plan until it hit 7am. That’s when the alert flashed on my phone that multiple databases failed to…

Camp #2 – 2025; Straya Day (Part 3)

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Another cool high country morning, with the sun rising over the trees in the yonder the prospect of a cracking day was on the cards and so was a sleep in 🙂 Ghost Gully with all its niceties is likely a campground I will drive through but not stop by in any future trips to…

Days 6, 7, 8 & 9; Tom Groggin to Denison

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With the Upper Murray River starting to swell, the weather crisp and gloomy, but clearing we left Tom Groggin with haste. Our next stop Sundance Bakehouse Jindabyne and then pushing through Adaminaby to Denison Campground. We arrived at Denison just shy of 4pm with firewood to burn and a darkening outlook on the horizon, our…