StormShadow Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Looking around, i needed a ride, i just installed a wilbers 641 shock on my bike and wanted to load the bike up to test it out, as its tuned for the weight of my panniers and topbox loaded with my camping gear. i had found a brochure on the snowy mountains website with prefered motorcycle roads, so thought ive always wanted to visit, so lets go. Left South Sydney about 9am, after finishing work late the night before, struggled to pack the bike, as i found a mouse had eaten and nested in all my camping things, so a rush cleaning, and reorganizing, i couldnt find my jet boiler, so packed my metho stove instead, didnt really think things through or plan, just chucked stuff in and off i went. First Stop Goulburn, for a coffee for breakfast trying this selfie thing the big merino has balls now, last time i saw it, it had no balls, and was over the otherside of town wind turbines before cooma somewhere after canbera, ive always loved wind turbines, they fascinate me rest area just before cooma, where i set up my video camera, a elcheepo crash cam thats 720p at best, cost me about 20 bucks, and ive added a 32gb sd card that holds hours of videos that overwrites it self, runs off the bikes power, so never needs charging, starts and stops when power is turned on and off to it. ive attached it to a ram mount, off my panniers, so it sticks out, for a good angle. i also have a swann action cam, on a ram mount off the bars. although holds about 2 hours of video, and needs usb charging, no screen. one of the dams of the snowy mountain scheme, couldnt really stop anywhere near it for a good photo. Lake Jindabyne, nice nice sunny day, around 16 degrees, however, up ahead the clouds looked heavy dark and grey. ive been tring to take 3 photos, with the bike in different positions, to see what i prefer, the bike as the centre, or as a side with the background as the centre. thredbo and it just started to rain, so i pulled into a servo and put the rain gear on, thinking that a friend said the road to khancoban had a lot of roos that stand in the road with no road sence, and being abot 430, i decided to stay in thredbo at one of the two camp grounds i saw a few km back, yes fuel is 2.14 for ulp topped my tank up cost me 28 bucks N something camp grounds, just before threadbo, i checked this one out, and their was just a bus camper van with a family, i i checked the other one out called the diggins, and their would have been 30 campers in it, so i went back to the other one, i rather a bit of peace and quiet. It was cold, very cold, i didnt pack thermals, i stopped off in golbourn and brought a jumper since i forgot to pack one, im thankfull that i did. my old sleeping bag was rated at zero degrees, but very old, and made with a movable down inside it, i think its past its used by date. i normally have a sleepign bag liner, but it wasnt in the bag, so will have to find out where it is. normally i store it inside the sleeping bag. i couldnt get a fire going, i hunted around for firewood and kindling, but it was all wet, and was all a bit green, even with lighter fluid and 2 box;s of firelighters, i couldnt get it to burn. my only source of heat was my metho stove as i cooked a old can of ravioli that the mouse didnt eat. it ate all my sugars and coffees, noodles etc. i woke up at 4am, and their was a layer of ice over my tent. i just packed up the next morning, no coffee but washing up in the streem was nice, fresh cold ice water. looked very clean, but i didnt think of drinking it, with out boiling it. Day 2 all packed up after a cold and damp night i think this was called elbow corner or something like that, btween thredbo and khankoban, was a very nice spot, but had a no camping sign on it. would be nice to stay the night. trying tog et this selfie thing right a different angle on the elcheapo 20 buck crash cam, Murry Power Plant 1 i think it said, hydro power Just before Khankoban i noticed my camera had fallen off, i stopped to find it dangling from its power cord, had only fallen off a few minutes before hand, but gave some very interesting view of the rear end. had a coffee in Khankoban nice little corner store, with reasonable priced fuel. had a chat to a local about the roads, to find that the full loop would take me about 8 hours, so decided to go through the short way through cabramura, the road is closed during witner, so their was a chance of damage road. But it was a great run, twit after twist, thin road, not much road markings, not much traffic, a few dams, and things along the way, but not a lot of places to stop. Cabramura, think it must be high up, this road is closed during winter, sign said it was a temporary town made for the workers of the hydro snowy scheme a emergency shelter, sawyer hill i stopped off for a look at, i can only imagine being 6 feet deep in snow in winter adaminaby, the end of the road, with a big trout Jindrbyne to Thredbo http://youtu.be/ntKtaO7dCS4 Thredbo to Khankoban via crash cam Part 1 http://youtu.be/DmGUsSIjfzQ <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DmGUsSIjfzQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Part 2 http://youtu.be/cW5YTlY-dGI <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/cW5YTlY-dGI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Part3. http://youtu.be/ntKtaO7dCS4 <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ntKtaO7dCS4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Thredbo to Khankoban via internal cam part 1 http://youtu.be/scouxM4u8RE <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/scouxM4u8RE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> . . . Stay Tuned i have a few more videos to upload, the track from khankoban to cabramura was awsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Yokel Posted April 20, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted April 20, 2014 Thanks for sharing, beautiful countryside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormShadow Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 gota admit, it was the attraction up their, seeing all the rolling green hills, and scenery, i was watching that stuff more than the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Good stuff, thanks! My favourite part of Australia, I grew up in that town Cabramurra in the 1970s. Highest permanently settled town in Australia, the snow season goes from June to September. Skiing and boarding for school sport every Thursday during winter The pic in my sig was taken at Kiandra, between Cabramurra and Adaminaby, on the 2002 Snowy Ride (a charity ride held each year in November). Not my bike, but I rode it like it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormShadow Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 yeah somebody mentioned it was highest town. i spent the last 8 years in guyra, who claims the same, or atlast the highest caravan park on the sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB-Oz Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 The pic in my sig was taken at Kiandra, between Cabramurra and Adaminaby, on the 2002 Snowy Ride (a charity ride held each year in November). Not my bike, but I rode it like it was You not only rode it like it was, you put some undergrowth into its fairing liek it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Yes I did indeed take a little piece of Kosciuscko National Park home with me that weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfunkomatic Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That's a scenic area. I drove those roads in the early 90s and it looks like it would be a great place to ride. Goulburn cheese, mmm - cheddar. Isn't Jindabyne the dam that has the old city under it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormShadow Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 My next adventures sent from the enigma encryption machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted April 22, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted April 22, 2014 Goulburn must be the sheep shaggers capital of the world!! We like windmills here too, but the modern ones suffer from NIMBY..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormShadow Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Goulburn must be the sheep shaggers capital of the world!! We like windmills here too, but the modern ones suffer from NIMBY..... sure is. It sure issent from the enigma encryption machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormShadow Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Khankoban to Cabramurra p1 p2 Cabramurra to Cooma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 p2 I know time is at a premium on tours like this, but next time you're there, explore the town a bit - even a ride around the streets is interesting. At 17:27 in this clip you pass a driveway off to the left - it leads to a building that has been preserved, because that's where a young Queen Elizabeth II and Phil the Greek stayed during a visit to the Snowy Hydro Scheme in 1963. I guess like anyplace it's hard to get into it without some local knowledge (or a local). You can also ride right up to the 'Radio Tower' that lords it on the top of the range above the town, and to the local airstrip, both of which have astonishing views, even moreso than the township one you visited. Cool vids, thanks for posting! Takes me back, even though it's painful to see the damage still evident from the 2003 fires. Most of those forests were mountain ash (tallest trees in the world!) and unlike eucalyptus trees, mountain ash does not recover from bushfire : ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormShadow Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 I went their will no knowledge but a motorcycles brochure from the tourist website. sent from the enigma encryption machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mofo Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Great pictures, beautiful country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormShadow Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 yes, beautiful, crisp air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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