Day Three, Batemans Bay NSW to Jindabyne NSW

Day three dawns with a bit of a sea fog, I get up to go for a jog along the seafront walkway and run into another kiwi, Mark Batty in fact, there ya go.  Small world, he is on the same bike trip as me. !!!!!

$15.00 breaking at the very good establishment we stayed in, Mariners on the waterfront before heading south in a frisky 19 degrees down the Princes Highway toward Bega.  Great motorcycling road, sweeping corners rolling up and down over ranges, lotsa gum trees funnily enough, traffic very light despite being Easter Friday.

147 Kms later we turn right onto the Snowy Mountains Highway, absolute winner of todays Riders Choice Road, we ascend to 17.5 degrees at the summit, awesome twisty roads for a steep 10 km climb before dropping down to the intersection with Monaro Highway toward Cooma.  Wow what a change of scenery.  From 17.5 degrees to 28 degrees in about 10 mins.  See the pics of the desert looking scenery, bit like the desert road at Waiouru, this is the Monaro Highway into Cooma.

After a spot of lunch its another 60 km to Jindabyne,  the scenery changes yet again, a bit like the earlier Monaro highway but now lotsa rock formations then into a treescape and browned off farmland like Omarama really, only suitable for Marino’s.  Saw a few mobs of these before dropping into Jindabyne at about 800m above sea level on the Lake.  Trendy wee town, a cross between Tekapo and Wanaka we decided.  Accom at Kookaburra lodge, bit more up market than last night. Not too many motorcycles out and about, very unusual.  Trees starting to change with the autumn colors here so lots of yellow, looks good.