Saturday, 1 November 2014

Snowy Mountains Holiday 2014

On the 26th October eighteen club members set off on their  annual spring holiday, this time to Cooma in the Snowy Mountains. What a fantastic adventure it was for everybody that took part. We stayed at the High Country Motel which had wonderful views over Cooma.

The highlight of the trip was on the Thursday when we drove down to Eden to go whale watching and were fortunate enough to see several humpback whales as they made their way down the coast to the Antarctic. Our first sighting was a female with her calf, later we came across two more pods of males and females.

141030 106 Eden Whale Watching

The motel food was excellent with more than enough for everyone; a buffet breakfast, hot drinks, and snack for lunch then a three course meal in the evening - at our last dinner we had a special meal of Rainbow Trout.

As well as whale watching the trip included visits to Yarrangobilly Caves, Brown Mountain, Cooma Monaro Heritage Railway, Snowy Hydro Centre, Cooma Gaol, Thredbo Village, Lake Jindabyne and much more. We even saw snow! It was great.

141027 005 Southern Cloud Aircraft Memorial Cooma 141027 019 Adaminaby
141028 073 Jillabenan Cave 141029 010 Jindabyne Dam
141029 073 Jindabyne 141029 083 Jindabyne
141030 101 Eden Whale Watching 141030 082 Eden Whale Watching
141030 160 Eden Killer Whale Museum 141027 064 Cooma Railway
141027 054 Cooma Railway 141030 182 Rainbow Trout Dinner