Wollondilly River Station
Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 13, 2004 at 13:04
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Wombat
We're headed up to Wollondilly River for a bit of R & R in January and would like to get suggestions from our fellow forumites with regard to things to see and do within the general vicinity. Sitting by the river demolishing a bottle of Durif or Petit Verdot sounds good to me, but might get boring after day three. I know the campertrailer group stayed there earlier this year (Did you go Baz?) but there seems to be little information available about the surrounding countryside. We've never camped this far north in NSW before so really are totally ignorant.
Reply By: Baz (NSW) - Wednesday, Oct 13, 2004 at 13:53
Wednesday, Oct 13, 2004 at 13:53
Never been there a sin is it not considering where we live, i know one thing it will be hot so pack the sunscreen and the aeroguard,
Jenolan caves is not far away either good for a look, wombyan caves (spelling) also it's one of those
places that is surrounded by a lot of interesting other
places all within a couple of hours.
Baz.
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Follow Up By: Wombat - Friday, Oct 15, 2004 at 16:43
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 at 16:43
Well we'll have to let you know what you've been missing when we get back Baz. For some reason I was under the impression that you were going on one of campertrailer outings to there (maybe it was to Tumut).
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Follow Up By: Baz (NSW) - Friday, Oct 15, 2004 at 18:44
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 at 18:44
No mate it was
Newnes i went too with the campertrailers group, have fun when you come up it's a nice spot and the surrounding area is too.
Baz.
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Reply By: Member - Willie Sydney - Wednesday, Oct 13, 2004 at 18:51
Wednesday, Oct 13, 2004 at 18:51
In the winter months trout run up out of
Warragamba Dam to spawn in this river,but below the road crossing mainly .Some of the smaller fish stay up in the river during the summer and anyway ,if your going to go through the Snowy Mtns , you should bring a spin rod and reel and a few small spinners .
Even if you catch nothing , it will be very relaxing .
Willie .
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Follow Up By: Wombat - Friday, Oct 15, 2004 at 16:52
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 at 16:52
Thanks for the suggestion Willie but I'm one of those strange creatures for whom the lure of fishing does not appeal . . . but I agree that there's not much that beats sitting by a river doing nothing.
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Reply By: JimB - Thursday, Oct 14, 2004 at 07:49
Thursday, Oct 14, 2004 at 07:49
Ay Wombat,
It's very hot and dry there, not much firewood around so you should collect what you can find along the road in. Probably be fire restrictions at that time of year anyway. If you have a canoe, lilo or tire tubes they would be ok. River has been very low for quite a while but good swimming anyway. It's dog friendly, roos and wild goats around, though the goats stay a fair way away. Remember the snakes if you take your dog.
As said above,
Wombeyan caves is a good thing to do, you can camp there too (Nat'l park). Limeburnere and Dingo Dell are nice but a fair drive (close to an hour for the 20 odd k's just to the caves).
There is a track to the left from a gully about 1k towards the caves from WRS, climbs right up the
hill. Haven't been up there, looks like a fun bitta 4wding. The map suggests that there is a road runs along the ridgeline above the river from near the caves.
Few other roads on the map that can't be accessed. You might be able to get to Joadja through the nudie camp.
JimB
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Follow Up By: Wombat - Friday, Oct 15, 2004 at 17:03
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 at 17:03
. . . "close to an hour for the 20 odd k's just to the caves" even my rudimentary mathematis equates that to be 20kmh and that sounds like my kind of holiday. "Moments in time rather than just minutes in a day." thanks for the great suggestions Jim. We thought we would base ourselves at Wollondilly River Station and take day trips from there.
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