GOOD SNOWY MOUNTAIN SPOTS?

ZR which way will you be coming from, and which part are you interested in going to. There are so many places, suggest you get out a map. Everywhere is going to be busy over New Year.
Three Mile Dam is great, but imagine over New Year hmmm probably busy like everywhere else. Yarrangobilly Caves and Kiandra are close at hand, and there are some walking tracks from Three Mile Dam that are easy and interesting.

We have mapps and actualy the places we looked at were Three Mile and Yarrangobilly. But maps dont tell you much. Just that there is a camp area. We will probably be there from 27thDec to the 4thJan.....so yeah busy.

ZR Three Mile is great and have no hesitations whatsoever recommending it. Lots to do and look at in the immediate surrounding area. Fishing is also good.

There was about 3 tents at 3mile dam at that time last year, and plenty of flies.

The alpine country everywhere all over the world have lots of flies/midges in summer. The friend next door that often comes with us has 6 plastic fly traps that he fills with some foul brew he makes up and puts around the camp. After the first day, the flies reduce dramatically and the second day onwards there are hardly any. It is like over fishing.
I am always amazed at how well they work and how many flies they catch.

_PLEASE_ David Au ask him to share his secret recipe with us :)
I hate bloody flies.

Mike Harding

Mike I am with you all the way - hate flies. Why the hell are they here!
The traps he uses are only el-cheapo yellow and transparent things bought from a store. Nothing at all sophisticated. You put the bait inside, the flies are attracted to it, they get trapped inside and die. The top is yellow, the bottom is transparent. I am often amazed at how quickly the trap attracts and gets filled with flies. I will ask him when he gets back next week.

Gee Guys, all this complaining about flies.....sounds like you should be coming up to Birdsville - there's hardly any here at the moment !

I can't find 3 Mile on the map...can anyone give me some pointers or a lat/long

As you can see there are heaps of places to park next to the water where it is marked. Also the road that goes down the right hand side of the dam. Great spot
Map 1 link
Map 2 link

....river crossing
my friend has an 4WD 1991 subaru liberty...I have a Forester (stock issure)

If this a creek crossing of a RIVER crossing

Uhhmm... mmmmm.

Well..... depending on the time of year and recent rains, I have seen the Murray crossing at Tom Groggin as low as 40 cm and as deep as a metre and flowing reasonably fast. Might be a bit tricky in a Suby I guess.....

There is another way over through the Tom Groggin estate (back towards Khancoban a bit) over their ford, but i'm not sure that they are keen on passing travellers......

you could cross the murray on the causeway where the driveway into the station is and then take a turn left following the track out of there. If the river is low it is a pretty goos crossing and not that long. If coming form the NSW side you would be travelling downstream for about 20 mtrs.

The campground at Yarangobilly is next to the highway at the homestead. Nice spot though!

madcow

I've always taken the river, and didn't know that you could cross the ford at Tom Groggin Station and chuck a left without going through to their place. Nice to know!

Thanks :)
Chris

It has been a while since I have been there but I am pretty sure you follow the Davies high plains signs and you will come to the river crossing after turning left once through the property. Someone will probably correct me though. The owners are good friends of a mate and i will pick their brains next time we meet. Did you know you can stay on the station? There is a fee! Not sure how much but it cost $20.00 per adult to stay in the lodge when they recently held a grasstrack race ( motorbikes) about 6 weeks ago.

Sheesh! I mentioned "Dry Plains" before...sorry..my fault. That's where our property in Cooma is. Silly me....

I meant "Davies High Plain".

Hope that might clear up the confusion.....

Did someone mention motorbikes, where about was the grasstrack held was it on private property.

Madcow:

so from NSW you drive following Davies high plains signs and then,like you are entering the station but on crossing the river you chuck a left and drive for 20 meters or so then turn onto a track leading off to the campsite.

So my best choices so far are realy
a) 3 mile dam
b) Davies high Plains

you turn off the alpine way to Tom Groggin Station. There are signposts directing you to the Davies High Plains track. Once you leave the property I am pretty sure their is a track leading to the left that will take you to the river crossing. There is a small campsite next to the murray there. As I mentioned before it has been a while since I have been there. You can access the crossing from the alpine Way as well from the NSW side.

Cheers time to knock off.