High Country
Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 08:00
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ERIC DRUMMOND
Going to the high country.I wish to travel from Yass to
Long Plain via Brindabella using the following route. Yass to Brindabella no problem,I then want to travel south on the Brindabella Valley Road,then unnamed road leading to McLeods fire trail,then to
Long Plain Road.Can anyone give me an idea what the river/
creek crossing is like at the end of McLeods fire trail.
Thanks
Reply By: Time - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 10:48
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 10:48
You can't do McLeods, private property and locked gates both ends. Barnetts Rd or
Boundary Rd, Broken Cart onto
Long Plain Rd is the way to go. The bull dozer went through the area a little while back so it is now pretty easy driving.
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Reply By: Warrie - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 11:15
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 11:15
Hi Eric, you could try this route along which I towed a Jayco Swan. Yass to
Wee Jasper and
camp at Billy Grace Reserve beside the Goodradigbee. Then south along Nottingham Rd past Micalong Ck
camping areas, up the
hill after this and along an easy 2WD until you hit the Brindabella Rd ie
Canberra to Tumut . Then it's right into Barnett, then Bramina, right into
Boundary, left into Broken Cart trail which joins onto the
Long Plain Rd at the bottom of
Peppercorn Hill. We then drove to
Cooleman caves to
camp. Cheers, Warrie
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Reply By: pt_nomad - Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 19:08
Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 19:08
Hi Eric,
I have uploaded full details two
routes (both mentioned above) to our club web site : www.lrc.org.au/cgcorner/data/lrc224.htm
The
boundary road route is a very easy trip, including the section of broken cart before
coolamine homestead. The full broken cart option is a good 4wd trip that is easily complete with a little bit of experience and care - its a good drive. Email me at sheahanpaul at hotmail.com if i can give you further info on the trip.
If things get wet, these
routes quickly go up in degree of difficulty.
Paul.
p.s. I'll leave the full info on the site for 48 hours.
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Reply By: RichieK - Sunday, Mar 04, 2007 at 00:02
Sunday, Mar 04, 2007 at 00:02
Ahhh God's country down there... I used to ride motorcycles in a previous life and would spend every June long weekend
camping with a couple of thousand other two-wheelers at what was/is called the Alpine Rally (for the uninitiated, a motorcycle "rally" is purely a social
camping event held over a weekend, nothing to do with a car or motor rally). The
campsite was on the
Goodradigbee River, along the road that is now closed from Brindabella that eventually becomes the
Long Plain Rd. Great riding/driving country, esp in winter when there was usually heaps of snow about. Geez it was cold, though (-9C one year I remember) - thank God for Stones Green Ginger!
Any other rallygoers out there?
Cheers and beers
Rich
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Reply By: ERIC DRUMMOND - Sunday, Mar 04, 2007 at 06:20
Sunday, Mar 04, 2007 at 06:20
Thanks for the info. Were booked into Curango for a few days.Ive done the Bennetts Rd / Brocken Cart Trail entry to
Long Plain. Looking for alternative entries. Advice on this route ore any other would be appreciated.
Leave Brindabella
Turn left into
Blue Waterholes Fire Trail
???? To
Long Plain Rd
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