Art's Farm - Day 3 Canberra to Art's Farm

Walking track on Art's Farm

After three days of travel, we finally arrived at the Farm. Everywhere was wet after lots of rain on the previous weekend and the "driveway" of about 700m, up hill and down dale, through forest and past dams, yield the clearing for their lovely house. The house sits above a creek, which at the moment has more of the characteristics of a river! More in later posts.

The drive today was more of the same but over increasingly sparse, cold climates ... and of course, a myriad of potholes!

First stop was Cooma, formerly the home of my sister and her clan. Brother in law Doug, was the local police sergeant and led snow-related rescues in the Snowy Mountains. Sue found me a hipster cafe which had ordinary coffee at extraordinary prices and very cool dudes. Not sure what they made of the old guy in checked flannel who sat on the undisclosed wet patch. Literally. A kid had wet himself immediate before my occupancy and they had soaked the seat cushion in trying to clean it. I was led to the spot and it squished up through my Levis. My $8 cup (not mug) of mocha contributed to my short stay. 

Lake Williams, Nimmitabel

Sue, meanwhile, went for a walk of part of the main street.

We stopped at Lake Williams in Nimmitabel for lunch. Its an attractive wetland which has been established as a rest stop for travellers. Nice spot, although today it was cold and windy and recent flooding had taken its toll but it would be unfair to judge it on weather related factors. Nimmitabel itself has a frontier feel.

Today's photos

The landscape had changed to undulating, open fields with few fences and fewer trees. It wasn't hard to imagine theses slopes covered in snow.

From here, the Monaro Highway took us south, ever closer to Victoria until we refueled at Bombala - petrol and ice creams - and struck out to the east. It wasn't long before it was all mountain work on a narrow roads which climbed and fell alternatively as we gradually made a descent to the coastal hinterland and the farm.