Jindayne Tourist Park was everything the 2 ½ Bradshaws could want from a campsite. A camping spot right on the edge of Lake Jindabyne, dog friendly, walking tracks, Grade A amenities and a town within walking distance that also had a coffee roastery. I’m sure the town must be much busier and have a different feel in the winter when it’s ski season.
This was the closest we could get to Mt Kosciusko, Australia’s highest peak, as once again, it was a National Park and no dogs are allowed. There is a statue in Jindabyne park of Sir Paul Strzelecki, the Polish explorer who discovered Mt Kosciusko and named it in honour of the Polish leader.
“I’ve found a lovely quiet ‘day camping’ area on the Thredbo River,” said Jonathan. “I can fish nearby while you relax in the van.” Well he’d managed to pick the day when NSW Fisheries were holding a workshop at the site, on river flow testing, so we walked a fair way along the river until we were past them all. There were some mighty gum trees and some mighty big wombat burrows too. It made me wonder if wombat burrows had given JRR Tolkien the idea for hobbit burrows.
