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roverdriver
Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 1210 Location: 100 miles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:12 pm Post subject: Another Aussie Tour. Part 1 |
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Over the weekend of the 18th and 19th of April, my wife and I enjoyed, firstly an historic automobile rally details of which can be found here-
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/phpbb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17191
and as well an opportunity to look around the towns of Cooma and Adaminaby.
Cooma is set at over 2,500 feet above sea level, therefore quite cold in winter, and is the center of a vast agricultural area where sheep predominate. However Cooma was also the nearest rail head for the famous Snowy Mountains Scheme, which from 1949 worked to dam rivers and pipe the water through mountains to generate hydro-electricity, as well as provide water for inland irrigation. Alas the railway is now closed but during the life of the Snowy scheme, it was very very busy.
The rally took place on Saturday, with the lunch stop at Adaminaby. In that town there is a magnificent museum called The Snowy Scheme Museum. It houses lots of interesting items and includes those in the following pictures.
It is interesting to note that at one time, the Snowy Mountains Authority owned the largest number of Land Rovers of any other organisation in the world. Not all of them stayed upright!
The museum also displays some clever period cartoons-
On Sunday my wife and I opted to have a quiet day, so looked around Cooma itself. There is a very clever WW1 diorama as part of the War Memorial.
Some magnificent buildings, like the court house.
The Railway Station is now in the good hands of a preservation society.
In Part 2 I'll tell about a wonderful drive through the mountains.
Part 2 can now be found here-
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/phpbb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17196 _________________ Dane- roverdriver but not a Viking.
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47Jag
Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 1480 Location: Bothwell, Scotland
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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All looks good Dane. I especially liked the cartoons.
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