Day 18 -20 Saturday 17th - Monday 19th October 2026
This morning we decided to drive to Blowering Dam which is in the Bago State Forest just 22 km from Batlow.
Along the way we saw some lovely views over the town.
The track then took us over the hill through the forest and down to the dam where there were plenty of camping spots to choose from.
We ended up at Platypus Park. There were several others camped on the shore but all with plenty of distance apart. Most seemed to be here to do some fishing and boating. For us it’s a lovely spot to look over the water across to the mountains. Although it was nice and sunny the strong breeze off the water was quite cool.
We went for several walks, the Hume and Hovell trail follows the shore.
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| There’s Buster down there |
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| The Koziosko Side |
The skies both evenings were quite remarkable.
On Monday morning we drove back through Batlow, stopping to buy some local apples and take a photo of the Big Apple.
After doing a shop, wash and fill in Tumut, we went to have look at the dam wall.
The dam was built completed in 1968 and it can store 3 times the volume of Sydney Harbour. It is famous as the site where Ken Warby set the world water speed record of 317.60 mph (511.13 km/h) in 1978, which has never been broken.
Our spot for the night was at Brungle Rd Bridge, 25km north on the road to Gundagai…. On the banks of the Tumut River.
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| Too cold for a swim.. |
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| 22km, then 96km (118km in total) |
