Snowys Valley NSW Australia

Paddy’s River NSW 

Day 11- Saturday 10th October 2026

It was time to move on from our lovely spot at Clarke Lagoon and make our way into NSW.

View of Pine Mountain -it is a gigantic vegetated rock monolith reputedly about one and a half times the size of Uluru. Unlike Uluru, it is heavily covered in black cypress pine and native vegetation.

Our first stop was only 5km away in Tintaldra, the oldest pioneer settlement (since 1837) in the Upper Murray region of northeast Victoria, situated on the southern banks of the Murray. It grew into a busy river crossing point with a punt service and customs house. The historic hotel is still going since 1870.

We have a look at the display boards about the life here and the WWI and II memorial.

We took a photo of the Murray Cod sculpture aswell.

Then crossed the bridge into New South Wales and drove into the Snowy Valleys region, a scenic area located on the western slopes of the Snowy Mountains.

We stop at the Southern Cloud Memorial lookout. As it turns out we had been here before back in 2010!

The lookout commemorates the pilot, co-pilot and all six passengers who were killed when the aeroplane crashed, and also acknowledges the changes made to Australian aviation laws due to the accident. The Tooma Road lookout offers panoramic views of the Maragle Valley and pinpoints the exact crash site of the Southern Cloud.

Next we set up camp at Paddy’s River along with a few others.

We spent a lovely day next to the river.

Henry Angel Flat Camp

Day 12-14 Sunday 11th- Tuesday 13th October 2026

The next morning we decided to drive to the falls which we thought were quite spectacular especially as we could get right up close to the base quite easily.

Not much further along Tooma Road we drove into the Henry Angel camp area that is a part of the Hume and Hovell track which is 426km stretching across South-Eastern NSW, from Yass to Albury following the historic route of the two explorers. The campsite/trailhead is named after Henry Angel, a convict companion who accompanied explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell on their 1824 expedition and later became a prominent Wagga Wagga landowner. Another astounding fact is that he had 16 children and lived to 91 years of age.

When we arrived we couldn’t believe how many people were camping here. We were told it was the end of a ultra marathon weekend. So we waited it out and as people left we managed to find a lovely spot.

After getting set up on the banks of Burra Creek we walked the track following the creek for an hour\4km return where the landscape still shows the effects of the mining done so long ago. Between that, the wombats, the rabbits and the cows you need to watch your step.

Although we wanted to stay for a couple of nights, we needed to empty the toilet and get some groceries. So the next morning we packed up and drove 8km into Tumbarumba, a picturesque goldrush-era town.  There seemed a bit to see but we will have a better look when we drive through next time.

We quickly returned to the same camp spot. Today we took the trail that went towards Mannus Lake, that starts on the otherside of the road. 

We were welcomed by a cute echidna looking for some ants to eat… there are plenty of the those around here. 

Once again we followed Burra Creek, walking about 2km to the man made tunnel. Unfortunately the lookout to see the tunnel opening was long gone, probably destroyed by a flood. 

On our return to Buster, we got a bit wet. Luckily the sun came out to dry our clothes before the stormy and rainy afternoon.

Tuesday’s weather was more promising, so we walked a bit further up the track towards the Junction this morning - 3km until we reached the forest before turning back.