Hume and Hovell Trail - Day 2
Snowy Mountains Highway to Windy Point
- 28.0 km
- 7 hours 26 mins
- Total ascent 498m
- Total descent 417m
This day was in three parts. Part 1 walking along the Tumut river to the Blowering Dam wall. Part 2 was walking over the dam and then along single trail next to the dam to Browns Campsite. The 3rd part was walking fire trails along the edge of Lake Blowering to Windy point. The 3rd part of the walk was long and slightly tedious. While you have good views, the fire trail walking is a bit uninspiring.
Day 2 - Track
Day 2 - Hill Profile
The first part of the walk was following the Tumut river. The big climb at the 5km mark is the ascent of Blowering Dam wall. The trail then undulates gently as it follows the Blowering foreshore.
Our start at the junction of the Snowy Mountains Hwy and Tumut Plains Rd.
A small flock of Gang Gangs. These used to be relatively common around Sydney, but I haven't seen one in about 10 years.
A walker's bridge across the Tumut River.
Output of Bloweing hydro electric station.
Blowering intake pipe
The lLast time I did this walk the track didn't extend to Albury, so these track markers are relatively new.
A view over lake Blowering. There were many views like this duing the day. Note the dam is only about 60% full.
We saw lots of Wallabies and Kangaroos and even a couple of emus. This Swamp Wallaby was very old and had bad cataracts. He evidently couldn't see much as he jumped head first into a bush as he ambled away from us.
I have seen a few wallabies over the years with bad cataracts. I have just Googled it and apparently they are prone to the condition.
Browns Campsite our lunch spot.
Windy Point, our home for the night. the sign seemed to indicate picnic tables. We were a bit disappointed that these didnt exist and we had to sit on the ground.
At Windy Point we camped amongst the trees in case Windy Point lived up to its name. In contrast to the previous night, it was actually a relatively warm (approx 9 deg) and still.