Lake Jindabyne

... hotel for the night, in Jindabyne, there wasn't any snow yet, just a cold, cold wind sheeting over the lake. The old town of Jindabyne is drowned down there, left ghostly for scuba visitors when the lake was created in a huge hydroelectric scheme. ...

... 4,000km to go before I reach Sydney. This is well and truly turning into the mother of all road trips! Parked up by Lake Jindabyne for sunset and some dinner. A beautiful lake with several bush covered islands in the centre of the crystal blue waters. ...

... of us but decided otherwise! Aussies say you have the most chance to see wildlife at dusk or dawn. We managed to get back to Jindabyne lake for sunset. That was lovely. Sean decided he wanted to make mulled wine (has to be drank when you are in a ski ...

... typical Aussie fashion there was no check in until 3pm, even off peak, so we took ourselves off to the manmade lake - under which the original Jindabyne is submerged - and then to one of the afore mentioned dams, where the scenery was lovely and the sun ...

... top of the chairlift, its great for walking as its pretty much a plateau. We headed first for a viewing area of Mount Kosciuszko - Australia'a highest mountain (our plan was to climb it the next day) After that, we walked to view a glacier lake and then ...

This morning we were up early to see the view over lakes Entrance in the morning. It the longest stretch of beach in Australia - 90 mile (beating 80 mile beach by 10 miles!) It was a little dark but the view of the beach and the entrance to the close ...

... drought here for years, but it doesn't make for good sunbathing. So we headed inland, to the Snowy Mountains, and stopped by Lake Jindabyne at a town called.... Jindabyne. Sadly the original Jindabyne is 30m under the lake since it was in the way ...

... . We knew this town from an Australian movie we had seen some time ago and it is a neat town, with a huge lake - the lake Jindabyne - the original city was actually flooded by the lake when Australian Government built one of its nine dams within the ...

... Bath Muscle soak to relax those tired skiing muscles and all toiletries including moisturiser. The property has spectacular views overlooking Lake Jindabyne with a huge deck where Rosellas, Magpies and Galahs join you for breakfast. The house has a nice ...

... a pub or two after the big one up to the summit of Mount Kosciusko the following day and firm commitments to attend the Jindabyne festival being set up for Saturday night, complete with a rodeo, carnival rides and a concert were sworn to. And then the ...