BEGA TO COOMA, NSWTEAR-OUT MAP #59
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his route includes one of
Australia’s favourite motorcycle
roads, Brown Mountain. While I can
remember when a lot of these
roads were gravel, or at best
haphazardly tarred, all of this
route is now well surfaced.
Head north from Bega along the
Princes Highway to the Snowy
Mountains Highway turnoff just north
of town. The road is fun and relatively
lightly travelled, and becomes a lot
of fun when you reach the scarp of
the Great Dividing Range and Brown
Mountain. Once a bit of a scare
ride due to the masses of leaf litter
deposited on the road, especially in
corners, it is now squeaky clean and
beautifully maintained. It looks as if
they sweep it...
Continue north, and turn left at the
junction with the Monaro Highway
towards Bombala. Don’t miss the
turnoff to the right leading to Dalgety
and Jindabyne; some maps still
have this as partly gravel, but it is all
surfaced now. In Dalgety, turn left and
then right opposite the pub, crossing
the Snowy River. This road meets the
COLLECT THEM ALLBarry Way just outside Jindabyne; turn
right to get to town.
From Jindabyne, take the Thredbo
road and continue to follow the
Snowy Mountains Way through Tom
Groggin and Geehi (once again just
localities) to Khancoban. Carry on
straight ahead and take the right turn
to Cabramurra/Kiandra. This road
is occasionally closed in winter. Turnright at the Cabramurra junction
and right again when the road meets
the Snowy Mountains Highway at
Kiandra. It’s pretty much all the way
downhill from here to Adaminaby
and eventually Cooma.
I haven’t made much of a big deal
about the wonderful roads for the
simple reason that every road here
is wonderful; go and see.