Australian Motorcyclist — January 2018

is a ‘locality’, which is the Australian
map designation for a pole with a sign
on it. I suspect Numbugga is even
missing that. I just like it for the name.

BEMBOKA
This is actually a real town, albeit
a small one. The pub has halfway
decent tucker and a relaxed dining
room as well as cold beer. It’s about
halfway between Bega and the top of
Brown Mountain.

DALGETY
Once known as Buckleys Crossing,
Dalgety almost became Australia’s

TH E BEST The Pitstop Café, situated on the

Mount Mee tourist drive, receives

tourists, day travellers, bikers, clubs

and locals alike. The Pitstop has

perfect views with great coffee and

excellent food.

2070a Mount Mee Road, Ocean

View, Mt Pleasant, QLD 4521

IN BRISBAN E 07 34253652 Open Fri, Sat, Sun

capital city. The head of the

committee appointed by the

Federal Parliament to select a

site, King O’Malley, nominated

Buckleys Crossing with an ‘aerial

tramway’ from the coast. But

when the rest of the committee

showed up to have a look, the

roof had just been blown off

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that everyone beat a quick retreat.

Whether it would have been a

better site than Canberra remains

a moot question. The pub is

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attached, but the servo has closed.

JINDABYNE

Like most ski centres, Jindabyne

is pretty quiet outside the season.

It still offers motels, bars,

restaurants and a big pub on the

shore of Lake Jindabyne. When

the water is low, I believe you

can see bits of Old Jindabyne,

flooded when the Snowy project

built the dam just outside town.

The pub has its own small

brewery, set up originally by

the Malt Shovel Brewery in

Sydney’s Camperdown.

KHANCOBAN

A Snowy project town like several

others, Khancoban has managed

to reinvent itself as a recreational

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green, well-planned little place with

a good pub and a cozy motel with

a swimming pool. Good stopover

in summer. You can also buy your

National Park pass here if you’re not

just passing through.

CABRAMURRA

Another town built for the Snowy

Mountains projects, it is conveniently

located up on the mountain. Strictly

speaking it is off the route, but it

is the only place for fuel between

Khancoban and Adaminaby.

KIANDRA

Offering nothing but several photo

opportunities, Kiandra is another

‘location’ rather than a town. There

are no services.

ADAMINABY

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trout, one of the better-made ‘Big

Things” in Australia, Adaminaby

offers a full set of services including

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COOMA

The Monaro Highway from the

north and the Snowy Mountains

Highway from the west merge here

and continue to the south. Cooma

is a fairly big place, once again with

all services. A friend of mine once

spent some time in hospital here and

speaks very highly of it. I’ve always

preferred the Alpine Hotel, in the

main street, but that’s just me. The

publican is motorcycle-friendly and

will let you park your bike inside. D