We left Pambula (should have stayed another couple of days though) via Bega and headed inland towards Cooma. The school holidays are now happening so it's better to avoid the beaches.
No one told us what the grade of Mt Brown was west of Bega and we found that during the 10km climb they were doing roadworks. We were stopped several times and doing about 10km/hr at others. The whole climb took about 2 hours. Still the sun was out but the temperature had dropped.
We had a near miss about 6km south when an idiot in a transit van towing a trailer decided to pass us around a long left hand corner over double lines. We were sitting on our usual 90km/h and he came around a truck and decided he might as well make use of the speed he'd picked up and continued past us over double lines. Unfortunately for everyone, there was a camper van coming in the opposite direction who had to break suddenly and swerve off the road, as we had to do too.
By the time we arrived in Cooma it was jumper weather, but the sun was still out We had a coffee in the only place that looked as through it was open. The coffee was hot and the service was great but the rest of the place looked closed.
We stayed in a "free" camp about 4km out of town. We were one of 2 vans at 5pm, and the next morning we discovered a further 4 or 5 had arrived.
Sunny the day before. Pea soup the next morning. Back on the road a little later than usual to let the fog rise. Checked we had heaps of diesel for the van heater and we were set for Canberra.
No one told us what the grade of Mt Brown was west of Bega and we found that during the 10km climb they were doing roadworks. We were stopped several times and doing about 10km/hr at others. The whole climb took about 2 hours. Still the sun was out but the temperature had dropped.
We had a near miss about 6km south when an idiot in a transit van towing a trailer decided to pass us around a long left hand corner over double lines. We were sitting on our usual 90km/h and he came around a truck and decided he might as well make use of the speed he'd picked up and continued past us over double lines. Unfortunately for everyone, there was a camper van coming in the opposite direction who had to break suddenly and swerve off the road, as we had to do too.
By the time we arrived in Cooma it was jumper weather, but the sun was still out We had a coffee in the only place that looked as through it was open. The coffee was hot and the service was great but the rest of the place looked closed.
We stayed in a "free" camp about 4km out of town. We were one of 2 vans at 5pm, and the next morning we discovered a further 4 or 5 had arrived.
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