Kiandra to Tumut.

When in Oz. 2005 the road from Kiandra to Tumut gave a very enjoyable ride so we stayed overnight at Tumut and did the tour again the next day, many driving stops were involved and photographs taken. In addition we burnt up a lot of engine oil going up those mountains (and down). Some forum members might recall we were using a Wicked Camper Van and actually the driving position when at the wheel I can tell you are a much more pleasant way of touring than you might imagine. Your driving seat is about 12" above your wheel height so you have a greater vision depth and more time to look around whilst driving than happens with a saloon car. It must be better because we negotiated every bend without mishap. The adverse side of using a van is of course the noise level, it is different than a saloon car.

The frost and cold snap is still around here in the U.K. so a painting was attempted of the lovely mountain scenery around Tumut. Hope you enjoy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ody/tumutw.jpg


PS.

Frost forecast for another week so please bear with me and my paintings instead of the usual woodwork photographs.

I remember going down the hill from Cooma to Tumut in a panel van, overloaded and with crap brakes. ( thanks guys )

And I was always thinking of ramming the van into the safety rail to slow it down.

What a trip, I was glad to get onto level ground again. :eek:

Al :(

JJ the scenery is too still, it needs to be wooshing past at 100 kms per hour.