02 Feb 2012 - Badja Creek Reserve, NSW

Following the Snowy Mountains Highway south from Yachting Point to Cooma, we stopped for a brew-up (as you do) at the Kiandra Rest Area.  It’s an interesting spot with a lot of history which is slowly being restored.  Lot of work has been done with still a lot to do.
 

Rather than going up to Canberra from Cooma, and then across to the coast, we decided to head through the mountains and have a bit of adventure.  The plan was to follow the Numeralla Road east out of Cooma and then cut up towards Braidwood on Badja Road.  We stayed overnight in Numeralla at the Badja Recreation Reserve.  Once again, a beautiful, free little spot just on the outskirts of Numeralla.  Lovely and green and the creek was flowing well.  There are no facilities there except for some Porta Loos which had definitely seen better days.  But what can you expect for nothing?
Fresh start tomorrow on the dirt road to Braidwood.  There are a few free camps which we’ll check out – most of them look fairly small though.  And now the rain has started again in earnest – the road should be fairly interesting.