{"id":23468,"date":"2020-09-14T19:32:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T09:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=23468"},"modified":"2021-06-20T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T04:36:34","slug":"the-monaro-australia-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=23468","title":{"rendered":"The Monaro, New South Wales \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date: 13th September 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Travelled: 145 kms from Bermagui on the South Coast to Nimmitabel in the Monaro Region of New South Wales &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visited: Bega and Nimmitabel&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stayed: Nimmitabel Council Campground, $27 all services.<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/8HdqTRBHM5H3prP48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S36.50891, E149.28462<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Budget: NA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>After an enjoyable meal at Bermagui Country Club we wandered back to the camper for a quiet night.  Bermagui is something of a ghost town after 9 pm or so it seems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wake to a grey morning, showers are threatening according to the forecast but we head off for a walk up the river after breakfast.  On our return we start to pack up for our next destination.  Frankly we are not exactly sure where, except it won\u2019t be here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems the GPS is unsure as well.  I set the GPS for Bega but we find ourselves on the Tathra road which is 15kms longer route to Bega.  Annoying but scenic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/B1EBE5CD-1B97-4492-81D5-6CD16909EC63-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/B1EBE5CD-1B97-4492-81D5-6CD16909EC63-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23471\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/B1EBE5CD-1B97-4492-81D5-6CD16909EC63-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=23471\" class=\"wp-image-23471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/B1EBE5CD-1B97-4492-81D5-6CD16909EC63-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, 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Stopping at a fallen tree whilst it was pulled from the road added to the delay. At Tathra we turn west for Bega, the road improves as does the country as we roll through the Bega Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F324E195-B63C-4179-9033-8EB85C817BB9-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23476\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F324E195-B63C-4179-9033-8EB85C817BB9-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=23476\" class=\"wp-image-23476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F324E195-B63C-4179-9033-8EB85C817BB9-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F324E195-B63C-4179-9033-8EB85C817BB9-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F324E195-B63C-4179-9033-8EB85C817BB9-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F324E195-B63C-4179-9033-8EB85C817BB9-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F324E195-B63C-4179-9033-8EB85C817BB9-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F324E195-B63C-4179-9033-8EB85C817BB9-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F324E195-B63C-4179-9033-8EB85C817BB9-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/C424AE7F-A836-4312-93D9-A03526BC315B-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23477\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/C424AE7F-A836-4312-93D9-A03526BC315B-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=23477\" class=\"wp-image-23477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/C424AE7F-A836-4312-93D9-A03526BC315B-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/C424AE7F-A836-4312-93D9-A03526BC315B-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/C424AE7F-A836-4312-93D9-A03526BC315B-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/C424AE7F-A836-4312-93D9-A03526BC315B-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/C424AE7F-A836-4312-93D9-A03526BC315B-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/C424AE7F-A836-4312-93D9-A03526BC315B-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/C424AE7F-A836-4312-93D9-A03526BC315B-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Bega is Cow Country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon enough we roll into <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bega,_New_South_Wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bega<\/a>, finding a parking spot at the end of the Carp Street.  We have lunch before walking off to explore Bega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/51FF97D2-6195-4624-B531-C209255F2544-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/51FF97D2-6195-4624-B531-C209255F2544-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/51FF97D2-6195-4624-B531-C209255F2544-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/51FF97D2-6195-4624-B531-C209255F2544-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/51FF97D2-6195-4624-B531-C209255F2544-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/51FF97D2-6195-4624-B531-C209255F2544-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/51FF97D2-6195-4624-B531-C209255F2544-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/51FF97D2-6195-4624-B531-C209255F2544-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Bega\u2019s Memorial Arch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/43F21AF8-EC7E-4299-A6D6-8257200F7CC8-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/43F21AF8-EC7E-4299-A6D6-8257200F7CC8-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23481\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/43F21AF8-EC7E-4299-A6D6-8257200F7CC8-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=23481\" class=\"wp-image-23481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/43F21AF8-EC7E-4299-A6D6-8257200F7CC8-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/43F21AF8-EC7E-4299-A6D6-8257200F7CC8-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/43F21AF8-EC7E-4299-A6D6-8257200F7CC8-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/43F21AF8-EC7E-4299-A6D6-8257200F7CC8-scaled.jpeg 1365w, 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https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2657919B-ED8D-4669-95CA-0C3200E03AA9-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Some lovely old homes around Bega<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>To be fair it was Sunday, but Bega was very quiet.  Nothing was open other than Coles and Woolworths.  There appears to be only a couple of cafes and we only found one open.  It was a nice walk on a grey day, but nothing stood out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rolling out of Bega we fuel up, as the next service station is Cooma.  The Snowy Mountains Highway is not the busiest road and not the place to run out of Fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F2ECDA94-7D4B-40ED-841B-7BB332226C55-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F2ECDA94-7D4B-40ED-841B-7BB332226C55-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23483\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/F2ECDA94-7D4B-40ED-841B-7BB332226C55-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=23483\" class=\"wp-image-23483\" 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width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EEC5FD27-1075-411C-831C-23366D2C2986-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23484\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EEC5FD27-1075-411C-831C-23366D2C2986-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=23484\" class=\"wp-image-23484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EEC5FD27-1075-411C-831C-23366D2C2986-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EEC5FD27-1075-411C-831C-23366D2C2986-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EEC5FD27-1075-411C-831C-23366D2C2986-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EEC5FD27-1075-411C-831C-23366D2C2986-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EEC5FD27-1075-411C-831C-23366D2C2986-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EEC5FD27-1075-411C-831C-23366D2C2986-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/EEC5FD27-1075-411C-831C-23366D2C2986-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Read about Fred.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">It\u2018s a steep climb up onto the Monaro but near the top we find this lookout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We continue on to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nimmitabel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nimmitabel<\/a> finding the camp ground and settling in.  We are on our Pat Malone for the night.  Anyway it\u2018s time for a walk around town, which doesn\u2019t take long.  However the Federal Hotel beckons, the Publican has the fire going so we have a warm cozy chat with a couple of locals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7B74A8EF-FABF-49D9-8E4A-17CE1CD2BC73-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7B74A8EF-FABF-49D9-8E4A-17CE1CD2BC73-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7B74A8EF-FABF-49D9-8E4A-17CE1CD2BC73-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7B74A8EF-FABF-49D9-8E4A-17CE1CD2BC73-768x576.jpeg 768w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/21104A82-0DF5-4BB4-A3EF-785D1A26BCF5-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/21104A82-0DF5-4BB4-A3EF-785D1A26BCF5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/21104A82-0DF5-4BB4-A3EF-785D1A26BCF5-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/21104A82-0DF5-4BB4-A3EF-785D1A26BCF5-scaled.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/21104A82-0DF5-4BB4-A3EF-785D1A26BCF5-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/21104A82-0DF5-4BB4-A3EF-785D1A26BCF5-1320x990.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>In Denmark or Holland this would have been the base for long abandoned windmill, but in Nimmitabel we are not so sure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr 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(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Rogue\u2019s Gallery at the Federal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/B09446B6-160D-434B-B3A6-FD113A647241-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/B09446B6-160D-434B-B3A6-FD113A647241-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/B09446B6-160D-434B-B3A6-FD113A647241-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/B09446B6-160D-434B-B3A6-FD113A647241-768x576.jpeg 768w, 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