Two
weeks ago (apparently I am two weeks behind schedule) we went on a
little weekend getaway with a group of friends. I have to be honest, for
some reason I had it in my head that we were going to Kangaroo Valley,
a coastal town, reputably "one of the most beautiful valleys in the
world", located two hours south of Sydney. It was only the day before
that I realized that we were actually heading to the Snowy Mountains, a six hour drive from Sydney, through the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) and passed Canberra, to our own property, Kallarroo Homestead, located outside of Nimmitabel,
in the midst of nothing (seriously). The two places are about 365
kilometers apart. Shows how well I know my NSW (New South Wales)
geography... Luckily I was in the presence of great company.
We arrived in Nimmitabel (try
pronouncing that) around 9pm and soon after were at the entrance to the
property. We thought we were close but we weren't getting anywhere. It
took about 30 minutes to get from the driveway entry to the actual
house! Let me paint a picture for you... A dark road with absolutely no
light (besides ours), dead animal carcasses (roadkill) dispersed along
the dirt/gravel curvy and hilly road, abandoned cars, wandering wombats
and kangaroos which we were warned to be aware of (I nearly killed a
kangaroo the following day-- not my fault!). It felt a bit like "Blair
Witch" Down Under. As we drove up to the house flurries of snow began
to fall (first snow I have felt in this hemisphere). Dinner was waiting
for us (Thank you, Nadine and Adam).
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| Wombat and kangaroo road signage. Look closely at both Kangaroos-- this is not Photoshopped! |
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| The 30 minute driveway (during the day) |
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| More of the "scary" driveway (during the day) |
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| The Homestead |
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| Kangaroos! They either stop, freeze and stare at you or hop away (very fast) |
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| Our property... |
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| More of our property... |
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| The crew (Jonny, Richie, Oonagh, Emma, Jeremy, Nadine, Adam and Kate) |
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| More... |
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| And even more... |
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| Sheep fossil, described by our resident doctors |
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| More of the Homestead |
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| Good food... |
For more pics see Emma and Jeremy's blog, click here.
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| The drive home.. back to work... |
