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where is Bemboka you ask? It's a village within the valley on the Snowy
Mountains Highway west of Bega. If you are coming inland from Bombala
on the Monaro Highway, you just turn right at the only T intersection. From Cooma
it is half way to Bega. On the eastern extremity of the village, turn left down
the track just before the Colombo Bridge. It's easier to stop at the hotel or
service centre before you get set up - you could walk back though and enjoy the
beautiful scenery of the surrounding hills. With little through traffic and certainly
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are welcoming rest areas on both sides of the very CMCA friendly town. As well,
there is a general store, butcher, post office, craft shop, hotel, service centre
for motor vehicles, You can in fact spend hours just chatting to the extremely
intertesting locals! |
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immaculate white church sits atop a small hill on the western side of town and
many of the buildings are maintained in federation style. Add this to the warm
helpfulness of the locals and what more could you ask for. The only thing is to
remember to ask wherever you hand over your $5 for the shower block keys! We didn't,
but being self sufficient with the water available, that was not a problem. One
local walking his dog wandered in to check if we were OK - a very clever subterfuge
to check if we had paid maybe? This we thought was a nice way of doing it. |
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arrived on a Tuesday night and guess what the only TV channel is 2, so we got
to watch The Bill. Telstra CDMA and GSM come in full strength. It
is an easy walk back up into the village if you enjoy walking. For children there is a large swing, slippery slide, climbing bar setup. This is well away from the amenities area on the edge of the oval. And don't forget to show the children the toilets - they are the truly pull the chain type like when we were kids. There were friendly frogs in the toilet block (not in the actual toilets), much to the horror of the children of the only other family camping here during our stopover - obviously not morning people or truly bush campers! |
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you walk behind the BBQ and tables area you will find a very old decrepit semi
rotted bridge. Looking through some of the old rafters gives a good view of the
creek underneath. Over the bridge and up the hill, you will find an old cemetery,
but it's a bit hard to get in unless you want to leap over the barbed wire fence. Oh yes this gets the 5 paw Rex award - plenty
of trees along the fence line and no signs saying he had to be on his leash. Thoroughly worth the overnight stop and extremely CMCA friendly. Please make sure you get your fuel, trinkets, bread and milk before you leave in the morning - this camping friendly town deserves the tourist support all the way! Absolutely recommended!
Just letting you know that the
Bemboka Sportsground is every bit as good as you mentioned, but the price has
gone up from $5 per night to $10 per night, as we discovered when we stayed there
recently. The
Blieschke Family |
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