As though we have moved to a different planet in crossing to border. Gone are the forests. Now miles of deforested land used for ( over ) grazing sheep and cattle. Arid, dry, parched. Beautiful in a different way.
Sparsely populated, for Delegate we reach Bombala after 20miles then nothing until Cooma 65 miles later.
The remains of a railway station and stockyard – a passing shepherd told it used to have one train a day to Sydney until closing in the 80s. He thinks reopened to Canberra it will help populate the towns. He asks me where I’m from in Scotland – he’s never been but imagines the Highlands must be like the landscapes here. Lowlands more like – though a lot greener and wetter. Nice chap.
Tomorrow will be Capital….
Travelling reflections 