Staying in the region

We're able to meet in groups of 10 now so we celebrated how well we're all doing by organising a picnic today at a place a little way out of Canberra that we haven't visited in a l-o-n-g time (maybe never?).

First stop was Uriarra Crossing - on the Murrumbidgee River - which is almost on the outskirts of Canberra now, and only about 25 minutes drive from Campbell. But I don't think we'd been here since the 70's!!

 An hour or so on from here, along Mountain Creek Road and then a left turn on to the Wee Jasper Road (just before we hit the southern tip of Lake Burrinjack) we found a perfect picnic spot on Wee Jasper Creek in the Billy Grace Reserve (which was officially closed still in these Covid-19 times).

 A picnic feast emerged on the tray of Jurgen's ute in lightning speed and the obligatory glass of aperitivo ..

 We even had a small (portable) fire to make things more convivial........

 Our location led to talk of the Hume and Hovell Walking Track which does wind its way around parts of this region (and eventually on to the Hovell tree in Albury).  Maybe that walk (or parts of it) can provide inspiration for future visits?

 There's beautiful sheep country in this region; in fact we were not too far from the historic Cavan Station, owned by Rupert Murdoch's family.

The land looked a picture today, especially the beautiful properties along Mountain Creek Road....

 .... and not just sheep either ......

 Isolation, border controls and bans on extended travel are teaching us all to appreciate each other more and what we have here close to home.