Today has been one of those rare lazy days; lazy in that there has been little in the way of travel and discovery, and yet we seem to have been well occupied most of the day.
With no pressing engagements or lists of attractions
to see, we rose in a delightfully leisurely fashion this morning. After I had
hung a small load of washing, fighting the brisk breeze in an attempt to not
drop articles in the dusty yard, and Chris had attended to several maintenance
issues that only he can do, we headed off to the Snowy Mountains Scheme
Visitors Centre; our third visit but this time so much wiser and informed about
the mountains and rivers that make up this huge system and the irrigation
systems that follow on. Just as we had on our previous visits, we were once
again drawn in by the wonderful exhibits and explanations and poured over the
relief display, tracing out journeys now taken. We also asked about the cloud seeding that had fascinated us on
our last visit. It seems that just last month the government passed legislation
allowing an on-going process over the Snowy Scheme, this moving it from
experimentation to regular process.
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| Beside the Murrumbidgee River |
We called into the supermarket for fresh bread and
lingered a while over lunch, before setting out for a short drive to the town’s
water pumping station situated on the Murrumbidgee River just ten kilometres or
so north. Here we found several of Cooma’s youth lounging about in the shelter
of the reserve, enjoying the sun, late picnic lunches and each other’s company.
The wind has not abated all day and according to the
met office, it is blowing at 38 kph, gusting at 54 kph. Tonight we are to have temperatures
of zero degrees. I shall put the computer away and pull the heater out from
under the bed. Hopefully the coastal temperatures will be more in keeping with
the time of the year?
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