Wednesday was a washout – windy, low cloud, showers and cold. Sigh! The forecast for the rest of the week was not good so we decided to call it a day. We packed the glider into the trailer in between the showers. Julian headed back to Sydney towing the trailer.
I went back to Cooma and spent some time at the Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre. This “state-of-the-art visitor facility showcases the amazing story of the Snowy Mountains Scheme from the early construction days, to the role the Scheme plays today in the continuing development and growth of Australia.”
For those who don’t know, the scheme is an amazing complex of reservoirs, power stations and tunnels started in the 1950s.
“The Scheme collects and stores the water that would normally flow east to the coast and diverts it through trans-mountain tunnels and power stations. The water is then released into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for irrigation.” The Discovery Centre has some great old photos and film of the project construction. Thousands of men came from post-war Europe and lived in camps in the mountains while they worked on the scheme.
Low cloud over Bunyan.
I stayed the night in Cooma and joined some of the other pilots for bangers and mash at the Alpine Hotel, yummy! I headed back to Sydney on Thursday, stopping off at Camden Airport to take the glider from its trailer, rig it, and tuck it away safely in the hangar.
So, a couple of pleasant flights, but no wave. I’ll have to try again next year!
I got real excited when you first started talking ‘waves’ as I thought it was a comment on the sport of kings….
PS your Sydney weather was crap for bridge walk, run, etc and we missed not seeing you jokers…next time.