Day 5: Cooma to Omeo
10 February 2024
Master Map
It was a chilly but glorious morning as we loaded the bikes and pushed them out of the lock up for a 40 minute, pre-breakfast ride to Jindabyne. We fuelled the bikes, ate and then set off over the glorious Alpine Way that would take us past Thredbo — one of Australia's few ski resorts — around the country's highest mountain — Mt Kosciuszko (2,228 metres) — through some glorious alpine country into Victoria.
At a stop at Leather Barril Creek we were joined by another group of riders
At Khancoban, suffering a bit from the heat that had built up as we came down the mountains, I decided to remove a layer or two. Pulling rather precipitously into a lay-by, I caused Pterodactyl a moment of grief.
We then proceeded to Tallangata for fuel and lunch before taking on the glorious Omeo Highway — from Mitta Mitta to Omeo 100 plus kilometres of corners climbing up above the snow line before descending. It remains one of my very favourite motorcycle roads.
Found a shady spot at Tallangatta while we lunched
On a new to me road from the Murray Valley Highway to the Omeo Highway
Pausing for a breather on the Omeo Valley Highway
The master at work
Not long after pulling up at the Golden Age Hotel, we were joined by NoRoomtoMove. And one makes a trio.
We spent a convivial evening catching up on a couple of years of stories and talking to a bloke from Tasmania. He told us about a road we'd never heard and promised it was worth a ride.
