Damn Meridae'n, I really appreciate that! I wish I'd read this thread again before I left though!
Unfortunately I'm a little late! I just got back tonight, due to some unexpected hassles and phone calls from home that sort of put a dampner on my trip, I decided to come home after Canberra.
I left at about 8am on Monday, went to Wodonga and through Albury, then to Walla Walla and Wagga Wagga and checked them out. Then I tried to go to Gundagai but due to not paying attention to the signs I found myself in Henty instead (went SOuth instead of East) and stayed at a hotel there, had a few beers and went to bed, $25. The next morning (Tues) I went back through Wagga to Gundagai and realized there really isn't much there (except for the disappointing 'Dog on the Tuckerbox' attraction), and then made it to Canberra by midday. Checked into a hostel there ($40, getting a bit steep, but it was a good place), and checked out the sights, and had a 3 hour long tour of the War Memorial (that was my one important goal for the whole trip).
The next morning (Tues) I left Canberra and headed south to Cooma, then through Bega and to merimbula and Eden. It was absolutely fantastic to drive through scrub near Canberra, and then an hour later through the Snowy Mountains, with snow for miles, and then an hour later to be having a smoke on Tura Beach with just a t-shirt! Fucking fantastic trip.
I made it back to Melbourne tonight at around 9pm, after leaving Canberra at 7.15am. So a lot of driving for one day, I'm exhausted, and driving along the highway at dusk at 110kph is scary as hell, with all the kangaroos about.
An awesome trip
