Today was a day of travel. I travelled 640km today from Morwell, Victoria to Canberra where I am staying the night.

I slept in a bit and only left Morwell at ten to nine. I travelled to Bairnsdale where I had morning tea and a quick walk around.

Water tower, Bairnsdale

St Mary’s Catholic Church, Bairnsdale

War Memorial Bairnsdale

Then I continued to travel east through Gippsland until I came to Cann River. This was a good place to stop for lunch.

Regrowth on the trees at Tostaree after the bushfires. The new growth looks amazing the way is wraps around the trunks and branches and creating all sorts of patterns on the trees. (Click image to get a better view)

A timber truck going through Cann River

The Cann River Hotel

The Cann River from the bridge in Cann River…

Shortly after lunch, I headed north on the Monaro Hway crossing into NSW at 2pm. I took delight in watching the elevation on my GPS with it peaking at 1,118m just south of Nimmitabel. I was thinking “Wow, that’s more than a kilometre above the sea.”

I snapped this as I was driving through southern NSW.

The countryside at 1100m elevation on the Monaro Hway just south of Nimmitabel, NSW.

Soon after this I came to the town of Cooma where I stopped off at Macdonalds for a coffee. I was lucky because I was offered some pastries that had just gone over their time for free. I then continued on the road until I reached my motel in Canberra. I used a web site to book my motel and for the hell of it, I picked a mystery motel in Canberra. I ended up at Rydges which is a bit more upmarket than the other motels I have been staying at. And all for the same price!

My motel room for the night – Rydges Eagle Hawk Resort Canberra