After leaving Albury, we diverted from The Hume Highway and headed towards Culcain and Henty. Outside Henty is a wooden man carved by an itinerant worker during the depression. It was burnt down in the bushfires and the town decided to restore it. It celebrates the men who had to travel from town to town after the war looking for work.
After passing through Wagga Wagga, we returned to the Hume Highway just before Gundagai. The old highway and the railway used to pass over the flood plains on wooden trestle bridges. These two bridges have gradually fallen into disrepair and have now been left as historic ruins.
Five miles from Gundagai, is the famous dog on the tuckerbox memorial.
As night began to colour the sky in a spectacular way, we began our final night at the little town of Jugiong. Jugiong was originally on the Hume Highway and as a long straight stretch of the road it was a favourite spot for motorists to speed. Police used to sit behind the poplar trees and catch them in droves. Now, bypassed by the new freeway, it essentially has died. There is a beautiful old hotel, a store, a motel and a showground. The showground has been opened to travellers who are self contained. There is no power, but clean rest rooms and fresh water. An honesty box is supplied for donations to help keep it open. We were pleasantly suprised by the number of campers at the site and it seemed everyone was a return camper.
We decided to eat out at the pub and enjoyed the best wood fired pizzas and a glass of the local beer.
The full moon rose and bathed everything in its silvery glow. A fitting image for our final night.
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