THE HIGH COUNTRY

[Terry]

Hi Jim,
Yes mate, we're based at Jindabyne, lovely country and if you haven't been here yet it's well worth a visit.
We are staying at what was once the Snowline Caravan park, It's now called 'Discovery and the amenities are first class and at this time of the year the charges are reasonable.

Cheers Terry

[Neville Briggs]

I can remember seeing the town of Jindabyne before it was the bottom of a lake .

[David J Delaney]

I enjoyed your "scribbled" poem Terry, good one eh!...been a looooong time since I was down that way, sounds like I'll have to do it again.

[Terry]

G/day Neville,
I knew that Adaminity (don't know how you spell it) was wiped out when they flooded Eucumbene, I wonder if any other small towns have gone under?

I was fishing a stream up near Perisher Valley to-day and came across some old gold workings where they had dug up a creek in the old days, it seems there was gold all through the High Country.

Cheers Terry

[Terry]

G/day David, glad you enjoyed mate.
You popped that one in as was answering Nevillle

Must just about time for a revisit David, speaking for myself I've loved every minute I've spent up here.

Cheers Terry

[David J Delaney]

I sure will hav'ta... ..my Grandfather & step-Grandmother met at Cooma, Pop was in charge of the building of the new hospital & Nan was a matron there, nan was born just south/west of Cooma. Barcroft Henry Boake country.

[warooa]

Goodonya Terry, great to hear you're enjoying that High Country - it's food for the soul.

Is it your first time in those parts?

Marty

ps. enjoyed your poem.

[Terry]

Hi Marty,
I had a two day fishing trip here about 25/30 years ago, never really go to see much. It's a beautiful peaceful sort of place, I've really enjoyed our visit, still have a few days to go. The grand children and Maxine & Sam arrive here today.

Cheers Terry

Hi David,
You certainly had change of scenery haven't you mate, You probably have a few rellies in the area.

Cheers Terry

[Rimeriter]

One year, did spend a night in the OLD Australia hotel whilst under renovation.
Water pipes banged and groaned all night.
Don't now recall which town it was in, but it was an October three day holiday.
There was no where else to camp down.

This one is mostly from imaginitis.

Jindabyne Lament
--- the old road in.

Standing near a grey ghost gum in a valley by some hills
looking to the distance, my mind and body thrills
when I see two stockmen up on horse with cattle just ahead,
but if they were really there, right now they would be dead.
The shadows slowly creeping as they come in from the west,
the cattle keep on lowing as they put them to the test
to make the town of Jindabyne before the pending dark
will mean a place in history, this way they’ll make their mark.

The last team into Jindabyne, they’ve come from Bullocks Flat
no more at all will follow, so that’s the end of that.

The road into old Jindabyne is lost to all mankind
no road, no town or post office for anyone to find
for in nineteen sixty seven the town had to be vacated,
seven thousand people, were moved and relocated.

High, blue hills, in far distance, will still see light of day
when soon the captured waters have come to here ; to stay,
to fill the voids and valleys and drown the ghost gum tree
that peers below the water and sees what used to be.
(c). Rimeriter.
15/2/00.