The Alpine Way

We drove from Cooma to Beechworth via the Alpine Way.    It follows the valley from Jindabyne to Thredbo and then continues climbing to Dead Horse Gap (which is on the Great Divide).    From here, there's a steep descent to Tom Groggin, which is right on the River Murray (so you are just across the rapids from Victoria), before turning north towards Khancoban.   On the way, there's Scammell's Ridge lookout and the iconic view of Murray 1 power station.    After lunch at  Khancoban, our route took us across the Murray to Corryong, then along the Murray Valley Highway to Tallangatta before diverting to Yackadandah and finishing up at Beechworth.

View from Dead Horse Gap

The Alpine Way is now sealed for the entire distance, although I understand that it's liable to be closed in winter.    There's a $16 National parks charge paid on the road into Thredbo (not sure if or how this is collected if you travel in the other direction).

Thredbo is a typical ski resort, but even though it was mid-summer, we managed to get coffee there.   The central part of Khancoban appears to be what you get when you let an engineer design a town:   basically, a series of rectangles!

Murray 1 Power Station

Many dead trees, but they're re-growing

View from Thredbo

River at Tom Groggin

View from Scammell's Ridge lookout