hey man!
I wouldn’t be opposed to it, but think I’ll be gone by Friday enroute to Canberra. I miiiiight be there Friday night, not sure yet. I’m also gonna be trying to camp in 4wd access only sites, so dunno if that’ll work…?
when i walked up to the top of kosciuszko there were old folks and kids in prams up there, which leads me to believe you should be able to walk without too much pressure on your dickie knee. and you should, if you can, because it feels pretty cool being up there. i climbed on top of the cairn and i was, at that moment, the highest point in the country.
haha and I’m sure you would’ve loved that!! 
I have been to the top of kosciuszko before, back when Laura was living in Canberra.
is indeed very manageable, but might give it a miss on this trip, see how I go I guess. thx brenno.
To be honest. It’s not an amazing walk anyway.
Hi Rolly! more suggestions for you.
if you’re coming all the way up from Victoria on Barry Way through Suggen Buggen, you could cut over to the Davies Plain track and come out at Tom Groggin. I did that track last Christmas in a mate’s stock standard Prado and it was fine (still challenging, i’m pretty inexperienced off road). My suggestion:
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Suggen Buggen to Limestone Creek campground to stay the first night. This is 4x4 access only (i think), so a really nice quiet campground, although i was woken up by a herd of brumbies in the middle of the night.
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Limestone Creek campground to Tom Groggin to stay the second night. This goes over the Davies plain track, which is a really picturesque and pretty isolated 4x4 track. I think it took me about 4 or so hrs to do this distance, going really slowly and stopping a lot to take in the scenery.
You’d have to cross the Murray at the end to get to Tom Groggin, but this time of year it’s pretty easy if there hasn’t been too much rain. Tom Groggin campround is really nice too. It’s huge so even on a long weekend you can find a spot hundreds of meters away from any bogans that may be there!
here’s a map http://www.fwdvictoria.org.au/iconic4wd/downloads/info/info_davies.pdf
Driving Tom Groggin to CBR is easily doable in a day too
These names, when removed from their actual context, are freakin’ hilarious. This sentence is rad.
oh man, that looks ace!!
i’m all booked up for croajingolong though, going via Suggan Buggan (lol) would be a lot of backtracking unfortunately. i’d also be hesitant to do that track solo. it’s been pretty wet up there according to the lady i spoke to at the jindabyne info centre yesterday. lots of trees down and roads are single track in a lot of spots, pretty slippery etc.
without a winch i’d be hesitant to go it solo…
i might ask about it once i get into the park though, could be sweet doing a section of it maybe.
thanks man!!
You reckon Duggan has been to Suggen Buggen?
probably went bike packing there.
I bikepacked my way through Suggan Buggan coming from Canberra via Jindy, it snowed in the day so I hid in my bivy and made a fire at the campsite there. Amazing campsites along the Barry way, probs the best road I’ve ever ridden. Shitloads of brumbies though 
In terms of the road/4wd tracks I met the local ranger and he say’s its entirely weather dependent. Still nice campsites along the river that shouldn’t be too busy.
brumbies? did you see Sigrid Thornton?
There are a lot of deer in those parts as well.
One spot on the coast that hasn’t been mentioned and well worth a visit is Guerilla Bay, between Tomakin and Malua Bay. Super nice little bay with a beautiful rock islet separating the bay in two little bays, a sandy one and a rocky one. Lots of Indigenous heritage there as well, and excellent snorkelling. On a quiet day you can snorkel all around the islet and see lost of cool things. There’s also a cool little walk (that would probably agree with your knees) to the north taking you to a very quiet bay. I don’t think you can camp there (but could be wrong).
Not sure if the coast is still current in your plans but thought it wouldn’t hurt mentioning it.
shit yeah, that sounds really awesome!! brumbies!!
deer!!
plan is to come back down the coast now, so that’s appreciated. thx Seb.
do you want to borrow our snorkels rolu?
if they’re better than the $8 ones I got from Kmart, then sure.
I just remembered, you should stop by and see Old Blotchy in between Ulladulla and Batemans Bay.
It’s not signposted, but its only a couple of kms down a sketchy dirt road. It’s on the National Big Trees Register and it must be one of the tallest spotted gums around - Tree Register : National Register of Big Trees
see how I go for time, after seeing the redwoods in California, nothing will ever look that big…
These directions are for Rolly’s info. (Just so I can copy and paste for him).
Jindabyne to Adaminaby
Follow Kosciuszko Rd and Jindabyne Rd to Middlingbank Rd in Berridale
Turn left onto Middlingbank Rd
Turn left onto Snowy Mountains Hwy and follow to Adaminaby.
From here you can go and have a break in Adaminaby (small trout fishing town) or just before turn right onto Boboyan Road to continue on in through Namadgi and into Canberra.
Adaminaby to Canberra
Follow Boboyan Rd all the way into Namadgi. Shortly after entering ACT you will pass Brayshaws Homestead. Get out and have a look around.
As you keep driving along Boboyan, you will pass Orroral Rd on your left… coming up in a few minutes (and down a hill) will be a left turn to go up Apollo Rd. Take a left and go up - After you have gone over a metal cattle crossing thing on the road, keep an eye out on your right for a dirt road that will take you to Booroomba Rocks. This is a pretty good hike (steepish) but the view (on a clear day) is amazing.
Head back down Apollo road and take a left - this will take you into Tharwa. Head over the bridge and into Canberra! My house is about a 10 minute drive from Tharwa.
Checked out Barry Way and camped at the biggest campsite there, but with no one else there! pretty strange i thought, especially during school holidays and before a long weekend. had a couple of swims in the river by the campsite.
I also drove to Davies Plain Hut and camped the night with 3 large OKA trucks. Kosciuszko was amazing, had a few swims and was pretty pleased that i was able to get away from most of the people by checking out the hut, there were tons of people at the other more accessible huts.
so i ended up doing most of this, was awesome, had a few river crossings and a campsite all to myself in the middle of nowhere. was both a little creepy and awesome at the same time.
the Kanangra Walls were incredible.
didn’t actually get anywhere near the NSW coast in the end, but thanks everyone for the suggestions (sorry i didn’t get to any of them)!!