Alan & Lyn's Huge Adventure: 3/2/26 Day out in the mountains

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

3/2/26 Day out in the mountains

Spent some time down at Bungendore and surrounds . Took a drive out to Captains Flat - I went there with a friend over 45 years ago !! We took some back roads and found this old road bridge . It's a single lane bridge now , with a structural steel beam across the top about midway across the bridge . It was quite well built back in the day , but like everything else these days it's seen it's best

About 40m away is a railway bridge , built with steel and concrete - could have been a lesson here !

The approach to the bridge on the southern side looks like a wombat city - holes everywhere . Onwards to Captains Flat , arriving and driving through town . It was a mining town , with the town itself seemingly surrounded by mining activity . Predominantly Lead , zinc & pyrite , as well as some significant quantities of copper , silver & gold . There's plenty of remediation works happening at the moment . No photos sorry. We continued up into the bush , finding some of the old fire trails I had once been on , the forest is pretty thick .

Following tracks , we made our way to Lowden Forest Park , where there's a camp ground and an old water wheel . When I saw it 45 odd years ago , the wheel was turning with water flowing down the sluice - it's a bit dry now , but still there .

Had some lunch nearby , everlasting daisies growing happily .

There'a an old timber jinker - used to carry logs to the sawmill .

Possibly pulled along with this old steam engine .

Another day we ventured into Canberra to do some shopping and some sightseeing as well - the view from Mt Ainslie .

And again

Storms were also present , this is looking back toward Bungendore from the showgrounds .

It's been a long time since we've seen Lake George full , this is the view from the southern lookout . Last time I was here , I towed up from the lake bed in my hang glider and flew back to Sutton Forest . Bit difficult to do that now !!