Bombala emulates Darlington Point

About the only similarity I had previously noticed between Bombala and Darlington Point in the past was that they both had a River.  The one through Darlington Point is the Murrumbidgee while Bombala has the platypus-ridden Bombala River.  However today we found another similarity: droving cattle along the road.
The image shows one of the big differences between the two towns. The slope in this 200m of road is about the same as the cumulative difference between Darlington Point and Goolwa (700km in a straight line, which the River definitely doesn't follow).  The dryness of the two areas is currently similar.

The cuteness factor was definitely raised by a few very young calves being present.
The drive was basically a drive.  Frances nailed the temperature for Nimmitabel predicting - as we left Queanbeyan in our dust - 12oC.  I had elected for 10oC.  Snow was still visible on the Main Range as we turned off for Bombala (another difference to Darlington Point).

Interesting bird sightings included a huge flock (>200 birds) of Little Ravens near Nimmitabel and several sightings of Black-shouldered Kites.  Other drivers were generally well behaved apart from one person on the Princes Highway who braked for every slight bend in the road but then sped up enough in the straights to block a truck from passing and thus block us as well.  Definitely not conforming to the stereotype of South Asian driving (we got past after the truck gave up the struggle at the border).

On arrival at Mallacoota we found the power to be out.  On ringing the power "information" line - and establishing Mallacoota's postal code - it turned out a vehicle had belted a power pole and power would not be restored for about 3 hours .  So after unpacking we went for a walk to the Lagoon and back.
 A good sized flock of Cormorants were decorating a jetty.  Three species contributed: Little Black Cormorant (53 going out, 81 coming back), Little Pied Cormorant (6 both ways); and Great Cormorant (4 both ways).
 It was very pleasant to be wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt.  There was next to no wind and it had dropped even more by evening.
The moon rose before dark.  Apparently there is going to be a lunar eclipse early in the morning in a couple of days time ...
 .. when hopefully I'll be able to get a picture equivalent to this.this!

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