A B C D E F G H Source: © Department of Lands TO GRENFELL 24km TO COWRA 27km TO OBERON 44km Panorama Avenue Bathurst 2795 HENRY Koorawatha Wyangala www.lpi.nsw.gov.au Dam © Copyright LPI &CartoscopePtyLtd CARTOSCOPE www.maps.com.au LAWSON River HWY RD 22 1 RD 1 Yass to TumutA41 - stay on the Tourist Drive 7 Bendick Creek WAY Murrell 23 BIGGA 28 14 River 82 29 POINT Distance: From Wee Jasper to TuenaTumut you pass through dry B81 Yass to Wee Jasper 52 km - allow 1hr 14 sclerophyll forest, farming land and pine forests. RD RD River MILVALE Frogmore River Murruin Wee Jasper toYOUNG Tumut 68km - allow 1.15hr Beautiful multi-agedCk stands of eucalypt with an 21 Bicentennial JUNCTION 11 National Trail Chinaman's 13 understory dominated by11 hard leafed shrubs, grasses, Dam 25 WAY Creek Bolong 2 MOPPITY TO TEMORA 43km OLYMPIC 2 Road conditions: bracken and fern, line the roads and go back into the 20 14 23 Tourist Drive 7 Yass to Wee17 A41 Jasper - Sealed forest depths. BINDA 18 R RD 16 RD 10 Wee Jasper to Tumut - Unsealed - not recommendedBOOROWA Wallendbeen 50 TYRL 34 RD 8 TYRL for caravans or long vehicles LAGGAN TARALGA 28 20 RD Taralga 18 HARDEN RD Road conditionsMURRUMBURRAH and travelling times will depend on CROOKWELL 5 TO TEMORA 39km BURLEY CARRABUNGLA 45 theBradman's weather Birthplace and your vehicle.24 RD 3 14 3 COOTAMUNDRA 12 Drive carefully along Tourist Drive 7 as there is often Windfarm RD B94 7 GRIFFIN Pejar Dam stock and wildlife on the road.Gilbert's Grave River GULLEN 42 VALLEY 48 30 Tarlo 14 41 Ck River TO JUNEE 43km 20 WAY WAY TO WOLLONGONG 117km SYDNEY 160km GRABBEN RD 19 THE Humes 9 3 5 8 9 M31 HUME 16 HWY 11 4 3 TD 16 4 6 4 M31 Gunning Wingello M31 18 GOULBURN HWY 30 13 HUME YASS 66 15 Coolac 5 Long Point 31 Lookout Wollogorang WAY Badgery's Yass 29 Lagoon Lookout BARTON HWY 17 13 34 38 Lake Burrinjuck 54 S 8 TOURIST DRIVE GUNDAGAI 30 TOURIST DRIVE 7 MOUNTAIN TABLELAND TO WAGGA WAGGA 74km Carey's 24 5 5 Unsuitable Cave TD 6 for caravans 33 M23 A25 69 Bicentennial National Trail HWY River Lake 34 20 Lake Bathurst George TO NOWRA 53km Sutton Bywong To Hume Hwy 16km 26 TD 6 11 THE 14 19 TUMUT Belconnen 21 6 NSW 6 23 ACT CANBERRA 24 KINGS 23 B52 Fyshwick 25 WestonCreek 27 Yass Valley Visitor Information Centre 39 QUEANBEYAN B72 River 259 Comur Street, Yass Blowering River Tuggeranong 1300 886 014 Reservoir Bendora HWY Batlow N Dam MTNS yassvalley.com.au 28 Googong Dam 7 7 0 10 20 B23 Updated May 2013 Kilometres Braidwood HWY HWY Corin Dam MONARO B52 Buddong Falls TO ADAMINABY 89km, Ginnini TO BATEMANS COOMA 140km Falls TO COOMA 74km BAY 38km A B C D E F G H From Yass ..... ..... to Wee Jasper Landmarks 1. As you leave town along the Wee Jasper Road, 6. Panoramic views of the Murrumbidgee Valley 10. Cross the Goodradigbee River and you are in you will notice a maze of buildings, wires and and stored waters of Burrinjuck Dam can be seen as the picturesque village of Wee Jasper. It is not towers on your right. This is the Yass Sub-Station you descend Taemas Hill to the bridge. Clear views known when the locality was first named, but in distribution point for power generated by the of limestone rock formations and extensive folding 1860 when gold was found at Kiandra, Wee Jasper Snowy Mountains Hydro Electricity Authority. cliffs arising from the lake, to your right. Geologically was named as a point on the track from Yass to the described as an “Anticline” formed in the Devonian new gold field. There was no village at that time. 2. On your left you will pass Gums Lane. period the formation is estimated to be in the vicinity Situated on the right as you leave the bridge is Nestled behind the pine trees is Yass Marchmont of 400,000,000 years old. the former Police Barracks, c1880 now the Racecourse, the venue for the annual Yass Picnic Wee Jasper Stables Tavern. Further on your Races. 7. Taemas Bridge - The original bridge was right is the School Residence, formerly the 3. Approaching the Good Hope turn-off washed away in May 1925. The present bridge Police Station, then at the intersection on your right you will be in an ancient sea bed which was opened 1930. A punt was used during the is the Wee Jasper School opened in 1899. Originally geologists assure us, was the situation period 1925 – 30. sited on the river’s edge, the building was moved to its millions of years ago. Evidence of the present location in 1929 when Burrinjuck Dam filled. sedimentary rock strata is visible in the unusual A journey through one of the most diverse knoll or hill to your right, just past the turn-off. geological landscapes in Australia. The road passes through a range of volcanic and sedimentary rocks with a mix of broadacre and grazing rural properties. Winding down through fantastic folded limestone belts you will enter a beautiful valley about 20kms long with the Goodradigbee River running its length surrounded by hills and containing a wealth of natural 8. Continuing along the Wee Jasper Road. features. Extensive limestone formations are a feature for the next few miles. An alternative route to 4. As you continue along the Wee Jasper Road, Canberra leaves the Wee Jasper Road at Mountain at the top of the hill, glorious views of the Creek. Mountain Creek Road is partially unsealed. Brindabella Ranges will unfold before you. 5. Warroo Creek on your right was the site 9. “Coodravale Station” - is a private property on your of Brassils “Harp of Erin” Inn. The old shade left just before you cross the Goodradigbee River. It and fruit trees are the only indication that a was formerly owned by a syndicate, one of whom was building existed. A. B. “Banjo” Paterson. .