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tom groggin australian alpine regiontom groggin australian alps: Tom Groggin is probably one of the nicest campsites along the Murray River; to camp on the banks of Australia's great river and listen to the timeless sound of the water rushing over ancient rocks is to listen to the Spirit of our land. Truly Magical!

Australia's mighty Murray River starts high up in the Snowy Mountains as a spring near a place referred to as The Pilot. From this spring, it combines with snow melt of the Australian Alps (Mount Kosciusko) proceeds to flow westward all the way to Lake Alexandrina near Adelaide.

A bend in the Murray River at Tom Groggin provides the perfect place for camping below the Snowy Mountains. Davies Plain Australian Alps

Tom Groggin Panorama #1

Tom Groggin - A bend in the Murray River Davies Plain provides the perfect place for camping below the Snowy Mountains. Davies Plain Australian Alps

Tom Groggin Panorama #2

Afternoon light upon the fence and gate of Tom Groggin Station with spectacular summer cloud formations above Mt Pinnibar (Victoria) in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Afternoon Post

Afternoon light upon the fence and gate of Tom Groggin Station with spectacular summer cloud formations above Mt Pinnibar (Victoria) in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Afternoon Gate

Afternoon light upon the fence and gate of Tom Groggin Station with spectacular summer cloud formations above Mt Pinnibar (Victoria) in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Tom Goggin Dusk

Afternoon light upon the fence and gate of Tom Groggin Station with spectacular summer cloud formations above Mt Pinnibar (Victoria) in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Alpine Sky

Tom Groggin - A bend in the Murray along the Alpine Way provides the perfect place for camping below the Snowy Mountains Tom Groggin Australian Alpine Region

Snowy Camping #1

Tom Groggin - A bend in the Murray along the Alpine Way provides the perfect place for camping below the Snowy Mountains Tom Groggin Australian Alpine Region australia

Snowy Camping #2

Afternoon light upon the fence and gate of Tom Groggin Station with spectacular summer cloud formations above Mt Pinnibar (Victoria) in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Clouded Gate

Afternoon light upon the fence and gate of Tom Groggin Station with spectacular summer cloud formations above Mt Pinnibar (Victoria) in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Cloud Stay

Late afternoon light enhances the spectacular summer cloud formations above Mt Pinnibar (Victoria)near Tom Groggin beside The Alpine Way in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Cloud Range

Afternoon light upon the fence and gate of Tom Groggin Station with spectacular summer cloud formations above Mt Pinnibar (Victoria) in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Gate Post

The perfect place in the middle of a hot summers day at Tom Groggin; sitting in the middle of the upper reaches of the Murray River. beside The Alpine Way in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Cool Waters

One of the best views of the Snowy Mountains; Olsen’s lookout on Read’s Range illustrates the rugged rise the Great Dividing Range makes from the Geehi Plains up to Mount Townsend 2209m; Mount Kosciusko is behind this range. The Alpine Way in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Olsens Lookout #1

 

One of the best views of the Snowy Mountains; Olsen’s lookout on Read’s Range illustrates the rugged rise the Great Dividing Range makes from the Geehi Plains up to Mount Townsend 2209m; Mount Kosciusko is behind this range. The Alpine Way in the Australian Alpine Region Australia

Olsens Lookout #1

  

It is believed that name Tom Groggin is a transliteration of an indigenous word meaning water Spider. Tom Groggin Rest Area is the furthest upstream one can go on a surveyed route. Jack Riley, the stockman that Banjo Paterson refers to in his immortal poem 'The Man From Snowy River' lived and worked at Tom Groggin Station and it is this area that is the site for the famous ride to recapture the colt from Old Regret that joined the wild bush horses.

 

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