ATV Camp at Yankie’s Creek

Yankie’s creek camp.

G’day there.

Out the back of Bemboka, there’s some pretty rough and steep country. These are the hills and mountains adjacent to the escarpment thet seperates the coastal fringe from the high country of the Monaro, on the Great Dividing Range.

At Bemboka, the elevation is about 200 metres above sea level, while the higest of the hills in the ciuntry I traveled, is about 1050 metres, about the same height as the highest of the Monaro plains.

But this camp was way down in the gully, beside Yankie’s creek, one of the tributaries of the Brogo Dam.

Asleep in the tent, I awoke with a start to a crashing noise not far away in the bush. At first I thought it may have been a log rolling in the remains of the campfire, but no, the campfire was at the front of the tent, the noise came from out the back.

Stiff and tense, heart rate way up and not game to breathe, I held the sleeping bag away from my ear. Nothing!

Eventually I relaxed and the adrenalin dispersed allowing a restful night.

ATV Camp at Yankie’s Creek on Wilderness Travel