View Larger Map Left Wagga at around 9.30 - 10am, travelled out to Blamey Army Barracks, otherwise known as Kapuka a large barracks, whilst driving down the Hume Hwgy we passed Uranquinty Power Station - which is a 640MW gas-fired power station, comprising four Siemens V94.2 gas turbines. It is the second largest gas-fired power station in New South Wales, and is used during peak loads. Uranquinty Power Station was the fourth power station to be constructed by NewGen Power which was jointly owned by ERM Power and Babcock and Brown Power at a cost of $500 million dollars. On 4 July 2008 Babcock and Brown Power announced that it had sold the 640 megawatt gas-fired Uranquinty power station for $700 million to Origin Energy. On 19 January 2009 Origin Energy Limited announced that the Uranquinty Power Station was commissioned with eight people employed to operate the facility. Our first stop was over the New South Wales/Victorian border at the fruit fly station where we had to destroy all the fruit which was on this sign. Vic Roads have created large truck/traveller stops where they cater for cars towing caravans, semis etc the photos show how they have under shelter eating areas, toilets - but free camping not permitted. Hats off to Vic Roads - these are on the Hume Highway on which we were traveling. These photos are of Chiltern stop.
Travelled through a small town called The Rock, it was so named as it stands under a large mountainous rock.
The railway line has been following the road for a long time, it is nice to see a line which is constantly used and not just for coal from mines to ports. Since leaving Wagga we have experienced smoke haze everywhere, found out that it is controlled burns by the Country Fire Association trying to stop the outbreak of bushfires in the future.
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