Junee to Tumut (The Brungle Road)

We left Junee on the morning of the 27th of December but not before Tarz dropped a mug of coffee fresh from the kettle over my thighs thinking I had a hold of it when I actually didn’t. Not to worry – pain is just weakness leaving your body so I had to embrace it!!!

About halfway along the main road between Junee and Tumut, a few local trucks had formed a road block. I slowed down to ask what the deal was. This typical country bumpkin truck driver type waddled up to the side of the ute. Apparently we couldn’t go any further on the main road due to a truck losing its trailer up ahead and the roads being blocked by said trailer. The rest of the conversation went pretty much like this:

Me: Do you know an alternate route to Tumut?
Truckie: Do you know the Brungle Road?
Me: Nah mate – I’m from Canberra and have no idea.
Truckie: Well you SHOULD know the Brungle Road!
Me: Ill just ask the other people in our convoy thanks mate.

Junee

After a huge Xmas feast at my sister’s place, Boxing Day signalled the start of our 3 day road trip to Junee and Tumut to see Tarz’s relos. We arrived in Junee and did the whole relo thing in a nice country setting. Pretty quiet afternoon and evening with nothing to report on except for the fact that Tarz’s uncle Russell owns a huge horse-like dog called Pedro. Pedro is a cross Great Dane/St Bernard and given those bloodlines, it is no surprise that the hound weighed in at almost double my modest 85kgs. Well, he only weighed about 120kgs but you get the idea – the dog was enormous!!! Pedro had a few other animals as pals and the neighbour’s dog apparently spends so much time at Russell’s house that it has earned itself the nickname ‘Intruder’. It was quite funny to watch him blatantly ignore his real name and only answer to ‘Intruder!!!’