Talbingo is a small town in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.
Understand
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Map of Talbingo
Talbingo exists primarily to service the nearby Talbingo Dam and other parts of the Snowy Hydro project. With a population of 200, there's not all that much going on, but it's the nearest settlement of any size to the Yarrangobilly Caves, about 35 km south by road.
Get in
[edit]Talbingo is around 3 km off the Snowy Mountains Highway (B72), about 30 min south of Tumut and 1 hr north of Adaminaby.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Talbingo Dam (about 9 km south of town). The town's nemesis and raison d'etre: it flooded the original and spawned the current incarnation.
Do
[edit]- 1 Talbingo Country Club, Bridle St, ☏ +61 2 6949 5260. The rather grandly named Talbingo Country Club is a modest structure that houses Talbingo's only bar, only restaurant plus a 6-room motel. The 9-hole golf course is always open, just pop some cash in the honesty box if no-one's around.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Happy Chilli Garden, Bridle St (at the country club), ☏ +61 2 6949 5634. The only restaurant in Talbingo serves country town Chinese-Australian classics like sizzling Mongolian beef and prawn toast. (Despite the name, chillies are in short supply.) Also has a limited Western menu of deep-fried staples like chips and schnitzels. $25.
- Studio on Jounama, Cafe Talbingo. Devonshire tea and toasties.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Talbingo Caravan Park, 24 Whitty St, ☏ +61 2 6949 5239. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM.
- 2 Talbingo Mountain Retreat, Whitty St.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]| Adelong ← Tumut ← | W B72 E | → Yarrangobilly → Cooma |