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The
Hume and Hovell Walking Track
stretches over 440 kilometres (270 mi) between
Yass
and
Albury
, in
New South Wales
,
Australia
.
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The track allows walkers to rediscover the route of explorers
Hamilton Hume
and
William Hovell
on their expedition to
Port Phillip
in 1824.
The Track starts at Cooma Cottage on the outskirts of Yass and finishes at the Hovell Tree on the banks of the Murray River in Albury. Along its route the track passes through the towns of Yass,
Wee Jasper
and Albury and nearby the towns of
Tumut
,
Talbingo
and
Tumbarumba
. It has 3 major developed trackheads allowing vehicle based camping, 17 primitive walk-in campsites, picnic facilities, numerous boardwalks and three major bridges over rivers.
The track is managed by the NSW Department Of Lands.
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