Canberra to Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains with a caravan or motorhome
Canberra to Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains runs 214 km from Canberra to Thredbo. With a car and caravan, you're looking at 3 h 40 min behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for a car and caravan and for a motorhome, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Canberra · Cooma · Jindabyne · Thredbo
Is Canberra to Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains OK for a car and caravan?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for a car and caravan without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to caravans. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- 2 km of it is steeper than 8%. The steepest kilometre is about 9% uphill on Alpine Way, at km 195.
- It keeps you off 1 nearby road with a signed limit your rig wouldn't clear, like Alpine Way (no caravans).
The plan, rig by rig
| Car and caravan | Motorhome | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 214 km | 214 km |
| Driving time | 3 h 40 min | 3 h 25 min |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | 2 km | 2 km |
| Total climb | 2,641 m | 2,641 m |
| Longest gap between fuel | 33 km | 33 km |
| Signed limits it goes round | 1 | 2 |
| Planned at | 3.1 m high, 14.3 m long and 6.8 t | 3.7 m high, 10 m long and 8.7 t |
Towns on the way
- Canberra · km 0
- Tuggeranong · km 22
- Jindabyne · km 178
Caravan parks on the way
- Alivio Tourist Park · km 1
- Canberra Holiday Village · km 9
- Narrabundah Long Stay Caravan Park · km 10
- Cooma Snowy Mountains Tourist Park · km 119
- Pat's Patch · km 176
- Jindabyne Holiday Park · km 179
- Discovery Holiday Park Jindabyne · km 181
- Adventist Alpine Village · km 183
Free camps on the way
- Bredbo Inn Hotel Campground · km 82 · caravans OK
- Copper Tom Camp · km 176
National park and other campgrounds
- Yarralumla BNT campsite · km 0
- Thredbo Diggings campground · km 200
- Ngarigo campground · km 204
- Birralee Bush Camp · km 214
Rest areas
- Monaro Highway Truck Layby · km 18
- 47km North of Cooma · km 69 · water
- At Bredbo · km 82 · water
- 20km North of Cooma · km 96 · water
- 3km North of Cooma · km 114
- At Jindabyne · km 178
- 20km South of Jindabyne · km 198
- 22km South of Jindabyne · km 201
- 26km South of Jindabyne · km 204 · toilets
- 31km South of Jindabyne · km 209
Fuel stops
- Coles Express Deakin · km 1
- BP Express Kingston · km 6
- Coles Express · km 8
- Metro Petroleum · km 8
- Ampol · km 9
- Astron Michelago · km 53
- Ampol Truck Station · km 114
- BP · km 116
- Caltex Dairyman Plains · km 124
- Thredbo Service Station · km 214
- and 10 more in the app
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 25-foot off-road caravan or a 10-metre motorhome, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
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