Cotterill's Cottage

Yarrangobilly
Historic village now only a couple of buildings
A solitary house known as 'Cotterill's Cottage' and some picnic facilities are all that is now left of the Yarrangobilly village. There were graziers in the area in the 1840s and the Cotterill family still lived in the cottage, which was a guest house, in the 1950s.

Yarrangobilly (it is thought the term meant 'flowing stream' in the language of the local Aborigines) is really beautiful in the autumn when the trees planted by the early settlers change colours. In winter it is commonly covered by snow although it is close to being at the northern limit of the snow. It is rare to find major falls of snow before Yarrangobilly when travelling from Tumut.

Its appeal is really as a picnic and fishing spot. The spongy tundra vegetation is a source of fascination and, in an age of pollution and environmental desecration, the Yarrangobilly River (which now runs into the Talbingo Reservoir) is breathtakingly clean.

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Accommodation and Eating
There are no facilities at the village. It is possible to camp here while visiting Yarrangobilly Caves. The nearest accommodation and eating facilities are at Talbingo, Tumut and Adaminaby.