Talbingo Dam, one of the dams created as part of the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme

Talbingo is a small town in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.

Understand

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

Talbingo is around 3 km off the Snowy Mountains Highway (B72), about 30 min south of Tumut and 1 hr north of Adaminaby.

See

• 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. (updated Mar 2024)

Do

• 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. (updated Apr 2024)

Eat

• 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. (updated Mar 2024)
• Studio on Jounama, Cafe Talbingo. Devonshire tea and toasties.

Sleep

• 1 Talbingo Caravan Park, 24 Whitty St, ☏ +61 2 6949 5239. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. (updated Mar 2024)

• 2 Talbingo Mountain Retreat, Whitty St. (updated Apr 2024)

Go next

Routes via Talbingo

Adelong ← Tumut ←

W B72 E

→ Yarrangobilly → Cooma