It also does not allow that H and H came to the Dumot some miles upstream of its juction with the Murrumbidgee getting to that point from downstream of the junction  ie again this is not a travelling in a straight line issue  In the s and for long after they travelled where they could following along the valleys between the ranges going over the ranges at certain points as required  If I went to Tumut from here tomorrow I will follow the path H and H took  I will not get to Tumut via Tumut Plains  If I went to Tumut from Canberra Id come here first then still go that same way H and H went apart from a couple of deviations because of the highway  H and H talk of fires  This links in with the time of the year it was that also links in with why some travelled at that time to avoid stuff and get through safely  It is a Parliament House thing