Car Rental Cooma - Cheap Discount Car Hire - Special Deals and Offers.
Cooma
is located 810 m above sea level and 420 km from Sydney via
Canberra, which is 114 km away. It has a population of around 8 000
people and is still regarded as the main town in the Snowy Mountain
region. BARGAIN WHEELS CAR RENTAL is there to provide hirer cars at
reasonable prices no matter if you require a replacement vehicle for
a few days, or you need a larger car to accommodate friends and
family on holiday.
The
town and the region both have Aboriginal names. It is thought that
Monaro was an Aboriginal word meaning 'treeless plains' and that
Cooma, originally spelt 'coombah', means either 'big lake' or 'open
country'. Take your pick.
The
area was first explored by Europeans in 1823 when an expedition led
by Captain Currie and Major Ovens moved south from Lake George
searching for good grazing land. By 1827 the Monaro Plains had been
settled as far as Berridale and by 1847 there were enough settlers
in the area for a Court of Petty Sessions to be established at the
new settlement of Cooma. Two years earlier a small Gothic Revival
church, Christ Church of England located 2 km south of Cooma on
Myalla Road, had been built. It is the oldest church in the area and
one of the oldest buildings in the Monaro. It was restored in 1960
and still stands today.
Cooma
was surveyed in 1849 and the first sales of village lands occurred
the following year. It would probably have remained a small rural
township had gold not been discovered near Kiandra in 1859. The
discovery brought boom times to the area and for the next twelve
months the town of Cooma, which was the only decent sized settlement
in the area, was inundated by miners and prospectors. It has been
estimated that over 15 000 people passed through the town in less
than a year.
For
best prices on car rental Cooma, try Bargain Wheels.
|
