Victorian High Country

Un’avventura di 15 giorni di Helen and Charlie Leggi altro

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Inizio del viaggio
2 febbraio 2024
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Finally off!
2 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
After weeks of getting ready we are finally off on our little adventure!
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ViaggiatoreHave fun and be safe!!
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ViaggiatoreThanks!
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Jan’s on the Hume today too - heading back to Melbourne ! [Lisa]
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2 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Stretched our legs under this old rail bridge with its corrugated iron sheep decorations.
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Viaggiatore And why would you be diving into that pond?
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ViaggiatoreMy thoughts exactly!
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I love these old railway bridges. Wonderful noises when trains go across (if line is still active) [Kathy]
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Jindabyne
2 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Camped under the poplar trees at the NRMA campground on the shores of Lake Jindabyne - very picturesque spot with the Banjo Paterson parkway running between the park and the lake. After steak sandwiches for dinner we walked along the pathway for about 2kms then returned to camp as it was starting to get quite chilly.Leggi altro
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WOW lake is low! Such a poor snow cover last season. [Kathy]
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Are you turning off at Alpine Way through Perisher and Thredbo or staying on highway until you hit VIC? [Kathy]
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ViaggiatoreStayed on Kosciusko Hwy into the NP and now camped at Island Bend camping area. Victoria has to wait a bit longer!
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Very nice. [Annette]
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Jindabyne
3 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Slow cold start today, walked back down to the lake after brekkie where there were a few people swimming. Temperature warmed up by the time we’d packed up and went into the village to buy some fancy head lamps and an early lunch at Little Messa.Leggi altro
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Brrr, nippy! [Kathy]
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Island Bend campsite
3 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We have booked 3 nights here, very quiet, perfect temp, just a few bot flies that don’t like Bushman repellent.
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Campsite
4–7 feb 2024, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
A lot of campers have bugged out today, we are now in a section of the camping area to ourselves. Went down to the “pond” to collect some showering water then walked to the other side of the bend for an icy, but very refreshing dip (no one else was down in this section). Back to camp for bacon and eggs for a late lunch. The wind has picked up and can sense the cool change coming.
We had a very inquisitive brushtail possum visit us, wasn’t bothered by our presence at all.Leggi altro
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Cooler day
5 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Last night we put up all our canvas walls - the rain came but only briefly. Very overcast this morning with sprinkling rain so we put up the walls to protect the access ladder to the rooftop tent. Now looking a bit like a shanty!
Relaxing day reading, while Charlie was securing our “home”, collected water for washing and went for a walk up the hill and then along the river.
A bit more rain after our steak sandwiches for dinner.Leggi altro
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Any platypus? [Kathy]
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Viaggiatore I did look out but it may be too rocky, nowhere to burrow - but they are elusive little things!
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Overnight in Jindabyne
6 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
After the rain stopped we packed up and back on to Guthega Rd, then Kosciusko Rd back to Jindabyne for lunch and shopping. We had to buy some new walking shoes for Charlie, so as the day was getting on we decided to stay at the NRMA park again in town. Very cold night.Leggi altro
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Into Victoria
7 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
On to the Barry Way, the first section is bitumen then turns to gravel all the way to the border (road is signposted not suitable for caravans or semi-trailers)
Very scenic drive, looking very green with healthy cows dotted along the way.
Once we climbed altitude, we were away from rolling hills into rugged treed track clinging to the side of the mountains.
Drove into Jacob’s Creek campsite (where we had camped on a previous trip during Covid) decided to plug on to somewhere new.
Stopped for lunch at Willis campsite in Victoria and thought about camping there until a red belly black snake slithered out of the grass!Leggi altro
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Bush looks dry Helen. [Kathy]
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Oh so pretty. [Kathy]
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Wouldn’t want to meet another vehicle! [Kathy]
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Snowy River campsite
7 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A couple of kms on we found a perfect overnight spot (5kms from the border) - not a marked campsite, but right on the Snowy River with a little beach area. Took our Coolcabana down to the beach for a refreshing cool off in the river and stayed there for the rest of the afternoon.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Very lovely!
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Water cold yet? [Kathy]
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ViaggiatoreVery!!
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Sandy Creek Road
8 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
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Suggan Buggan school house
8 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
ViaggiatoreThere are so many great huts in the Victorian Highlands......that's where I did my 5 day hike, starting at Lovett's Hut.....may not be near you, but we looked to our left to Mt Bulla as we were walking along a ridge.
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ViaggiatoreDo you mean Lovicks Hut? Not near us, we’re on the Bogong Plains Rd which leads to Falls Creek. This time of year would be good for your hike.
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ViaggiatoreYes, I was going off memory! Not a good idea...haha
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Ballantyne Gap
8 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
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Hamilton Gap
8 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Hamilton Gap is on Suggan Buggan Rd - a narrow, winding, steep gravel single lane road, and a bit scary. Signs indicate to use our UHF radio to check for oncoming vehicles, fortunately the road was quiet today.
Once out of the narrow section we entered into pastoral land with a few grazing cattle and a few homes.
Turned left onto Limestone Road heading west towards Benamba.Leggi altro
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ViaggiatoreReminds me of the roads on The Coromandel Peninsula many years ago- had to use the horn to warn oncoming traffic - no music on the radio allowed !
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Limestone Rd
8 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
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Native Dog Flat camp
8 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Stopped at the horse camp for lunch - a huge grassed area with table and benches - 150m from the picturesque but small Native Dog Flat camping area.
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CRB campsite
8 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Home for the night! Arrived while the Parks Victoria maintenance man was mowing the grass, so we waited for him to tidy our site then set up camp. Peaceful spot on a bend of the fast flowing Cobungra River, and we have the whole area to ourselves. Charlie was up fixing the rooftop tent which had been playing up for us while I finished reading my book.Leggi altro
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Middle Creek picnic area
9 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
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Trapyard Gap
9 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We couldn’t work out what this was about, there was certainly no car park.
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Faithfuls Hut
9 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Long steep climb down to this 1962 tin hut that the Faithful family used while mustering brumbies in the area.
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Cope Hut
9 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
On the Bogong High Plains Road
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ViaggiatoreWe did a walk passing this great old hut, to Mt Razorback and all the skeleton trees.
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Langford West
9 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Stopped here for lunch and decided to stay the night. Prioritised as a horse camp but again we have the whole place to ourselves. Further back down the road is the very pretty Raspberry Hill camping area (right on the road though) where we stayed about 20 years ago, but skipped it this time as there were already people camping there.
When the sun is out it’s almost hot but once it goes behind the clouds out come the jackets! There was a small creek where we could collect water for washing.Leggi altro
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Fainters Falls
10 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
A peaceful trail in north eastern Victoria, located in between Falls Creek and Mount Beauty. This out and back route begins and ends from the trailhead of Bogong High Plains Road.
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Viaggiatore Gorgeous...love a waterfall!
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Tawonga Gap
10 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Driving the winding road that links Mt. Beauty to Bright we stopped at the Tawonga Gap with fabulous views of Victoria’s highest peak, Mount Bogong and the Kiewa Valley.
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Bright
10 febbraio 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Home for tonight - NRMA caravan park (ensuite site). Arrived after another day of winding roads, Bright is a very pretty town with magnificent huge trees lining most streets, with a population of about 2,600. Temperature isn’t too bad, around 28 degrees. Walked into town for dinner at Elm Dining in a character building on Great Alpine Road.
The forecast for tomorrow is 31 degrees so we decide to head back up the mountains towards Dargo.Leggi altro
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