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Mansfield

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    • Day 42

      High Country Tour (Syd to Mel) - Tag 2

      November 27, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Wir sind heute wieder um 6.30 Uhr aufgestanden, da es um 7.30 Uhr Frühstück ab und wir eine Stunde später weiter über das Hochland in Richtung Melbourne abgefahren sind. Die frische (Land)luft hat schon was 😊 Zum Frühstück gab es Toast und Aufstrich, Müsli und jeder hat einen Teller mit Spiegeleier und gebratenem Speck bekommen. Lecker!

      Nach 1,5 Stunden Fahrt haben wir unseren ersten Stopp erreicht - Beechworth. Auf dem Weg dorthin haben wir den Murry-River und somit auch die Grenze von New South Wales und Victoria überquert.
      Beechworth ist ein kleines Örtchen, welches, aufgrund der Art der Häuser, ein bisschen an "wilden Westen" erinnert. Eine halbe Stunde hatten wir hier Aufenthalt und diese haben wir überwiegend in einem Honigladen verbracht. 🐝🍯 Hier gibt es viele verschiedene Sorten Honig (auch zum probieren), Eis aus/ mit Honig, Öle, Seifen, Getränke, Schokolade etc. Natürlich gab es hier auch noch andere Shops, Cafes, Restaurants.

      Wir fuhren weiter durch das King Valley, einem Weinanbaugebiet. Auf der Fahrt durch das Hochland hatten wir den einen oder anderen schönen Blick über das Gebiet. Und ein "Ekidna" (Ameisenigel) haben wir auch gesehen.

      Der nächste Halt war der "Mansfield Zoo". Ein kleiner Zoo, der von einer Familie aufgebaut wurde, die gedacht hat, wir hätten gerne einen Zoo😅. Hier sind Rehe, Dingos, Lamas, Wombats, Löwen (auch zwei seltene Exemplare der weißen Löwen) u.a. Wir sind rechtzeitig zur Löwenfütterung angekommen🦁. Die Tiere wussten das Fütterungszeit war und sind schon nervös hin- und hergelaufen. Die Löwen wurden erst sicher in andere Käfige gesperrt, bevor das Futter in den großen Gehegen verteilt wurde. Dann wurden die Löwen herausgelassen und diese sind direkt auf das Fleisch zugelaufen. Allerdings nicht drauf los gestürmt wie von uns erwartet. Dann wurde erstmal durch knurren demonstriert, wem das Stück Fleisch nun gehört und man es ja nicht wagen sollte, näher zu kommen. Weil der Wärter am Käfig nervend herumstand (oder weil es, nach Löwen-Meinung, zu wenig Fleisch war) wurde nochmal am Käfig heraufgesprungen (leider die Kamera zu langsam bereit gehabt😕).

      Anschließend sind wir für unser Lunch noch nach Mansfield reingefahren bevor es dann weiter direkt nach Melbourne ging - weitere drei Stunden Fahrt. Melbourne hat uns dann mit Wolken und 19 °C begrüßt.😒
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    • Day 7

      Buller Road Brewery

      March 7 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Pup was pretty happy to be back at his camper and less thrilled that it wasn't for long. I'd been map searching and spotted another dog friendly brewery up the road, so we headed there for dinner. Before we headed off, our new neighbour came over for a chat, asking if we were part of a 4x4 club and if we were dog people. He's part of a Land Rover club who were booked in for the long weekend and they were about to head up to the brewery themselves and asked if we'd listen out in case their dog started to bark, we let him know that we were heading there also, but that it's dog friendly if he wanted to take his dog along with them. Buller Road Brewery is relatively new, and they had a heap of shady, outdoor tables. Inside was very nice too, reminded of the Thirsty Mesiah at Broadmeadow. We sampled a cider and beer each, and ordered the BBQ chicken pizza and pulled pork tacos to share. Bloody delicious feed! We tried one more drink each before heading back to camp. The usual evening activities before bed.Read more

    • Day 6

      To Mansfield via Glenrowan

      March 6 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Time got away from us today with some stops being longer than anticipated, wouldn't change it though. We had a quick stop at Wangaratta then onto Glenrowan. It's changed a lot since we were here last, the visitors info centre is a discovery hub museum with a built in lookout of the seige area. Kellyland and the museum were still there, both dog friendly! But it was about 3:30 by this point and we didn't feel like rushing through. We popped into King Valley popcorn, took a photo of the big Ned Kelly, then were back on the road to our next stop - Mansfield holiday park. It's a lovely spot and was quite warm today! We set up in the shade and got ourselves organised. I had a few reports to finish while Ben cooked dinner, then the usual evening routine. Another 4wd day tomorrow, heading out to Mount Buller, then on the tracks to find Craig's Hut.Read more

    • Day 7

      Mount Buller

      March 7 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      We've found a way to trick puppy into being a morning dog, he gets breakfast in bed and he perks right up 😅 he's been snoozing on my side the last few nights which works out well for Ben since he's so tall and Pup takes up a fair bit of space for a dog who isn't very big himself. We had a quick chat with our neighbour who donated some beef jerky to pup, I'm not sure that he realised Ben would probably eat it before he would, ha! They didn't realise it's coming into the long weekend either but got lucky with a cancellation for the weekend. On the road to Mount Buller, we cruised around the village and went to the summit walk. Dogs aren't allowed and Ben is a glutton for punishment, so I stayed in the car with Pup, while Ben did the walk to the summit, he got some great photos!Read more

    • Day 7

      Mount Stirling

      March 7 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Back on the track for a bit, before stopping at Mount Stirling. We did the summit walk and the walk up to the trig point, well, Pup got a lift up there as there were quite a few stairs and we dont want him to overdo it. He'a also terribly stubborn which is a good match for us haha. Beautiful views over the valley and looking back at Mount Buller. The temperature wasn't too bad, but we both still got a bit sunburnt. There was a big barrel between the 2 walks which we weren't sure about, Ben opened it up and it was a spinal board and rescue gear, ominous but cool that it was there and ready to go, which makes sense with all of the proper hiking tracks around.Read more

    • Day 1

      Tolmie

      February 23 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Took our time getting to Tolmie yesterday.
      We met the group of Rod, John McK, Graeme and Monica.
      We made use of the camp kitchen because as expected it got cool over night. 5C when we got up.

      Today’s trip followed Cambatong Road to Evans Creek Track. We stopped at Evan’s Creek hut then went on to Tomahawk Hut.
      Next journey was along Buckland Spur Track with the steep descent and tricky creek crossing to get to Lake William Hovell. We stopped for lunch. The weather was perfect and there were lots of families doing water activities.
      The return home was along Upper King River Road to Christopher’s Road. That was a steep one which took us to the Mansfield Whitfield Road.
      Back to camp and dinner at the pub tonight.

      Others took some action shots so you might receive some of those.

      Dinner at the pub. It was a restricted menu but we had a good feed.
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    • Day 7

      Craig's Hut

      March 7 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      Next stop was Craig's Hut. As we pulled into the carpark there were so many cars around, there's a variety kids charity 4wd event on at the moment. There were a lot of oldies, which made it tricky to get photos for a bit, but it was really nice seeing so many people around and enjoying the scenery. The Hut itself is lovely, views are amazing and plenty of shady options for a picnic, which is exactly what we did. We had a sit down and made some wraps for lunch. We wandered back over to the hut to take some photos as the crowd had started head off. We met a lovely lady, Stella, who offered to take some photos for us which was really nice of her. We chatted for a while, mostly about a very 'regal' looking Pup, as well astheir travels. She was part of the charity event, they were travelling between Merimbula and Mt Dandenong. We took a few more photos then headed off ourselves.Read more

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