When setting your GPS you sometimes need to select the ferry option as we did when crossing the Murray River at Tailem Bend! From Jervois we wandered onto Goolwa, Port Elliott and Victor Harbour for a few days in the sun by the sea. Last time we were on the coast we had rain and…
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Now: Through the Riverina and Across the Plains. We arrived in Griffith for ANZAC Day and attended the community Remembrance Service with the local community. Our camp was 25 kilometres out of town at Woolshed Flat in Cocoparra National Park. There are fire rings, picnic tables and gas barbeques. Cocoparra NP was a place visited…
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NOW – The NSW Snowy Mountains After our shortest days travel of 16 kilometres coming down from the Davies Plain Hut we crossed the Murray River on a stony crossing with the water at the middle of our wheels. I imagine the water will be much deeper at the end of winter when the snow…
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NOW: Falls Creek, Omeo and Davies Plain Track. With the mornings getting a little chilly we stopped off at a Ski Shop in Bright to buy some warm hooded jackets to keep the wind at bay by the campfire. Autumn leaves were carpeting the streets. The daytime temperatures were warm and pleasant but we needed…
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NOW: Mount Buller, Mount Stirling and Mount Cobbler After a grocery stop in Mansfield we headed on to Carters Road at Meerijig. The day use area here was quite pleasant but the camping area was a bit second hand so we continued on to Buttercup Road. After setting up a forestry worker came through to…
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This year’s Big Red Bash saw record attendance in the general public and in Track Trailer owners (200+ attendees) who took full advantage of the Track Trailer sponsorship affording them special discounts and perks such as an exclusive Track Trailer owners camp ground. Head line acts such as Daryl Braithwaite and Jimmy Barnes did not…
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NOW: Jamieson, Granny’s Flat. When you travel the Alpine Way it’s easy to call in at the wineries and berry farms. We were just in time for the last of the fresh raspberries. At Bright and Myrtleford old tobacco kilns can be seen from the road. The local talk is that medicinal cannabis is to…
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NOW: Dargo High Plains, Talbotville, Blue Rag and Hotham When we sought advice from our Melbourne buddies about where to camp in the High Country they told us it didn’t really matter as there were great campsites everywhere. Well they were right! From Licola we travelled through Heyfield and Maffra and into Sale where the…
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NOW: Walhalla, Licola and the Alpine National Park. We really are on the dirt now travelling on gravel roads through Matlock, Aberfeldy and into Baw Baw National Park. The road started out a reasonably good dirt road and became narrow just as we met a Parks truck coming up the hill from the riverside camp…
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NOW: The Dandenongs – Kirth Kiln, Gembrook, Marysville. In the 1940’s the First World War made petrol a scarce commodity. Those with cars became creative and developed charcoal burning “boilers” to fuel their cars. This charcoal was made in kilns like the one which has been restored at Kirth Kiln near Gembrook in Victoria. There…
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