Best be up early, I decided. Omeo was an unknown quantity. It could be all over in an hour or a mine of opportunities. As it turned out, it landed somewhere in the middle. Anglers Rest is pretty close to the highest driving point on this run up to the high country and it wasContinue reading “Omeo-my!”
Category Archives: The Choice is Yours
Pig in a Point
Tallangatta sits on the Murray Valley Highway, that skirts Lake Hume for the best part of 30klms, eventually bottoming out at Albury. While the quickest way back to Melbourne, it certainly held no surprises for me. I was much more interested in the Victorian High Country and the town of Omeo. In an idle moment,Continue reading “Pig in a Point”
Jingellic
With a caravan pre-inspection booked in over a week, I had plenty of time to wend my way back to Melbourne, The alps had been the high point of this little odyssey and now a stint of rolling country side would be a relaxing treat. There was no hurry to check out as Jingellic, myContinue reading “Jingellic”
Down Slidin’
Now, it’s not like I didn’t think this through. I’d let the water tanks run down to reduce the weight of the van. I practiced my low range driving and put on my Slow But Sure cap. As I sat at quietly at Dead Horse Gap, I was steeling my nerves while taking in theContinue reading “Down Slidin’”
Smiggins Diggins
Three days and nights on the mountain top was not ALL zen and meditation. As well as being irradiated by the surrounding communications towers, this was also the jump off point for mountain trail bike riders who plunged down a network of capillaries to a car park far below. There wasn’t a lot of whoopingContinue reading “Smiggins Diggins”
Reaching for Higher Ground
Two things stand out when you cross back into NSW along the Monaro Highway – the landscape opens up and the potholes disappear. The tall timbers and dodgem car driving gave way to sweeping green open country on a steady but comfortable uphill climb towards Bombala. I gotta confess, I always thought Bombala was another seaside townContinue reading “Reaching for Higher Ground”
Eh, Mallacoota, iAy!
Lucky I’m not writing this on first impressions, but more on Mallacoota shortly. I spent an extra day at Cann River as the rain had set in for the day and with a badly bruised toe (don’t ask), laying around was what the doctor WOULD have proscribed. I was thinking of putting together an article for OnContinue reading “Eh, Mallacoota, iAy!”
The Wilderness Coast
I knew where I wanted to go, but I didn’t know it had a name. The Wilderness Coast is a stretch of about 100klms between Marlo and Mallacoota on the Victorian east coast. Just a hand full of small villages break the coastline, usually at the end of a detour off the Princes Highway. But, as you would expect, IContinue reading “The Wilderness Coast”
Welcome to my Hotel California
Bairnsdale……you can check out any time to you like, but you can never leave…apparently. That temporary repair on the broken suspension leaf proved VERY temporary . It lasted all of 150klm. A slow and steady retreat back to Bairnsdale was my only option.  First thing Monday morning I hit the phones. Luckily there were three suspension guys in Bairnsdale. Most getContinue reading “Welcome to my Hotel California”
Along the Silt Road
I WAS supposed to be somewhere else by now. Well, I am, but only just. The van repairs fell at the final hurdle, when the paint job on the repaired section bubbled and had to be stripped back and done again. Another five nights confined to barracks. Again, Ray the motel owner, came to the rescue and steered meContinue reading “Along the Silt Road”