We left Seymour a couple of days ago and travelled as far as Benalla. We stayed overnight in the centre of town in a free camp for self contained vehicles.
From Benalla, we headed up the Hume Highway to Wangaratta. From there we jumped over to the Great Alpine Road (B500). We had a campground called Devil's Hollow in mind as our next destination. We were looking for a place to stay in the scrub for a couple of days.
As we drove further and further up the B500, we were nearing the summit of Mt Hotham. I started to get a little edgy as we hadn't seen a caravan for some time that day and still we were climbing higher and higher.
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| On top of the world! |
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| The view from the top |
When we finally got to the turn off to our proposed campsite, there's a sign that says not suitable for caravans and large vehicles. Bugger!! It was a steep dirt road downhill. So we moved on with trepidation and eventually found ourselves at the the summit where Hotham Heights, the township sits. A fairly decent chilly howling wind blew. We stopped on the side of a carpark and enjoyed lunch before moving on.
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| The highest point we've ever taken the van - Elevation 1760m |
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| Lots of activity going on up here in preparation for the upcoming ski season |
We began our descent and ended up pulling up stumps at Victoria Falls Campground which is a free camp of elevation 975m. It's pretty chilly as you'd expect this time of year but nothing better than being in the bush in winter - sitting by a campfire. This is the site of Victoria's first hydro electric power plant in 1908.
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| Campsite at Victoria Falls Campground in the Victorian high country |
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| It's a bit chilli-bin here all day! |
These are a few long lens shots from around our campsite at dawn this morning...
GPS : 19°18'22.54" S 146°47'43.7" E
PS: We awoke to a frosty morn today (25/04/2024) - overnight minimum of -4 degrees.
