What a day! Our
Rotary friends planned a 4WD trip to the High Country, and specifically to the
location where Craig’s Hut is located – Craig’s Hut is the location of the high
country cabin in the classic Australian movie “The Man from Snowy River” shot
in 1982. We have watched this movie
several times and the scenery is one of the highlights of the movie. We are thrilled to be able to go to this area.
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| Our Group of Travelers for the Day |
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| The early road |
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| One of our Vehicles |
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| Scenery at our stop for Tea |
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| Cliffs at our tea stop |
But to get there was an interesting experience!!! We were on roads that a low clearance vehicle
could not have possibly navigated – even a low clearance 4x4. Our group comprised of 3 vehicles. We were on limited access mountain roads. You
would not want to/should not consider going to this area alone in case there
would be problems. One of the vehicles
was even carrying a chainsaw – in case trees had fallen across the road. The
vehicles also had winces, if a log needed to be moved or a vehicle pulled –
they are prepared. These were not amateur ‘off-roader’s’, which was reassuring.
At a ‘razorback’ location we stopped for
photos, and later at an overview, we had coffee/tea and sweets. For lunch we had another lovely picnic by a
river that was so clear you could see the trout. We were definitely ‘rocking and rolling’ up
steep grades and down again. At one time
we forded a river – the water covered the running boards. We finally made it to the top of the mountain,
to Craig’s Hut. What a view! Range after
range of bluish mountains. The blue hue comes
from the eucalyptus trees. Only photos will show the day! As far as wild life, we only saw several
groups of ‘roos’.
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| Morning Tea |
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| Morning Tea |
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| A Couple of Roos Checking us Out |
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| Our Road Traveled |
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| One of our 4x4s on the Road |
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| Coming up the hill |
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| More Hills |
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| Still More Hills |
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| Over the Ridge |
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| Mt Cobbler |
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| Mt Cobbler |
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| Our Lunch Stop |
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| Lunch is Served |
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| Enjoying a Great Lunch |
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| Fording the King River near our Lunch Stop |
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Craig's Hut from the Movie
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| Craig's Hut in the High Country |
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| Proof that we were there |
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| Scenic View from Craig's Hut |
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| More Scenes from Craig's Hut |
Tonight we had a dinner with our hosts - in fact the whole
gang who went on the trip today. Our time in Wangaratta is almost over. Tomorrow they are passing us off to other
Rotarians, for more interesting experiences, but today will surely be one of
the highlights of the trip.
Also tonight we took a birthday cake to the hospital for our
team members who are still there undergoing more tests. Tomorrow we will be moving on while they stay
here under the good care of the local Rotarians and can hopefully catch up with
us again. In situations like this, you
realize how important the network of Rotary can be.
We are exhausted! It was a rough ride today, bouncing
around, but it was wonderful.
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