We left our camp with no real plan for today, so we decided to follow the Rutherglen Tourist drive. The tourist drive takes you around many interesting places; one of the most interesting items we found was the old water tank, it is now shaped like a wine bottle. It is the original water tank… Read More »Following the Gourmet Trail
After such a big day yesterday, it was time to take it a little easier. So the morning was spent doing the everyday items, like the laundry etc. So after a leisurely breakfast we got ourselves organised and went to the Man from Snowy River Museum here at Corryong. The museum is dedicated to the… Read More »Found it at Corryong
Today is another family history day. Karen organised a reunion about 15 years ago, that 300 descendants and family members of the McCormack’s attended. During one of the many conversations of the day, Karen learned of an Emu egg that had been donated to the Omeo Museum. So after 15 years Karen was very excited… Read More »Omeo or Bust
Today’s travel around the high country is dominated by the McCormack Family History. Their family was in the area in the 1850s to 1870s. Karen has tracked the names of the individuals and has a map of the area. The names on the map from the time do not match in the slightest, so the… Read More »Family History Trails
A leisurely pack up in the morning and say goodbye to Shirley and Trevor our hosts at Yackandandah Holiday Park. We had a wonderful time and met some lovely people, we couldn’t have asked for a better start to the adventure. So we set off on the road with grand total of 116km to travel,… Read More »Yakandandah to Colac Colac
It was an early morning start to see if we could get some early morning photos of Yakandandah. This was about 4am and there was still people milling about in the street going about the daily routines. At a more respectable time we went to Albury-Wodonga for trailer parts, a water hose had burst earlier… Read More »Relaxing at Yakandandah and surrounds
After a night of moderate to heavy showers, and a rising creek on the other side, we awoke to a pretty grey sky. So we planned to stay pretty close to home and the creek had already started to drop, so we though a day out at Beechworth was a good idea. On the drive… Read More »Beechworth and Woolshed Falls
After a good nights sleep with the apprehension of the previous night forgotten, we awoke to a sunny morning. It soon turned to a light drizzle and we thought we would go for a drive to explore the high country, we thought Falls Creek would be a nice drive. So we headed off to Falls… Read More »Falls Creek Misadventures
After a night with little sleep filled with apprehension and excitement it was time to start the adventure. It was a perfect travelling day, not too hot and not a cloud in the sky. It was time to say goodbye, a few tears were shed by Karen’s Mum. We set off from Phillip Island, with… Read More »Its finally here, the adventure begins