Before we headed west going from hot weather to more hot weather 😏 we spent time in the rather beautiful north eastern corner of Victoria. From the water eroded granite of Woolshed Falls, the promise of gold and gemstones at Reedy Creek (yes we did find flecks of gold!), quirky places like Mount Big Ben - ding dong! the gourmet delights of the Milawa region and King River Valley, through the tranquil almost hidden delights of Dederang Valley, Happy Valley and the Ovens Valley - the whole region is a delight. Echoes of times past marked by oasts - kilns used both for drying hops but once more for tobacco. Flash back to the 80s and this region grew masses of tobacco.
We try to travel on roads we’ve never driven on. A challenge sometimes, but very interesting - you never know what you’re going to discover. We drove along roads lined with beautiful pink and mauve crepe myrtle trees big and small and blowsy walnut and chestnut trees with bright yellow grass hoppers leaping about like crazed windup toys.
We travelled beside rivers and creeks - the King, Rose, Buffalo, Ovens, Kiewa and Hurdle, passed Bread and Butter Gap, the long Buffalo Lake. We were in high country and were surprised at the number of Highland cattle chewing their cud under eucalypts, a bizarre sight after Scotland! Some places we would never have found had it not been for my Hema map app - it works even when there’s no ‘signal’ by tracking you with GPS. Love it!
Woodshed Falls. Be lovelier in cooler weather!
This vacated home seemed tethered to the tree with spiders web
Outside Myrtleford
Oasts now used for hops which are widely grown here
Flyers in the Yackandanda pub. Great little town with loads of entertainment - and food!
Whitty cafe in Whitfield. It was like stepping back in time. Quite delightful.
Lake Buffalo dotted with pelicans and many other water birds. Quite tranquil
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