Its hard to imagine the beautiful scenery covered in snow.
Mt Buller is 1805m above sea level. It was very interesting to be walking under all of the chair lifts, and difficult to imagine it all covered in snow. I wanted to check out the resorts accessibilty for a day trip of skiing....just in case we get the chance this year. The view was 360deg of awesome, another great spot to have our lunch, although a little hazy due to bush fires in the distance. Had a nice chat with the guy in the fire station on the summit. We explored the town for a short while then visited a few of the beaten track camping grounds for future reference.
Next day we did some off road driving along the Mt Stirling Circuit Rd..70 km of dirt which winded up and down fern lined ash tree mountains behind Mt Buller. We visited one of the many Alpine huts.... Craig’s Hut via the 4WD access track which was perched on Mt Stirling. The hut is the most famous and most photographed hut in Australia as it was built in 1982 as part of the set for the movie Man From Snowy River. We’ll have to watch it now. However it did burn down in bush fires in 2006, totally rebuilt and reopened in 2008.
We stayed for over an hour, had lunch, and again were the only one’s there for most of it, and it was open to walk in side. It is so amazing how pioneers coped on only horseback, moved cattle and sheep around the mountains and survived freezing conditions. There is free camping nearby, but as it was brisk enough there at the moment, I imagine January would be a better time to camp.
The next day we packed up MaDiE (she is so cutie) and parked her up at the Visitor Information Centre, took our bikes out of the back of the Landcruiser and set off along part of the Victorian Great Rail Trail to Mainsdample....28km return. Whilst it was a fairly flat trail, we still had a great work out and enjoyed the countryside.
Retirement....where bikes can just sit and watch others ride by,
Mt Buller is 1805m above sea level. It was very interesting to be walking under all of the chair lifts, and difficult to imagine it all covered in snow. I wanted to check out the resorts accessibilty for a day trip of skiing....just in case we get the chance this year. The view was 360deg of awesome, another great spot to have our lunch, although a little hazy due to bush fires in the distance. Had a nice chat with the guy in the fire station on the summit. We explored the town for a short while then visited a few of the beaten track camping grounds for future reference.
Next day we did some off road driving along the Mt Stirling Circuit Rd..70 km of dirt which winded up and down fern lined ash tree mountains behind Mt Buller. We visited one of the many Alpine huts.... Craig’s Hut via the 4WD access track which was perched on Mt Stirling. The hut is the most famous and most photographed hut in Australia as it was built in 1982 as part of the set for the movie Man From Snowy River. We’ll have to watch it now. However it did burn down in bush fires in 2006, totally rebuilt and reopened in 2008.
We stayed for over an hour, had lunch, and again were the only one’s there for most of it, and it was open to walk in side. It is so amazing how pioneers coped on only horseback, moved cattle and sheep around the mountains and survived freezing conditions. There is free camping nearby, but as it was brisk enough there at the moment, I imagine January would be a better time to camp.
The next day we packed up MaDiE (she is so cutie) and parked her up at the Visitor Information Centre, took our bikes out of the back of the Landcruiser and set off along part of the Victorian Great Rail Trail to Mainsdample....28km return. Whilst it was a fairly flat trail, we still had a great work out and enjoyed the countryside.
Glad they built a new bridge!
Retirement....where bikes can just sit and watch others ride by,
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