Blogs from Mount Beauty, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

Day 10 (13/11/16) Woke up at 8.45AM. Caravan park very quiet. Rain absolutely teeming down incessantly, making it difficult to time dashes to the toilets! Rain has not stopped, so basically have written today off since not much is open on a Sunday, so rest up & watch tv it is! Day 11 (14/11/16) Up early for the long drive to Wangaratta. Quite a large town with lots of good facilities & shopping. Managed to pick up a few bargains courtesy of eagle-eyed Deb. Had lunch at the Wangaratta RSL before going to Gapsted Wines. Deb quaffed down a huge array of very generous samples before making some purchases for digestion at a later date! Day 12 (15/11/16) Up early again, but this time to tackle the long, narrow, windy road to Falls Creek. Compared to ... read more

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Mount Beauty certainly lives up to its name.The scenery is beautiful, and so are the people (that’s you, Di & Jo – you guys rock – thanks so much for having us!). We learnt that there isn’t actually a mountain called Mount Beauty, rather it is just the township that carries the name. It’s a gorgeous little place with real community spirit. In the pilates studio, I asked if there were any local yoga classes. I was told to ask the lady in the greengrocer’s, who sent me to the hardware shop, where the sales assistant called his mum to get the yoga teacher’s phone number. Lovely! The locals also share their home grown fruit and veggies around and greengrocer offered to give me some fresh figs from the tree in her garden. Unfortunately we weren’t ... read more