Faithful Recreation

Roper Hut, perched just back from the rim of the Big River valley

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The High Country - A week on foot through the Australian Alps (part 2: River Deep, Mountain High)

February 14th 2021
Wednesday Leaving the campsite at Cope Hut the following morning, I soon found myself walking along a vehicle track alongside the beautiful, clear waters of the Langford West Aqueduct, complete with a healthy population of small freshwater fish. A short detour up a side-track then brought me to the oldest surviving cattleman's hut in the High Country: the 132-year-old Wallace Hut, built on-site ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Australian Alps

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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