Great Alpine Road & Mount Buffalo

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Another blissful night in a proper bed :-)Thanks so much for your lovely hospitality, Blaithin and Rory!

After saying our goodbyes, we put on a great jazz soundtrack (thanks for the tunes Nici!) and hit the Great Alpine Road up to Mount Buffalo. We stopped at the sleepy village of Omeo for lunch and a walk-around. The twisty, windy and hilly Great Alpine Road boasts views of cloud-topped rolling hills and pretty countryside. Rather worryingly, we came across some crazy cyclists. I would’ve thought this route way too dangerous for riding… Around Hotham (where the road markings change from white to yellow because the area is covered in snow during winter) we encountered rain, sleet and near white-out conditions. In parts, we could only see about 10 meters ahead of us! Awesome driving Deano (especially when a deer jumped out in front of us!) and after passing through Harrietville and Bright, we arrived at the Mount Buffalo National Park and set up for the night at Lake Catani.

THE TRUTH (by Dean Glasgow)

Swimming in a river when there is flash flooding is never a good idea...

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