Tallangatta, Victoria to Mount Beauty, Victoria

A short trip to Mount Beauty.

Harry and Jackson check out the fast flowing Kiewa River, Mount Beauty.

Our lovely home.

Some nice flat rocks found on the river. Loads of Rainbow rout as well.

4 minutes till dinner.

The boys played in the river for ages.

The Mt Beauty BMX  track - mum takes on son.

Over the jumps , can Harry's skinny legs make it?

Nice air Jackson!!!!

Can you be serious Harry?

Jackson shoots a fly with the fly gun. 

Set up for the weekend.

Junction Dam, Bogong Village. The gang are about to walk through the Junction Dam.

Phew , we made it.

The moss trees of Lake Guy & Junction Dam.

Walking through the dam.

Bush walking to the Feinter Falls. Watch out for snakes. We were warned at the start of the trail.

Halfway, no snakes. We'll make this.

The flies are massive, this is just a baby.

AHHHH, the falls.

We made it. You wouldn't believe it. Karen and Jackson walked straight over a snake and Harry, third in line jumped backwards and out of its way. The shock of this got the heart racing. Subsequently the return trip to the car was much quicker than on the way in.

The Rocky Storage reservoir at FAlls Creek , all part of the Hydro - Electricity program operating whereby water passes through three electricity plants on the way down to mount Beauty. The water is tunnelled most of the way. Therefore, the water is used three times to produce electricity and also returned to the river. The river remains in its natural state.  

A Rainbow trout, caught on Harry's rod and with a frozen prawn for bait. We did return the fish as we already had dinner cooked.

Glenrowan and Ned Kelly was next.

Ned seems to be a little bigger than I thought he would be.

Somebody in Glenrowan must have met our lovely Harry. Try getting him to do the washing and wiping up.

Jindabyne to Tallangatta on Lake Hume, Victoria.

 This trip took quite a while as we needed to use low gear to climb up the mountain and low gear to descend the steep slopes. The wet weather also added time to the journey. However , we arrived safely  with all gear in tact.

 Lake Hume, this section of the lake has only had water in it twice in last decade, so we arrived at a special time.

 Karen tries her hand at fishing for Yellow belly, red fin or carp.

 Jackson gets a few red fin,they are returned - too small.

 A hard days fishing.

 Harry nails a massive carp, nearly snapped the rod and Harry.

 Not the most attractive looking fish!!!!!!or fisherman???????

AHHHHH, Where"s my wine ( or was that whine)

Jindabyne to Thredbo - The Dead horse Gap Mountain trek.

Our 10 Kilometre trek started with a chairlift ride to the top of the Thredbo Quad chair. We needed to ascend a further 800 metres to begin our traverse across the ridge of the mountain range. The temperature was quite cool to begin with. We were well equipped with our backpack full of survival gear. The most important piece of quipment was the packet of Allens snakes. You never know when they will be needed.

 Can we do it?   Yes we can.

 A number of large , fresh and steaming piles of horse manure were found on this trip. Upon returning to base we were informed that many wild brumbies roamed these tracks. Ask Jackson and Harry about the Legend of Dead horse Gap ( a story their dad made up ) but , boy didn't it have them worried.

 Lunch break at the Big Rock Cafe.