Hi everyone!
We've left Mansfield and spent the night in Yackandanda, Victoria, known locally as "Yack." We're heading east over toward Cooma and then down to the New South Wales coast. It is impossible to say how many miles (or kilometers) we'll go today as that depends on the vistas and our energy level. We're basically taking it easy as we have until May 10th to get up to Suffolk Park, NSW and our unit.
Craig's hut was built for the movie, Man From Snowy River, and is certainly in a dramatic location. We were especially glad to have 4-wheel drive as we certainly required it to get to the hut. It rained on the mountain but was dry down in Mansfield. Still we enjoyed it immensely.
We have been driving through many areas that have been burnt by last years horrific bush fires. It is truly amazing to see how quickly the bush regenerates. Within a year ferns have spurted back, and the gum trees have all sprouted up the trucks. It looks as though they have grown fur like a chia pet. As the tree gains strength, the lower branches die back and the tree resumes its earlier beauty.
After leaving Mansfield we drove up through the King Valley, this is a huge wine region, now I knew about the Yarra, which we also drove through and other wine growing area of Australia but never the KingValley. It is just beautiful, the valley if filled with vineyards, cattle, sheep and even some goats, but to make it even better, there is a huge nut growing area, olive and fruit. Truly a beautiful region.
Yack, an old gold mining town is on the national historic register, absolutely charming, rolling hills to the mountain, quaint, funky and fun.
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