Bourkes Bend and Strathbogie Ranges - 6-10 October 2024
This is where we went; Wiradjeri and Taungurung Country.

Bourkes Bend.

Three-pronged defence against mozzies.

Peaceful evening by The Murray.


Gotta get yourself a better book!

Exploring The Murray.


Duffys Beach.

Murray Valley Highway.

The old post office in Yarrawonga.

The old State Savings Bank.

Site of the old Open Air Theatre.

Crossing into NSW.

Lake Mulwala.

You don't need to stop here, do you?

The Mulwala Anal. LOL.

The Beattie Family log cabin.

Cobram Hotel.

Grand Central Hotel in Cobram.

Tungamah Hotel.

Hotel St James.

Goorambat's Railway Hotel.

This old shop in St James was the first store owned by the founder of Coles supermarkets.

We followed part of the Central Victorian Silo Art Trail, starting with Katamatite.

St James.

Devenish.

Goorambat.


Other murals we saw in the area included the Devenish train station...

...and "Sophia", in the Goorambat Uniting Church.


Lake Nillahcootie and Mt Samaria.

Strathbogie Ranges.

Entering the Strathbogies.


Looking towards Mt Buller and Mt Timbertop.

Camp by Howes Creek.


Arteries.

Exploring the Strathbogies.

Sandy Creek Falls.


Moss and lichen covered.

Natural shelter.

Four Pillars Rock.

Rocky Ned Falls.


Rocky escarpment.

Moss.


Maidenhair fern.

Brittle Bladder fern.

Cherry tree.

Woolly Grevillea.

Egg and bacon plant.

A sprig.

These Gazanias were everywhere up in North-Central Victoria.

Peering into the Broken River Valley from Rocky Ned Lookout.



Site of the former gold mining town of Tallangalook.

Hells Hole Sluice.

Barra burritos.


Pizza.



Broken River Valley.

Lake Eildon.

Scurrying across.
A juvenile Eastern Brown.

Scenes from the peaceful Glen Creek Valley.







A serene part of the world.





