Xmas part 1

As is usual for me it seems, how about a photo essay - what did you do on your holiday? I know there is going to be some interesting stories, but whether they make it to the blogs, who'd know. I know that AJ had a good holiday, Bellie was down the coast, Troy is riding from Sydney to Melbourne (the hard way) and Grover is always good for some content, not to mention Winny.

Here's mine, grab a coffee or a beer...


This year we decided to escape everything and head for the hills for a while, so after a stop in at Glenmount, we were on our way to Dargo. The route was Hotham via Dargo and the Dinner Plain Track and it was going to be a long night. Somewhere around midnight, after spending 2 hours driving at 15kmh in pea soup fog, we threw down the tent trackside. We'd made it through to about 20km shy of Dinner Plain itself, but the sheer monotony of the fog, and the obvious navigational difficulty of not being able to see a DAMN thing had worn us out.




Next morning, we downed the essentials (no coffee machine this trip. Instead we took the 'George Foreman steamer' so we had a healthy supply of fresh steamed dim sims!) Heading off, Dinner plain was on the cards, and we cruiser our way upwards.





Plenty of spectacular views to be had out here!!







There's even plenty to learn about how the Aboriginals used to utilize the area, moving up and down with the seasons, and traveling vast distances to harvest the huge bogong moths (which seem to be making a comeback after many years of not being around)






Dinner Plain Track winds its way atop a ridge, through meadows and across cliff tops.






Finally making it to Dinner Plain, we found the track sneaks in the side of the village, something I'd never noticed before, but I know its going to get used again!




There really is some awesome architecture to be found down here, this is the showpiece of some italian designer that I should recall his name. Regardless, its really pretty cool!





ScubaSteve was doing well all day, but had a bit of an unexpected mischief later in the trip...




And so we made it to Hotham, and stopped in for a night at Karnulurra which was also Christmas day night. We took a bit of a wander about the resort, down Blue Ribbon and back out Heavenly Valley to check stuff out.










How about a random patch of turf...?!
















So what did you do for xmas day...!?