Kingfisher Travels

  Now we have reviewed the weather forecasts for the next few days and they are not good.  Walking up Mt Kosciuszko in windy wet conditions doesn’t appeal to anyone, especially after seeing the snow around Mt Hotham.  Again a new plan… visit Lakes Entrance and start heading back up along the coast.   Day 25 Omeo to Eden In the drizzling rain we drove to Lakes Entrance for a quick look around.                          Nothing stood out so we continued to Eden for the night, in the rain we opted for an apartment… even in the rain it had a good outlook and we quickly toured the town in the morning.             Day 26-27 Eden to Batemans Bay. We decided to travel to Batemans Bay and have another rest day.  Drove along the coast but still wet weather so not much to see.  Booked in to an apartment again for the 2 nights. Dinner at their restaurant and touring the town and beaches.           Day 28 Batemans Bay to Forresters Beach. Travelling to my parents place for dinn

  Day 24 Talbotville to Omeo Last day in the High Country because of road closures further into the Alpine Park towards Kosciuszko,  we had planned to travel cross country to get to Thredbo.  So the new plan is to visit the Blue Rag Range today then back to Dargo Pub for a meal before travelling to Thredbo via bitumen (walk to top of Mt Kosciuszko). So we left our camp and up through another steep climb along Collingwood Spur… stopped to take in more views…                                   And then to our next obstacle for our plans…                                         Ok, so the main road to get up to Blue Rag range is closed, but there is another way, it is just likely to be much more difficult and time consuming.  As the Blue Rag range is talked about in any High Country journey we thought it important to get there.  So back into the Talbotville area to start up South and then North Bassalt Knob tracks. First down a 2 wheel drive tight road.     Then onto some tigh

  Day 20 Mirimbah to Bindaree Hut Packed up and headed up Mt Stirling road to Razorback Hut through the forest.           Then onwards to Craig’s Hut, chose to walk up via the steepish walk to fully appreciate the surroundings.                     Tracey was excited to watch a wedding take place as we had lunch at Craig’s Hut.  Bride flew in by helicopter.     Then down through The Monument track and into (and under) Bindaree Falls.                                                Then on to Bindaree Hut campsite along a small “cold” river.  A bit of a wash and the girls beauty process…         Day 21 Bindaree Hut to Howitt Plains Up and again on the road at the extremely early time of 10:30am… we are on holidays! Along 16 mile Jeep track, Bluff track and King Billy track… about 50km’s today averaging about 10km/h. But visiting some nice huts, Bluff and Lovicks… and not so nice Howitt’s Hut.  These huts are used to get out of the cold, especially for hors