A nice full day of drivin, skiin, fishin, bikin and hikin.
It was altogether a very strange weather system, not only for May, and I’d packed/unpacked/repacked a half dozen times over the weekend, originally considering longer drives w overnight camping options. But in the end just a long daytrip, but with LOTS of gear in the boot covering every base.
Early rise and a dozen runs at BB before i got too soaked and the snow turned mooshy. Usual BB magical rime kingdom, with the beech forests down lower also very pretty.
It was altogether a very strange weather system, not only for May, and I’d packed/unpacked/repacked a half dozen times over the weekend, originally considering longer drives w overnight camping options. But in the end just a long daytrip, but with LOTS of gear in the boot covering every base.
Early rise and a dozen runs at BB before i got too soaked and the snow turned mooshy. Usual BB magical rime kingdom, with the beech forests down lower also very pretty.
The Montane Fens has to be one of Victoria’s hidden treasures. Amazing it only recently got protected from logging, and also amazing I’ve never been there despite it having been on my radar most my life. They’ve properly gated it off now at the start of Newlands road with an extensive list of stuff you’re not allowed to do there any more. But despite perusing this list a couple of times, I could find no mention of mountain bikes, XC skis or fishing.
Unfortunately I’d packed my wife’s XC shoes, so the XC skis didn’t make the journey from the Fens, all the way up to Frangipani Saddle. Just as well as there were too many overhanging snow laden branches.
I caught and released a couple of very nice brownies along the way. The Thompson which makes up the Fens, is even more beautiful upstream with extensive beech and myrtle forests, all very pretty under snow.
At Frangipani, I decided to ditch the bike and climb up to Mt Whitelaw, up thé Upper Yarra walking trail through the most amazing forest of regnans.
Just before the AAWT, the snow got hard going and the trail hard to follow in the rain and mist so I turned back and retraced my steps to the bike.
Would otherwise be a good car pool trip to BB.
The Whippet pack is not mud proof.
Unfortunately I’d packed my wife’s XC shoes, so the XC skis didn’t make the journey from the Fens, all the way up to Frangipani Saddle. Just as well as there were too many overhanging snow laden branches.
I caught and released a couple of very nice brownies along the way. The Thompson which makes up the Fens, is even more beautiful upstream with extensive beech and myrtle forests, all very pretty under snow.
At Frangipani, I decided to ditch the bike and climb up to Mt Whitelaw, up thé Upper Yarra walking trail through the most amazing forest of regnans.
Just before the AAWT, the snow got hard going and the trail hard to follow in the rain and mist so I turned back and retraced my steps to the bike.
Would otherwise be a good car pool trip to BB.
The Whippet pack is not mud proof.
