Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
High Country Highlights
Cycle the
Murray to Mountains Rail Trail
(
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), Victoria's longest bike path
Visit Ned Kelly's haunts in historic
Beechworth
(
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)
, then sample the brews at Bridge Road Brewers
Hit the gourmet trail in
Milawaand theKing Valley
(
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), tasting wine, cheese, mustard and olives
Mountain-bike the green-season trails down
Mt Buller
(
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)
Hit the piste at one of the big three ski resorts:
Mt Buller
(
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),
Mt Hotham
(
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) or
Falls
Creek
(
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)
Enjoy the vibrant colours of the autumn and spring festivals in
Bright
(
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)
Holiday on a houseboat or camp by the shores on the beautiful lake at
Eildon
(
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)
Make like
The Man from Snowy River
and go horse riding on the high plains around
Mansfield
(
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)
Drive along the
Great Alpine Road
to the isolated gold-mining town of
Omeo
(
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)
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Baw Baw
National Park
Baw Baw National Park, an offshoot of the Great Dividing Range, is the southernmost re-
gion of Victoria's High Country. The Baw Baw Plateau and the forested valleys of the
Thomson and Aberfeldy Rivers are wonderful places for bushwalking, with marked tracks
through subalpine vegetation, ranging from open eucalypt stands to wet gullies and tall
forests on the plateau.
The 3km
Mushroom Rocks Walk
from Mt Erica car park leads to huge granite tors (blocks of
granite broken off from the massif). The highest points are
Mt St Phillack
(1566m) and
Mt Baw
Baw
(1564m). The higher sections of the park are snow-covered in winter, when everyone
heads for Baw Baw Village ski resort and the
Mt St Gwinear
cross-country skiing area. A sec-
tion of the
Australian Alps Walking Track
, which starts its 655km journey in the historic town-
ship of Walhalla in Gippsland, passes by a few kilometres from Baw Baw Village. Quiet
back roads connect this region with Walhalla.
There is a camping area in the northeastern section of the park, with picnic tables, fire-
places and pit toilets. Dispersed free bush camping is also allowed on the Baw Baw Plateau
(fuel stove only).
