Paddy River Flats NSW to King Valley Vic Australia

Travelled:715km from Tumut back to Melbourne

Visited: Batlow, Tumbarumba, Paddy River, King Valley, 

Stay: Paddy River Flats Camp, Gentle Annie camp ground, Eildon Blue Gums Caravan park.

Just 20 km from Tumut we stopped to have a look at the Adelong Falls Gold Mill Ruins. Operations ceased in 1914 and is now a state listed heritage industrial site.

Our elderly neighbour worked in Batlow during WWII to build a factory for the war effort that would dry potatoes and onions. The area is also well known for its apples and cherries.

Further along we stopped to admire the Sugar Pine Plantation which are native tress of North America and were planted here in 1928.

14km out from Tumbarumba we have a look at Paddy's River Falls and then decide to stay at the nearby campsite for a couple of nights.

We drove through a lovely valley via Tooma and Cudgewa. We stopped to have a look at the Southern Cloud crash memorial. 

We had some lunch at the famous Beechworth Bakery before heading into the pretty King Valley. Italian immigrants settled here during the tobacco growing period and diverse towards wineries. Unfortunately Edi Cutting camp ground was closed due to flood damage so we stayed at Gentle Annie's camp ground for the night.

As we left the next day we detoured off the road to Power's Lookout named after a bushranger that used the area as a hideout during the 1860's.

As we weren't quiet ready to head home we decided to stop at the Blue Gums caravan park at Eildon on the way.