Buster on the loose into NSW

28 - 30 April

Travelled: 300km to Edi Cutting, King Valley. 222km to Myrtleford, Victoria. 99km to Mannus Lake NSW

Buster is finally on the loose…

We were curious to see how much he weighed fully loaded for a trip… “drum roll” 6.5tons.

Now it was time to start heading north. We decided to go up via the King Valley. It is such a beautiful drive via Yea and Mansfield. We diverted at Chestnut to finally go and have a look at Paradise Falls. Lucky it was only a 10mins walk in and although it wasn’t the greatest flowing waterfall we have ever seen, it did have some charm. The rock formations here were quite interesting too. 

So that done we continued on to Edi Cutting camp ground and settled in for a relaxing night.  

We celebrated with a bottle we bought in WA at Margaret River wine area. Cheers.

The next morning we took roads less travelled to Myrtleford. 

Hume and Hovel passed through here in 1824. In 1837 the township was just a remote cattle run. It later prospered during the gold rush era. During WWII a POW camp was established for captured Italian officers. Many stayed or migrated later in the 50’s and farmed tobacco here until 2006, reflected by the corrugated iron kilns scattered around the countryside.

After a stroll around town and a quick shop, we drove along Happy Valley, enjoying once again the glorious countryside made even more colourful with autumn in full swing.

We stopped for a cuppa on the banks of the Kiewa River.

At the Old Tallangatta lookout, we met some locals that have never seen the Hume Weir so full. The old township had to be moved in 1956 to its new location.

We rolled into Corryong and parked up at their RV stop next to the golf course. 

Its main claim to fame is Jack Riley, Banjo Patterson’s “The Man from the Snowy River”. Unfortunately we were too late to go the the museum.

The rain settled in overnight and we awoke to a wet Sunday morning. 

We headed along the Murray River Road towards Towong and drove in to a lovely camp spot at Lighthouse Crossing Reserve. 

Further along the way we stopped at a couple of lookouts as we drove to Walwa and Jingellic, a couple of historical townships along the Murray.

Walwa township.

Into NSW we go, crossing over the Murray River.

Stopping to have a look at the free camp in Jingellic but it was busy and very muddy so we kept going.

Once again we loved the scenic drive of rolling hills.

About 15mins from Tumbarumba we turn off to have a look at Mannus Lake and decide to stay.