Vic High Country Trip, Day 5 and 6

Had a bit of a sleep in as we weren't shifting camp today. After a leisurely brekkie we went for a drive to explore the area around Long Plain. Beside the road there were tons of Brumbies in evidence, some looking well fed and healthy others looking a bit on the skinny side. We headed further into the park on Long Plains road stopping at Cooleman to explore and old homestead and its outbuildings. 

Then we continued onto the spectacular Blue Waterhole where we went for a bit of a walk to see the creek and waterhole and look for the caves that were supposed to be there. 

After this it was back to camp for lunch.
In the afternoon we took the road out to Currango homestead which is quite a nice place and is set up to take guests in a quiet rural setting. To get there we had to drive over the dried up bit of Tantangara Reservoir, once again lots of Brumbies taking advantage of the green grass here. Then we followed a fire trail which led us around the far side of the reservoir to the Dam wall which was constructed as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. After that it was back to camp for drinks and nibbles followed by dinner and another night around the campfire with the neighbours. It wasn't quite so cool this evening.

Although it didn't rain overnight there was still quite a heavy dew so packing up camp involved a lot of rearranging of tents, trailers, etc. to get them dry. We left about 08:30 and we're heading towards Tom Groggin where we would base ourselves for a few days exploring. Our first stop was for coffee and morning tea at Cabramurra and then we moved onto Khancoban to refuel and have an early lunch. We stopped along the way at a couple of lookouts and dams for a photo or two. The food at the cafe in Khancoban was pretty good.

Then it was onto Tom Groggin on the border between NSW and Vic and right on the Murray River. It was pretty hot when we arrived but there weren't many people there so we quickly set up camp in a nice area and headed off for a swim in the river. It was as a little brisk but given the heat outside quite welcome.

Then after drinks and nibbles and dinner we sat around the camp fire for awhile until it started to cool off and we headed off to sleep.

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