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Re: Australian Alps Walking Trail

by VillianChaser 29 February 2012

The official BNT route down into Victoria is from Khancoban along the Alpine Way (sealed road) to Tom Groggin on the Murray River, ford…
RE: Australian Alps Walking Trail

by VillianChaser 29 February 2012

Looks like the Victorian section of the BNT is along both 2WD Alpine roads and 4WD mountain tracks which would be bikeable although probably…
RE: Australian Alps Walking Trail

by redwhitewine 29 February 2012

If you are thinking about such a trip you may consider riding from say Buchan, follow the Snowy , turn off near Suggan Buggan and follow…
Re: Spare tyres on a long journey

by manonbike 27 February 2012

The big advantage of the guidebook is that it gives you contact details for the owners of all the private land you pass through, and just…
RE: Sydney to Adelaide via Tasmania

by ranjon 23 August 2011

#7 The confused doing the confusing now is it? *am7865* The very first thing you need to do if planning to arrive in Sydney between Xmas…
Tasmania - A Sincere Apology

by ianw6705 15 April 2011

Well ... regular readers of these pages would know that I had a light-hearted poke at the low-brow, shit-kicking yokels of the Apple Isle,…
RE: Melbourne to Eden - ideas

by V20091 10 June 2009

a good trip is up over the top Omeo Dinner Plain etc Hotham and Bright except you have to carry snow chains but it will be spekky in July…
RE: Sydney to Melbourne. Best route?

by V20091 01 June 2009

A lot of communities in Victoria that have localised bus services that dont rate on web sites, such as Omeo that has a weekly Bus over…
RE: Places to avoid if you want an 'authentic experience'

by Captain_Courageous 04 March 2009

Port Albert, "Gateway to The Goldfields." (Omeo) Ballarat, "Gateway to The Victorian Goldfields."
RE: High Country questions

by martinjy 10 February 2009

If you plan to stay in the one place for the week and take day trips elsewhere then Bright is the most central. Plenty of good restaurants,…
RE: Sunshine Coast to Adelaide and return

by suedaleontheway 11 April 2008

Are you starting from somewhere in Queensland? For if so and you are not much interested in the coastal strip a great route through lovely…
RE: The Ten Towns Game

by Groo 26 March 2008

9 Omeo Colin, my fucking posts do not go on this forum. They appear elsewhere.
RE: Travel Place Game.

by PoppyG 11 March 2008

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Nice Places Between Sydney and Melbourne?

by sammmi 23 October 2007

Yes head south out of Sydney detouring into the Royal National Park to take the Lawrence Hargreaves Drive for a short piece of grand coastal…
Emu Roadkills?

by retsbew 14 August 2007

Quite a few in the remoter parts of the Alps - east of Omeo for instance. Also as #3 says - outback NSW - north of Mildura say on the…
Alice to Brisbane

by ianw6705 08 June 2007

You can find pretty-well all hostels in the country on www.hostelz.com - including reviews (good or scathing), or use the YHA website…
Melbourne to Sydney

by NewIslander 26 April 2007

Drive up through Omeo is lovely (dirt road). Then take the Alpine way. I haven't done the coast road but i liked this mountain route a…
australia, renting car, driving from Sydney to Melbourne?

by NewIslander 19 April 2007

A few years ago, i drove from Sydney to Melbourne in the middle of winter over the Snowy MOuntains and loved it. I think the mountains…
Water Restrictions

by chrisj 16 March 2007

A summary of the water storage situation across Australia. All % 's are February figures except Melbourne (March 2007):

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Country Victoria - self drive

by glane007 23 February 2007

I agree with 4, and if u want to see the some of the best scenery in alpine Victoria, head for Bright as a starting point. From there…
Sydney to Melbourne coastal route

by littlebits 05 December 2003

It's a long time since I visited, but I used to love Merimbula. The white 'squeaky' beaches there were heavenly.

I like Lakes…