Happy Australia Day but more importantly Happy 40th Birthday Tiff! Sorry for the delay in posting our last two days of our travels but I not only had some technical issues I was enjoying the moments. We started the day off with a traditional Aussie cooked breakfast included some great vegemite, cheese and lamb sausages- yes you read that correctly! I purchased them from coles before we came camping for our Aussie cooked breaky. We also had the classic bacon, eg...

Setting our alarms the night before we awoke before the sun to ensure an early start for a full packed day. We all load into “Captain Jack”, Shane’s 92 Jackaroo to head our much anticipated bucket list trip to the famous Craig’s hut. We roll out of camp just on sun up just before 6.30am and head towards Mansfield. Arriving in Mansfield we full up both the car and our tummy’s with a servo snack. The drive to the base of Mt Sterling, Telephone Box Juncti...

We prearranged the previous night to spend today exploring. We piled into the car ensuring the boys both took front seats so us girls we could sit back and simply enjoy the ride. We headed out of the park and before long the boys decided to head to Mt Buller. A place neither had seen before and it had been a number of years since we had been up, and never in the summer months. We arrived at the parklands area where the left road leads to Mt Sterling and straight...

We started our morning off with a nice serve of bacon, eggs & fried tomatoes served on toast. Knowing we were in for a big morning with horse riding booked through Watson’s trail rides. We arrived Watson’s at 9am signing our waiver forms & selecting our safety helmets. By 9.30 we were allocated our horses, Pete was given Jumbo who was true to his name, also known as a gentle giant. I rode on Rumba who was a sprightly old girl who had a mind of her ow...

We arrived at the Howqua Valley in the heat of the day. This is the one time I miss the kids and also dream about owning a caravan. Some blood, sweat & a few swear words later our camper is up! The park is under new ownership and you can see they are really making an effort to improve the place. The single shower & toilet cubicle will prove to be interesting I’m sure but hey we are camping! With the camper up and the temperature reaching a sizzling 35...