We headed back down the spur track and the mountain to complete our trek through some beautiful farmland stopping to look at an old burnt out truck and a small hand- made stone dam called Dribbling Waters constructed early 1900 by the Women’s Army. A great day was had by all with great scenery and good 4wd tracks.
Brian and Liz McCathy 676.
Day 2. - Saturday 27th January 2018 Day trip to Mt Pinnabar.
The day looked to be more comfortable than previous ones, cooler with cloud and Laurie assured us there would be no dust (there had been a shower in the area during the night!).
With tyre pressures already lowered the convoy of ten vehicles headed off with Laurie and Chris in the lead and Maryann and Ian as TEC.
After modestly driving south along Benambra- Corryong and Thowgla Roads past various farms and hideaways protected by four strand electric fences.
We then struck off along some recently improved and mostly yet to be upgraded forest roads/tracks enjoying the pleasant drive towards our objective.
So as to keep those who had been before on this day trip, our leader, after consulting his map and GPS took an alternate route to where the Mt. Pinnabar Track commenced; here we took an agreeable tea break.
Then we struck the four rather steep separated “scrambles” over loose rocks to victoriously mount the summit.
We enjoyed the three hundred and sixty degree views espying the different cloud formations in the valleys and the peaks.
Here we understand is the highest point in Victoria that you can get a four wheel drive to. It’s also the top of a pyramid if you like, of three roads, the other two being to Dinner Plain and the one we were to take to Tom Groggin
So after the compulsory photograph at the Trig point we headed down with instructions to leave one hundred metres between cars due to the steepness and loose rocks. And down we did go, with a few ups, and taking care in one section where it was clay surface.
The tracks we were on were popular over this long weekend and the drivers in the several vehicles we met coming up when we were descending graciously pulled over, in some cases where the track was quite narrow, to let our convoy through.
Down near the bottom we cruised along the valley floor on the right side of another multi wire electric fence a sharp two seventy degree turn and we were broaching the might Murray up to the running boards.
Lunched with the kangaroos and after that to Khancoban for the inevitable ice creams from the only store still open. (Several days later we were to learn that with the coming of the Snowy River 2 Scheme, the Federal Govt. was to fund an upgrade of the facilities.
One notable event on this road was the driver of a police NSW 4WD giving us a complementary wave as we passed one another.
Back at camp we repaired for the dinner which had been booked for all at the Court House Hotel in Corryong. Whilst the meal was apparently enjoyed by all there must have been a crisis in the kitchen as some of the crew did not get their meal for an hour and a half after ordering.
David Turner and Enid Maloney 1232.
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