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We aired our tyres up and we stopped at Geehi Rest Area that has an interesting history and wonderful cabins made from river stones. Last stop was Scammel Spur Lookout that afforded fantastic views of the mountain ranges. Back to camp for fivesies.
A special `thank you` to Rob, our team leader for a great day out. A very impressive effort considering he hadn’t driven that track before.
Note: Colac Colac was known as `Klack Klack` because of the noise made by the wings of flying locusts. Now of course, it’s known as `Clack Clack`.
Barb Isaacs - 1071
Saturday 27th January 1018
Our second day out on the tracks began around 08:30 with a briefing from our trip leader, Rob. We finally set out a bit before 09:00 and headed out the same way as yesterday’s trip, turning left onto Benambra-Corryong Road. Only this time we passed the turn-off from the day before and continued on up the hill about 3km past the Sipthorpe track turn off to a lookout point where we were going to get a view of the Dartmouth Dam. However, the weather had other ideas. As we climbed, the cloud got thicker and thicker until we were quite fogged in. At one point visibility was down to about 200 meters with tail lights of the vehicle ahead being very faint. It was then that the puns started flying about the mist: Have you mist a turnoff, and, it’s a mistery as to where that goes to, and so on. Light rain was falling now as we pulled up at the Gibb Range Rd turn-off to air down. We continued on until we got to the Mt. Bogong-Dartmouth Dam Lookout, but there was nothing to see, the mist had obscured the view completely. So we turned around and headed back to Sipthorpe track to continue our journey.
Upon reaching the Sipthorpe track, we met members of the Albury/Wodonga 4WD Club. We stopped and chatted for quite a while. They took the opportunity to sell us some raffle tickets but we also publicised the Navigation Challenge and promised to send them some information on it. We also spoke of the upcoming High Country and Beyond Event, which they are organizing and advertizing through 4WD Victoria. They gave us some good information on the condition of the track and a walking detour we could make to view an old gold mine and mining equipment.
Finally on our way along Sipthorpe track, the condition of the track changed to one that was narrower and a little rougher, running out along a spur. After about 1600 or 1700 meters the track started to get steep, but still very manageable, and remained steep for over a kilometer.
The trip down was beckoning and we headed down along a very interesting and picturesque track to the Murray River crossing that we all successfully navigated. This was at Tom Groggin Camping Area where we had lunch.
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Ton Groggin Lunch Spot
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