Paynesville - Anniversary trip part 3

On day 3 we returned to Melbourne from Bright, again passing the snowing Mt. Hotham

Passing Bruthen, we stopped at the bakery for some meat pies!

Paynesville - Anniversary trip part 2

From Paynesville, we travelled up toward Omeo - Mt. Hotham. There was a blizzard.

Mount Hotham is a mountain in Victoria, Australia. It is home to Hotham Alpine Resort. The mountain is located approximately 357 kilometres (222 mi) north east of Melbourne, 746 kilometres (464 mi) from Sydney, and 997 kilometres (620 mi) from Adelaide by road. Mt Hotham's summit rises to an altitude of 1,861 metres (6,106 ft) above sea level. Hotham village stands at a height of 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) AHD, making it the second highest resort village in Australia after Charlotte Pass Village.











Stopped by the road to play snow and build a snowman!










Playing at Diner Plain playground










Travelling towards Mt. Hot-Ham (andrew!) ... the whole road and mountain were covered with snow.










We stayed at a lovely caravan park in Bright, and had warm charcoal chicken for dinner. Nice !

Paynesville - Anniversary trip part 1

This is the first part of our road trip for mum and dad's 12th anniversary. We went to Paynesville, about 3.5hrs from Melbourne.

Paynesville was originally called Toonalook which is an aboriginal name for place of many fish. The Post Office opened on 8 November 1879 as Toonalook and was renamed Paynesville in 1886 by the Dickson family who still reside in the area.

We stayed at Allawah Caravan Park, which is very nicely situated at a waterfront! Arriving in the afternoon we had "Mr Pizza" margarita for dinner. Dad bought pickeled onions which apparently is a local speciality.











The day after, we took the ferry to neighbouring island (Raymond Island). The ferry trip wasonly about 10 minuts.












There were HEAPS of wild Koalas in the island! We drove around spotting them.











Then off we went towards Mt. Hotham...