Vic High Country - 'must see' spots or tracks?

Planning on visiting the Vic high country in April and expect to be there for a couple of weeks or more after coming down the Darling River run and across the Great Ocean Road. It will be our first encounter with the high country.
I would like to get some advice from you southern 'locals' that frequent the place as to what places and tracks we should ensure we include in our itinerary.
If there are places that you don't want to adveritse on here please feel free to PM me. If they are not marked on maps then GPS coords would be handy. (I do have the Hema guide as well as their 4WD atlas.)
Not into really severe or hard core stuff, but do love a bit of 4WDing.
It will be a small well experienced family group of 2 or maybe 3 vehicles (no trailers or vans) but fully self contained so will be bush camping were possible, and we do have proper respect for the environment we all enjoy.
Any and all advice would be appreciated, please.

Hi mate.
The usual Iconic places i would suggest.

Craigs Hut. Easy access.

Bluff hut, easy access.

Lovicks Huts.

Wonnangatta area is beautiful.

Blue Rag Range track. 360 degree views of the VHC. easy to moderate 4wd experience needed.

Billy Goats Bluff. moderate 4wd experience, needed. Some sections are quite steep but the track has been graded as of late i believe. This track leads you to The Pinnacles, its a fire tower. I think the views from here are better than Blue Rag, but both are exceptional.

If you want some camping.

Sheepyard flats i would recommend. Easy to get too, huge camping areas. Drop dunnies, and right on the Howqua river. Great trout fishing there. Or just over the hill is Fry's Hut camping area. Easy access. Drop dunnies also. But can get quite busy in peak times though. Both are within an hour from Mansfield, beautiful town, but it has the reputation of the local Fuzz being very harsh on 4WD's. If your car is legal, you have nothing to worry about, if its not, then you may. I've been pulled over twice there in the last couple of years, because of the large bonnet scoop and the high lift, as my Patrol is engineered they left me alone after seeing the blue badge.

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Originally Posted by mudski

Hi mate.
The usual Iconic places i would suggest.

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Thank you - very helpful.

Craig’s hut I would definitely suggest though. Although it’s not a “real” VHC hut, it was built for the filming of The Man From Snowy River filum back in the 80’s. A beautiful spot nonetheless.


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If your coming up north from the Great Ocean Rd depending on where you are staying another good drive, Mainly just black top and dirt is either from Marysville -> Woods Point (have a counter meal at the local pub -> Gaffneys Creek -> Knockwood -> Kevington ->Jameson (lovely spot) then into Mansfield.

Or from Yarra Junction -> Warburton -> Reefton and then into Woods Point.

Thats if you intend on heading Mansfield way.

Then Theres Bright and surrounding area's. Closer to where Blue Rag is. I could go on and on...