Bit of a late report, however. Late Feb spent 5 days in the high country from mansfield to licola via the wonnangatta valley with just my truck and a mate onboard.
Day 1:
Left for mansfield and stopped for the standard ned kelly pie and last minute supplies before heading towards mt stirling. up and over stirling to craigs hut as my mate hadn't been there before. Nice and quite due to it being mid week. Lunch and down to Pineapple Flat for the night. Only one other group at Pineapple Flat so a spot right next to the river. No luck with the fish though. Plenty jumping. None biting just for change.
Day 2:
Up and off along the King Valley. Let my mate have a drive as i have done this section numerous times. Always good to have your passenger know what they are doing in case it hits the fan and they need to get you outta there. Also nice to be sitting in the passenger seat and taking in the views for a change. Stopped for a fish and caught my first high country trout(Would also be the last for the trip). Also saw a fair few cows grazing along the track. Over to Bindaree Falls for a looksee. No one there again. Peaceful. Down to Bindaree hut for lunch. Stop for another fish along the Howqua then upto Bluff Hut. Weather started moving in and a lot of low lying cloud up top making for some good shots. Planning to stay at Lovicks but was packed out with a horse riding group spread all over the shop there. Not happy. Decided to push on as plenty of day left. Standard high country weather with all for seasons icluding sleet within about 30 minutes. Stopped at Picture Point. Can see why it got this name. Ended up making our way to Howitt Hut. Weather really came through with plenty of wind and rain. Decision made to stay in the hut and what a great decision it was to.
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