With a long day ahead of us we were up early, packed, had breakfast, got petrol and on our way by 9.30am. Rhys was again in the lead as we headed along the magnificent Snowy Mountain Highway in cold but dry weather, we detoured at Kiandra then south to Cabramurra and Corryong. We were having a good run until Tooma Reservoir where a large group of vehicles were stuck behind a car towing a caravan, we picked our way around the cars but the narrow windy road combined with the width of the caravan made it impossible to squeeze through. We had to sit behind for what seemed an eternity at a painfully slow pace until a straight section appeared that allowed us to pass.

Down to Corryong then around to Tallangatta for fuel & a break. We then headed south to Gundowring, on the secondary road that runs parallel to the Kiewa Valley Hwy before detouring at Dederang for the fast run across to Myrtleford and a late lunch. It was quite hot by this stage and the lunchtime crowd in the small take-away shop made lunch a real leisurely affair.

With Rhys not that familiar with the next stage of the route, I then led across to Milawa and Oxley then the back roads through Greta to Tatong before stopping at Swanpool for fuel. As time was getting on we pushed on to Bonnie Doon for a brief drink & toilet stop before doing battle with the holiday traffic to Yea.

We basically broke up here with Paul heading down to Whittlesea while Rhys & I went straight down to Yarra Glen and home. Todays little excursion added another 650km to the trip!

Overall a fantastic 3 days comprising 1500 kilometres over some of the best roads in the country with great weather and company.

Ian Payne

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