We set off at 10.30am to do the lap of the Snowy Mountain National Park and had been warned in advance it did include some very ordinary dirt roads clinging to the side of the mountain. The first 100klms to Boyang was sealed and the countryside flowed past with mountains on either side and the sound of bell birds ringing through the forests. From Boyang the road got much more interesting. One track dirt and yes there were the 500meter drops off to the passenger side (lucky it wasn't on my side). I positioned myself so that I was facing the rock wall and just continued to drive around thousands of corners that just disappear into thin air, very spooky drive. Only one close call with a d---head driving like a lunatic in his 4wd ute,he came flying around a corner ahead of us, thank god we didn't meet him in a corner. The views from the high country were spectacular and now we know why the farmers are fighting so hard to retain this area as a grazing area in summer. We climbed down to the Little River Gorge, which is Victoria's deepest gorge at 600meters (pic tomorrow). This was gorge 73. After 6 and a half hours and 300klms we arrived back at Orbost and ready for a good stiff drink LOL.
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Looked at the map and I thought it was very kind of them to mark the places clearly... Bete Bolong and Bete Bolong North. Two of them, and being so far off the "beaten track", I guess they would be a bit quiet, and you can forgive them for getting the spelling wrong.
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