 Bogong High Plains  |
 In summer, Victoria’s high country welcomes visitors with walking trails, cycle touring and mountain biking, trout fishing and vistas from every turn in the road.
From the ski village of Falls Creek east and down to the Mitta Mitta River, the Bogong High Plains Road – closed by winter snows – winds across a wonderland of rolling plains dotted with weatherbeaten snow gums, gurgling streams, marshy frost hollows and low, rocky summits.
At your feet, a profusion of rich but subtle colours clamours for admiration: clumps of snow-white daisies, creamy blossom of the snowgums, bright orange billy-buttons, heaths and mosses. Snow pole routes guide walkers (and Nordic skiers) between the State’s highest peaks and the shelter huts, built by earlier generations.
Within two years this dusty ribbon of gravel will become another busy touring route for weekend warriors, when the last stretch across the high plains is tar-sealed. Now is the time to experience the magic...
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