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Jack I think the staircase is open. But don't quote me on it.
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I suspect at the moment there will be not much open because of the rain. give it a week or so.
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Yea, the weather has been a bit crazy.
There are so many great tracks and huts and all that great stuff there.
You could spend weeks up there just exploring
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09-03-2012
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Hey Guys,
Thanks for the feedback. We had a great time in the High Country. We stayed in Bright for a 3 nights and then moved down to Mansfield for another few nights. Both places a worth visiting and are fantastic as bases to go on day trips from.
Bright itself is a nice little village and brewery is certainly worth a look. We roughly followed layback40's suggestion below one day and had a great day out. Nothing too challenging once you get used to staring at the sky through the windscreen but a great day out.
Driving between Bright and Mansfield we took the smaller roads as a short cut rather then returning to the Hume Hwy. The short cut probably added 4 hours to the trip as we found ourselves on some very rough tracks (not difficult, just rough and slow going) but it was a hell lot more fun than the freeway.
Mansfield is another great little town. We spent 2 days up around Mt Buller, one day on the tracks to the north (quite a few were closed after the rain though) working our way around to Craig's Hut and one day to the south (which probably had the better tracks) getting around to Lovick's Hut. Some absolutely beautiful countryside with spectacular views everywhere.
One thing I quickly learned in the High Country is to reduce your expected daily travel distances. The tarmac roads are slow going (very twisty) and dirt roads can be very rocky making for even slower going. You don't get anywhere in a hurry so for anyone planning a trip don't be too adventurous with how far you expect to get every day. Concentrate on a couple of areas like we did and leave the rest for another trip. You might not cover much distance but don't expect to go easy on the fuel though. In some cases my fuel consumption was at least 30% higher than I've ever seen it before and is just because there was so much low range crawling.....you're always either climbing into the skies and hoping for the best or thanking the guy who invented seat belts when you're coming back down the other side
For anyone who's not been to the High Country it's definitely, definitely worth the trip and now I just want to go back and see the rest. As Jackofall says, you could spend weeks (or months) there and still not see it all.
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I'm planning a trip up there within the next month, can you see the sites with 30" AT and no lockers?
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I was a bit apprehensive before we went as I was thinking it was all going to be "35's & lockers" country and while I've got a bit of lift and 33's, the guy I was going with has a Triton with standard tyres on it (not sure what size but they aren't big). All he has is a rear bar to protect the big rear overhang and a snorkel. To be honest (and surprisingly to me), there was nothing we came across that he couldn't do. I did it easier and we had to pack rocks to get him through a couple of spots but he still got through OK.
I have no doubt that there are plenty of extreme tracks down there that neither he nor I would have gotten through (and I'd love to go back down and try to find some!) but we didn't see them. There were obviously lots of steep tracks and lots of very slow rocky tracks but nothing technically difficult. That said, it would be a whole different matter if the tracks had been wet.
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I have seen V8 landcrusers pulling caravans up some of the tracks.
Just take it steady & you will be fine. There will be some tracks you wont try but plenty you can. Normally you will say no well before your jeep does !!
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