Sundowner Ovens Valley Mtr Inn Bright

... around so much I hadn't even felt myself riding lower on my rims! My hero, he changed the inner tube for me so we could get going quickly. I can do it myself, but it takes so long - plus we'd found out at the midway check point that there was a time limit to this ride. I suddenly went from just being happy if I finished the ride to wanting to make the time limit - doesn't the human brain work in silly ways? After my puncture neither Erin nor I thought we'd make it in on ...

We have driven further into the state of Victoria and away from the coast into the bush and mountains. During the drive, we passed several areas that had been affected by the recent bush fires, the trees were all black but begining to regenerate. <br><br>We first passed through Glenrowan which was where the famous Ned Kellys shootout ...

... were actually skiing there. I would have wanted to stay in bed. <br><br><br>We drove through Mt Hotham on our way to Dinner Plain. Dinner Plain is the main accommodation area of the mountain. Our first stop was The Dog Sled Tour. It was sooooooo much fun, there was also a puppy huskie called shadow he was really cute. Renee went first, than kath &amp; lastly me. Nae &amp; I had a drive of the sled which was really scary because I felt like I was going to fall off. While we were waiting ...

We arrived at Beechworth only half an hour away from Wanganderry. As we arrived in Beechworth,we found a caravan park.We took it and started putting up the caravan.While mum and dad were taking up the caravan,Marc and I were riding our bikes to the park and throwing the frisbee. Now today was actually the first day we'd been in a caravan park.For dinner mum went looking for a shopping centre.When mum came back she had bought our dinner and some salad.We ...

... wound around the mountain. The village is right on top of the mountain which is not like Kosciuszko where the village is located at the base of the mountain. The damage caused by bushfires in 2003 and more recently 2006 was very obvious on the trip up the mountain. Even though the fires devestated so much of the mountain, it was really quite stark and beautiful - the trunks bleached white and all the new saplings already springing up everywhere. We ...

... of Yackanandah also offered historical buildings and an early gold minning history and of course, the Yackanandah Jam and Preserving Company which excited Cherie. After Yackandandah we visited the great gold mining town of Beechworth. On the edge of town was an historical cemetery where people that fought against Napoleon and who had fought in the American civil wars were burried. Another other site you couldn't miss in the cemetary was the ...

... ume die Höhe wohl nicht sonderlich, so dass man in diesen Höhen, d.h. oberhalb der Schneegrenze (ja man höre und staune, es schneit sogar hier in Australien!!!) dann eher sehr dünne und nicht so dicht bewachsene Arten findet. Aber besonders erschreckend fand ich aber die grosse Anzahl an toten Bäumen dort. Teilweise hat man wirklich hunderte Meter voll mit toten Eukalyptusbäumen, d.h. es stehen nur mehr die Baumstämme mit Ästen da und weit und breit kein Blatt in Sicht ...

... in America. It is 15 hours on the aeroplane! When we get to America we stay in a hotel for the day and SLEEP! Then at midnight we get on the aeroplane to Costa Rica. Grandad will pick us up at the airport and drive us to his house up in the mountains. Granny and Uncle Dan will arrive from England on the same day. I am very excited. It will be a lot of fun.

... Eukalyptusbäume, die einen daran **inn**n, dass man in Australien ist, ab** **staunlich**weise ist es wesentlich feucht** und "europäisch**" als im Rest des Staates. Dah** war ich doch sehr üb**rascht und beeindruckt von dem neuen Bild, das mir von Australien geboten wurde. Binnen ca. ein** halben Stunde gen Norden wurde es drastisch trocken**. Auf einmal sah man kilomet**weit in die F**ne und alles was einem geboten wurde, war auf einmal in den v**schiedensten Goldtönen gehalten und hi ...

... pretty quickly. After our long journey we didn't want to do too much so we took a brief walk along the riverbank, and then stayed in the TV lounge with the other guests, watching Neighbours. The following day we decided to be more active and take advantage of the nice scenery, so we drove up Mount Buffalo, and parked near the top. We walked the last couple of Kilometres up to the summit, and had our packed lunch and took some pictures, then came down again. We stopped at a ...