linda & Peter on Tour: Colac Colac Caravan Park, Corroyong Vic

Location:

ColacColac Caravan Park Clack is located six kilometres from Corryong and is located on the Nariel Creek.

Corryong is a country town located in the far north-eastern corner of Victoria, around 120 kilometres east of Wodonga and near the pristine upper reaches of the Murray River. It is famed for its picturesque scenery and unspoilt natural attractions including rivers, mountains and forests.

The main road through Corryong is the Murray Valley Highway which is a wide boulevard with sections lined by deciduous trees whose leaves erupt into vibrant colours during the autumn.

A good overview of Corryong and its immediate surroundings can be enjoyed from Playles Lookout which is accessed via Back Thowgla Road.

Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson wrote "The Man From Snowy River" which captured the heart of the nation and tells the story of a horseback pursuit in the mountains of the Great Dividing Range. It is claimed that the inspiration for the character in Paterson's poem was local stockman Jack Riley (born in 1841), and his grave can be found in Corryong's cemetery via the entrance off Parish Lane.

Left early Saturday morning to meet up with Hutchie + Wendy & Jamie + Fee @ Maccas for breakfast on the Hume @ Glenrowan Arrived at the caravan park around noon to find Scott + Sue & Geoff +Kay there already setup from the previous night meet some new “swaggers’ and set off in the afternoon for a drive up to where there is a hang gliding launch pad just outside of town, half way up got stuck in a stretch of loose stones and gravel tried a number of times to go fwd without success at this stage Linda bailed on me and some of the group helped out – the solution was taking more air out of the tyres and a hard right foot SUCCESS !!!! made it up to a flat area where I picked up Linda for the rest of the trip, a stunning look out with great views, well worth the effort, back to camp for “nibbles” a quick dinner and a few drinks the off to bed.

Sunday bacon and eggs for breakfast at around 9am the others went off for another drive we stayed back as we needed to sort out the annex walls and put up the ensuite as we had not done either since we had it fixed, alas !!! Another issue with the zippers that will need to be returned and fixed hopefully back in time for our next trip

We went for a drive to the Murray 1 Visitor Center, adjacent to Murray 1 Power Station and went on a tour of the facility arrived back at camp for a more afternoon nibbles, dinner and more drinks around the fire. Linda latter in the night reenacted her drinking through a shewee that certainly had most in fits of laughter, at this stage thought she would be better in bed but NOT Linda!!! we got to bed around Midnight

Monday Linda and a few of the others set of for a 7km walk into town I cleaned up camp and waited for the call to come and pick her up, arrived at the local bakery where everyone was eating cakes, sausage rolls, and Linda treated herself to a nice little chocolate “hedgehog” as a reward. Around lunch time we decided to do a self-drive tour (from info we got at the local info center) around the area visited Bluff Falls, Embery’s Lookout on top of Mt Mittamatite (had to wait a few minutes for the cows to get up and move) and finished the day off at the Man From Snowy River Museum back to camp afternoon ~~tea~~ drinks, then more drinks around the fire and to bed relatively early around 10pm (Linda was not up to another drinking night)

Up Monday packed and home around 12:30, another great weekend away with old friends a really enjoyable weekend