At Mansfield
For my trip I stayed at Mansfield Country Resort on Lake Eildon as I mentioned previously, well here is a picture of Lake Eildon
The Resort from the “Lake”
A pump on the bed of the “lake”
I finally found some water
So as you can see it is rather depressing state of affairs. Lake Eildon is actually a man made reservoir and it is supposed to be used by the residents of Victoria for its water, there must be some other reservoirs around the place cos Lake Eildon has nothing.
It is a similar story in Bonnie Doon.
Lake Eildon at Bonnie Doon
Whilst also staying in the area I decided to drive up to Mt Buller hoping that there would be snow there, and it was only a 40km drive. 20km of that 40km drive was the worst and the best road at the same time, it was 20km long and about 1500m up to the summit so it was a very windy road, it would be very scary when it was covered in snow lucky for me there was no snow or ice on the road. Unlucky for me it was a week before ski season starts and you couldnt get up to the top without a trade permit or a workers pass there was no snow anyway, they were testing out the snow makers so i did see that from a distance at least. It was very cold and getting even colder particularly the morning I left and I reckon it might also have a bit of natural snow in time for the weekend – but alas I still havent seen snow.
In general I didnt do a lot it was a relaxing few days and I headed home Wednesday.
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