Maffra - Bright

We left Maffra Monday morning and headed towards Bairnsdale, with the School Holidays upon us and Easter looming, we chose to stay away from the Coast and headed up the Great Alpine Way towards Bright, the views were stunningly scenic but very few places along the road to camp overnight. It wasn’t until we got past Omeo that we came across a great spot that was a lookout towards Mt Kosciusko, later in the day another Caravan pulled in and we enjoyed a camp fire and each others company for a few hours. The Clouds came down so low we were engulfed in the mist, a light rain shower had us all saying good night and going inside.

The next day was Tuesday and we were blown away by the spectacular views on the way to Mt Hotham, Dinner Plain and Bright. The Big Chev cruised up the steep grades and the exhaust brakes were working great going down the steep hills. It truly is a Towing Beast, effortlessly towing our Caravan.

Arriving in Bright we were amazed at how busy the town is, tourists and cars everywhere. We parked the rig a couple of streets away from the Main townsite area and walked in to have lunch and a look around. We knew Vickie’s niece and family were on holiday in Bright but didn’t expect to see them, as it turned out they saw our rig and gave us a call. We met up and went to a cafe together for a catch up chat.

Bright was looking spectacular with majority of the trees changing colours with their leaves but way to busy for us to consider staying at a Van Park. I found a camp along a river in WikiCamps and headed for that but unfortunately it wasn’t that suitable for a large Van & Chev with a steep entry so we chose to head on to Wodonga where we have stayed a night at the Showgrounds.