Located just 120 kilometres east of Melbourne, Mount Baw Baw is the closest Alpine Resort to Victoria's Capital, and the village is 1460 metres high. There is a spectacular imaginary line that you cross upon entering the resort as the landscape transforms from green woodland to a white winter wonderland. Shovel and I enjoyed a sensational day trip, tobogganing, throwing snow balls and getting completely saturated by falling snow. We attempted to fit chains to Cherry's tyres, but gave up after a few attempts and opted to go it without, which ended up being fine in 4WD mode. Such a fun day, I couldn't stop smiling.
On the 7th February 2009 bushfires raged in many parts of Victoria. These fires on this day were to surpass Ash Wednesday, which occurred on 16th February 1982 as Victoria's worst bushfire disaster, taking 180 lives and severely impacting the township of Marysville. About 90% of the buildings in Marysville were destroyed in the blaze with 45 deaths. The population of the town went from 500 to about 200 after the fires, but has since grown to 400 with a steady increase to construction works and visitor numbers. Shovel and I really enjoyed visiting Marysville and loved the laidback atmosphere. Despite the overnight temperature of zero degrees we were snug in our tent 'Rex' and enjoyed a beautiful feed of Beef Cheek and a French HotPot at the Duck Inn in front of a log fire. Drive to Cambarville Historic TownshipCumberland WalkThis walk located near the historic township of Cambarville, approximately 20 kilometres east of Marysville on the top edge of the Yarra Rangers was only a 4 kilometre circuit, but had us trekking through magnificent rainforest and bushland. We passed the tallest flowering trees in the world, rare mature-aged Mountain Ash. One of the highlights is 'The Big Tree' a Mountain Ash that has been dated to be about 400 years old and stands an impressive 85 metres high. The height of the Big Tree changes from year to year due to wind damage, but remains the tallest flowering tree in Victoria, if not the Southern Hemisphere. These Mountain Ash trees are second in height only to the California Redwood trees, these of which we were privileged to see in the Great Otway National Park. The walk also took us into a rainforest gorge to Cora Lyn Falls and we marvelled at the views as we glimpsed into the Cumberland Valley.
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