May 26, 2012

The view from Tower Hill

Tower Hill, Bright

The sun shone brightly today for the first time in two weeks. Knowing there would be a lot of snow on Mount Hotham and Mount Feathertop, we drove up Tower Hill this afternoon for a look. The picture shows Bright and the mountains in the background. Tweet Pin It

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Alpine electoral review

Alpine Shire logo

The Victorian Electoral Commission is reviewing the electoral system in Alpine Shire to determine the number of councillors and whether ridings should be introduced. The commission’s web site is here. I’ve made a submission that Alpine should have seven or eight councillors serving an unsubdivided municipality. Here is the detail of my submission: Five councillors [...]

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Demon Ridge

View from Clear Spot towards Mount Bogong.

Today I walked more than 30km in just under six hours, retracing some of my steps from last summer along Demon Ridge. Juliet drove me to the starting point along the Clear Spot Road where it intersects with Dingo Ridge Road. I set off in cold conditions (three degrees according to Suzie) at 9.20am. I [...]

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New tourist attraction

Juliet and I have discovered that the twins are a tourist attraction. We took them to Bright today in the bike trailer for the first time. They loved it and so did the tourists. We stopped at the post office and had coffee outside near the bakery. The town was crowded and dozens of people [...]

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Night rider

I had a 5.30pm meeting in Bright for the local charitable foundation, of which I’m a trustee. I rode the bike because I didn’t get much time for a cycle during lunch. So of course it was dark by the time I set back for home at 7pm. I have lights on the bike, front [...]

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