Random thoughts and observations
We returned to Mount Gambier today after a lovely two-week holiday in the Alpine Shire region of North East Victoria, where we used to live. The video shows the kids jumping into the Ovens River at Porepunkah. We stayed in a four-bedroom holiday house on the Buffalo Creek Road, south of Myrtleford. It was a [...]
Myrtleford is trying hard to transform itself into a tourist town. I commend those operators who have shown initiative over the past few years since the tobacco industry was shut down. Myrtleford is strategically located to promote itself as a gourmet food region with unique cool-climate wines. The geography and environment work in the town’s [...]
Today was my 43rd birthday. I don’t feel any older, of course, and milestones come around so quickly now they no longer excite me. It’s nice to celebrate a birthday while on holiday though. That’s been my practice for the past four years. I enjoyed my usual Saturday morning newspaper routine. However, in addition to [...]
We enjoyed a visit to Lake Buffalo today, about 22km from where we are staying, to cool down. Lake Buffalo is a Goulburn Murray Water storage on the Buffalo River, 24km south of Myrtleford. It lies at the foot of the western slope of Mount Buffalo National Park, and is a popular fishing, water skiing [...]
It sounds like the remains of missing Myrtleford toddler Daniel Thomas may have been found today after human bones were discovered under a house in the North East Victorian town. Daniel went missing in October 2003. The house is the one Daniel’s mother Donna Thomas and babysitter Mandy Martin rented together when Daniel was reported [...]
