Australian Dreaming
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
A trip to the High Country and Mansfield

Mansfield lies two and a half hours from Melbourne and is a great place to recharge the batteries. The views in the High Country are breathtaking across forests, mountains and waterpoints. The scenery is magnificient with its rugged mountains, rolling snow plains, rushing rivers, gentle lakes and sweeping grasslands which makes for an everchanging backdrop and a wonderful place to visit.

We rented a small country cabin at Macs Cove at Lake Eildon which was set at the lake edge (which was dry) and amongst the gum trees.

Unfortunately, the vast body of water at Lake Eildon had shrunk due to the drought but we still looked out upon hills of trees and the swathe of mist and a Kookaburra who sat in the old gum tree.

During our stay we glimpsed an echidna wandering its way through the long grasses of the dired lake bed. He rolled himself into a prickly ball as I walked towards him. I knelt patiently beside him and waited until he finally poked out his nose and I was able to take a photograph

King Parrots visited the bird feeder on a daily basis and kept us much amused in the early morning and evenings with their constant chatter

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