Australian 4x4 Travel High Country 4wd Tag-Along

You will need to have had some 4wd driving experience to do this trip as we will be traveling over a mixture of reasonable tracks to those that are seldom used, sometimes rough and fairly remote.

This is your opportunity to do serious 4wd driving in the company of others in one of
Australia's most scenic regions. With very limited numbers you will need to book early.

This trip will take you on a High Country Tag Along Tour with a difference
and we don't believe that you will find better value anywhere else

Next trips -
November 2010 - 1 booking left - this trip will follow a slightly different route
January 2011 - book early if you would like to join us
Easter 2011

(Some of the images on this page were taken by Casey Tait who we met at the trig point on Blue Rag Range Track, others were taken by myself and Wayne, Peter and Richard who came with me on the trip in January 2010)

Australian 4x4 Travel is an Australian Tourism accredited business and our High Country tag along tour is designed to give you a mix of reasonable tracks as well as those that will require some previous 4wd driving experience and, along the way, we will experience absolutely spectacular scenery as only the High Country can offer.

As we set off from Harrietville at around 8am on day one you can look forward to four days of various track driving, including some ascents and descents that are very steep as well as some being rough, several river and creek crossings and stops at some of the High Country's famous attractions.

The group size is strictly limited to 5 vehicles plus our support vehicle.

Smaller groups offer many advantages including the ability to cover more distance, to see more sights and to travel into some of the more remote areas that the High Country has to offer.

The first track takes us out to the trig point on the Blue Rag Range Track. This drive is a mix of good and fairly reasonable track so is an excellent introduction to what we have planned for you.

The image on the right is of the final approach to the trig point on Blue Rag Range Track

Towards the top of the Blue Rag Range Track

As we head south we descend South Basalt Knob Track as we approach historic Talbotville, through which we pass, on our way to Eaglevale where we camp on night one.

On the left is the Wonnangatta River crossing as we approach Eaglevale camp site on the other side of the river.

There wasn't much water in the river on the day we were there but that can change fairly quickly depending on the local weather.

There was a reasonable swimming hole to cool of in though.

On the morning of day two we make our way out of Eaglevale towards the legendary Billy Goat Bluff Track that makes its seemingly endless, and sometimes fairly steep and rough, way up towards the Pinnacles.

The views from Billy Goat Bluff Track are stunning. The drive is not untypical of many High Country tracks that start off in valleys and make very rapid rises to the tops of mountains and, seemingly, the top of the world.

Most seem to drive down Billy Goat but our drive up was made even more interesting by the variety of terrain we had to cover and the scenery we encountered. It also made for some interesting 4wd driving as well.

As we make it to the top, and feel pleased with our progress, we will have an easier run the rest of the way to the world famous Pinnacles, as the image on the right shows.

If you want 'breathtaking' then this is it 360 degrees of it, as the next image below shows. The image on the below right is Wayne and Peter on the Pinnacles Fire Lookout Tower with the ranger who was on duty just off to the right of the picture

The views from Billy Goat Bluff Track are just amazing

The view from the Pinnacles is breathtaking

Wayne and Peter at the Pinnacles Fire Lookout

We all dutifully signed the visitors book and went on our way.

From the Pinnacles we head for a pit stop at Dargo where we have the opportunity of refueling and restocking before heading for our camp at the end of day two alongside the river where we should be able to have a swim and cool off.

Day three sees us heading back towards Eaglevale, but the easy way this time rather than via Billy Goat Bluff, before going back up Eaglevale Track as we head for the much talked about Herne Spur Track and our descent into the Wonnangatta Valley and its historic Wonnangatta Homestead site where we will camp on day three having wound our way through the valley with its many river and creek crossings and having descended Herne Spur Track.

Along the way to Wonnangatta we will experience some interesting tracks with some equally interesting descents.

As we wind our way through the valley at the start of day four, we start the climb back up towards Mount Sarah as we work our way towards our final destination for day four which is Myrtleford, but first we have a long and seldom used descent to make back down to the valley below.

The scenery on the way down promises to be different and the drive not too hard. This is a perfect setting for the last day.

If you would like to come then book early. Once the five bookings have been taken then that's it till the next time.

travelling towards Wonnangatta Valley and Homestead

Total Cost $600.00 per vehicle - If you want a true 4wd Tag Along Tour to the High Country you are unlikely to find better than this. Call today on (02) 4739 8034 or mobile 0408 245 892 or use our CONTACT FORM

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