2 days Trip around Victoria :)

[DeathKiss]

Hey Guys,
would like to share short story about my last 2 days .....
as you might know i like to go off road a lot and had a bit of fun ...
Been driving as following since Sunday morning 8 am until monday evening 10 pm .....
First drive - Bonacini's place (Riddels Creek) to get the pick from him .... thanks once again ...
Headed Kyneton ... Bendigo ... just for drive .... and first stop Whroo Cemetery .....

After having a bit of walk through the cemetery and being amazed how well were some of the tombstones , headed to the Whroo Mines for a look ....

next stop .... Murchison ... seeing the old Hotel .... amazing .....

next stop ....... Merrijig with sleep over ... no can`t have those night "photos" but can see the view in the morning from the window ....

Monday morning around 8 .... headed up all way to MT Buller ( for once i didn`t actually had to pay to go up .... )
Amazing to see for the first time Mount buller with no snow ... never been there out season

Aftr the mount buller stop with quick photos and breakfast ... headed to Woods point through Jamieson and Kevington .....
at half way .... stopped on side of the road .... and thought ...what`s with those rocks .... lemme test Bonacini's Pick

Obviously while testing the pick .... someone was having fun with the camera while i was sweating off to crack a kind of "quartz stone" as having a time off from driving ......

Next stop ...... Gaffney's Creek Cemetery

after sad moments of seeing that soon or later we all die and we will be forgotten ..... headed to Woods point.... on our way ... plenty of fun .... found 2 abandoned mines ...... nd an old car .... in middle of a creek bed .....

Finally arrived at Woods point ..... first attraction .... the Wolseley 15/60 remains...petrol station ....and small house .....

Woods Point cemetery ..... i know i look like a creep enjoying to walk through graves .... but it`s actually interesting and historic ....

From Woods Point .... wanted to have a go to Jericho ..... my gps was such an arsehole .... that took me off road with challenging track .... but i`ve made it .... in the middle..... of nowhere .... instead of taking me to jericho track..... took me to jim`s track where the gps knew location of "Jericho" so i wasted 2 hours driving around off road ....and yes my fault for not double checking before trying to reach Jericho and not trusting the GPS ..... example of track .....

After leaving "Jericho" dissapointed ....... comes the road back to home ... ( Melbourne Northern Suburbs ) with Fires around ..... beautiful views.... and A deer that thought the road is only his ......

And this is the aftermath of a normal trip that i love doing it at least every second weekend if not every weekend ..... different places....different locations ....and attractions ....

Now she needs a wash ...and she`s ready for this weekend ...

sorry for being boring and sharing with you guys

 

[Smoky bandit]

Wow...Awesome story and pics DK.....almost felt like i was there as well.....Thanks for sharing your adventure. ?

 

[silver]

Excellent post DK, look at them old fuel pumps just sitting there still. 8)

 

[DeathKiss]

Deer up ... forgot to upload him .... HAHA

 

[SCROUNGER]

Good stuff Deathkiss. akes me want to head back up into the hills mate

 

[AtomRat]

Haha awesome photos and story DeathKiss, thanks for sharing the adventure

 

[stoyve]

Your post was certainly not boring DK,
Thanks for a great share.
Cheers Steve

 

[Kai]

Top trip, awesome pictures, thanks for sharing

 

[BoydWilliam]

Great post mate. You are not alone - exploring those old cemeteries is fascinating to say the least. I often pop in and have a look. So much history in there! Beautiful part of the world out that way Woods Point, Gaffneys Creek, Kevington, Jamieson.
If you head out that way again, Google 'old Kevington'. It's up the mountain near the Kevington hotel I can't remember exactly how to get there. Heaps of old huts, chimneys, mines and relics to be found up there.

 

[Wolfy]

Thats great, thanks. I never miss an old cemetary too.

 

[Jaros]

Great post DK. Very enjoyable. Nice pics as well.
Jaros

 

[Chewy]

Great post DK looks like a great little adventure you guys had. Thanks for sharing mate.

 

[DeathKiss]

Great post mate. You are not alone - exploring those old cemeteries is fascinating to say the least. I often pop in and have a look. So much history in there! Beautiful part of the world out that way Woods Point, Gaffneys Creek, Kevington, Jamieson.
If you head out that way again, Google 'old Kevington'. It's up the mountain near the Kevington hotel I can't remember exactly how to get there. Heaps of old huts, chimneys, mines and relics to be found up there.

well that`s a must go then

 

[DeathKiss]

Soon or later we all die .... at least we have the memories ... and back to ants life of society .... during the week ....

 

[Jaros]

Once upon a time I visited Walhalla Cemetery where they buried people vertically because the hills were too steep. Very informative reading the headstones. One barmaid from the hotel was so "large" that they couldn't carry her to cemetery and just buried her on the side of the road.
Jaros :lol:

 

[bluejeansronald]

Soon or later we all die .... at least we have the memories ... and back to ants life of society .... during the week ....

Hi DK, Thanks for sharing, It brought back a few old memories, The cab of old army blitz, we snug logs with them back in 1965 on for years, i visited waroo in 2008 the old cemetry i always look threw them, Its of very little interest to a lot of people, In 2010 i was in tanagulla had a look threw the cemeterey found same names as my father and sisters, found out later they were from the other side of my fathers family, So there you go doubled the family tree, Thanks for the memories, Ron.

 

[casper]

a top trip report DK!!... The high country anywhere between Jamieson and Wonnangatta is my fav place in Oz and i now suspect it's yours. A suby in the right hands knows no barriers.......

I'm looking forward to you next trip report.

Casper

 

[Tathradj]

Mate,
Does the name Grimmett mean some thing to you. ?

Soon or later we all die .... at least we have the memories ... and back to ants life of society .... during the week ....

Hi DK, Thanks for sharing, It brought back a few old memories, The cab of old army blitz, we snug logs with them back in 1965 on for years, i visited waroo in 2008 the old cemetry i always look threw them, Its of very little interest to a lot of people, In 2010 i was in tanagulla had a look threw the cemeterey found same names as my father and sisters, found out later they were from the other side of my fathers family, So there you go doubled the family tree, Thanks for the memories, Ron.

 

[shifty1]

Loved those pics,brought back memories and nothing seems to have changed much from 30 odd years ago taking the kids up through there on weekends camping.Good on you.

 

[reefer]

Your XT looks like the same model i have...erm...she has! if she saw the photos of your rig after the trip... im'. sure she'd go into cardiac arrest!...hehe. funny you should feel that your interest in old cemeterys might seem ...funny or weird...many people derive a great deal ..emotionally as well as socially from visiting old cemeterys...if your looking for a feel of what it might have been like to live in such times...or who might of lived..then visit the place where they are buried, so often so much is learned from such an excursion.. its great for the kids for it grounds them in the reality that we all end in a place like this...however far into the future that may seem to them.And these places can sometimes give of themselves a wealth of historic fact as well...so mate...good post...a lot of us will never see these places.. so you take us there with you... and we all had a great ride!