Bright

The Ovens River at Porepunkah.

Then a walk at Bright along the river. Again floods had washed some of the track way but we ignored the signs and continued on regardless.  Crystal clear mountain waters.

A delightful morning walk of just over 6klm. 

Mt Granya and the Hume Dam

A loop drive out through Tallangatta then across to Granya on the Murray River/Lake Hume then across the Bethanga Bridge to the Hume Weir and into Albury before returning to the BnB at Staghorn Flat.

Great views from Mt Granya to the Victorian Alps. 

The Fire Tower on Mt Granya 

A short walk at Granya Falls with the Scout Hut built in 1937. 

Granya Falls 

A nice beer in the the pub at Granya. 

The Bethanga Bridge across Lake Hume. 

After a BBQ lunch at Hume Weir we rode our bikes across the dam wall.

Looking down the Murray River from the Hume Weir. 

Lake Hume 

Then a short walk in the late afternoon along the Murray River at Noreuil park in Albury. 

Tallangatta Rail Trail

Moving on from Ruffy to the next BnB at Staghorn Flat in the Kiewa Valley just south of Albury/Wodonga.

 I had wanted to stay near here to ride on one of Victoria's Rail Trails. Victoria does Rail Trails well and is something NSW should emulate giving tourist dollars to country regions.  This rail trail, The High Country Rail Trail, of which we only did a small part of, runs 59klm from Wodonga to Cudgewa.

This part of the trail runs beside Lake Hume where we started at the old Huon rail siding and rode the 13klm to Tallangatta and back.

A highlight of this part of the trail is the crossing of Sandy Creek on the reconstructed bridge.

After we drove up to the lookout over Tallangatta. 

Tallangatta is famous as the town they moved when they built the Hume Weir across the Murray and formed Lake Hume.

A nice day.