the trip didn't truly officially start for about half hour after we hit the road because we were driving in the wrong direction, south instead of north. i was sitting in the back so i hold absolutely no responsibility for this na-na-na-na-na lap through half of melbourne.
okay, strangely enough i didn't get photos of the places we drove through but here are the main towns on the route we took today: Glenrowan, Myrtleford, Porepunkah, Bright (where we may or may not have had lunch), Smoko, Harrietville, Hotham (Heights), Dinner Plain, Omeo (i accidentally renamed it Oreo, and across from the garage there was a slide exactly like the one that used to be over the road from my nan's house, so over i skipped, jumped the fence and had a slide... wwwhhhheeee... and then a choc mint ice cream). then onto Hinnomunjie, Benambra, the dirt track through the Nariel Valley, Colac Colac and Corryong.
and then we arrived at the border... i was waiting for a big dashed line and had i thought to take along some chalk there would be one drawn across the road right now. ;)
below is my view from where i think the borderline was and looking back at victoria. (strains of a madonna song running through my head).
the handing over of the keys. a special moment and i'm certain that behind those glasses there were tears in jamie's eyes.
and into new south wales. doesn't look much different from the victorian side of the border does it?
look who's back behind the wheel... bbbrrrrrmmmmmmm....
then onto Khancoban, through Thredbo Village and finally Jindabyne.
we were cloud driving for the last half hour and it was breath-taking. one moment we're complaining about the sun throwing shadows through the trees and making driving more dangerous and the next the cloud descends, well actually we ascended. pretty spectacular.
it was dark by the time we arrived at the banjo paterson inn, jindabyne. we were just in time for dinner - phew! a parma saved my life.
