2006 Great Divide Tours - Victorian High Country Trek

Thursday - 12 January 2006

Today, Day 5, we had the company of local historian and Dargo Head Master, Rob Christie.

He recounted the history of the area as we travelled over 26 river crossings of the Crooked River, through Gold Rush Country, into Dargo for lunch at the Dargo Hotel.

We stopped at the ruins of and old pub and bakers oven on the way to Dargo.

We then toured through the old township of Grant, visiting Grant Cemetery, the remains of an old Gold crushing battery, and walked about 800 metres though an old Gold Mine.

He had lots of detail of the stories of the area that had become a passion for him.

It was a leisurely night back at camp as the sky glowed pink, the moon rose over a mountain and the camp fire glowed warmly