Hi All,
Happy New Year to everyone!
My partner and I were hoping to go up to Buller for NYE but it was remaining closed due the fire still being a threat. So we went an extra couple of hours up the road and stayed at Falls Creek where Scott Chisholm, his wife Kirsten and children Christopher and Emma plus Kirsten’s parents, were staying!
We stayed at Karelia Lodge which was very friendly accommodation and would highly recommend it to anyone travelling there.
Had a fantastic time, and it was fairly interesting weather. New Years Eve afternoon Scott, Mark and myself went mountain biking around the summit and did a fair bit of off road adventuring, travelling down a couple of blue and black runs (which is what a few places on my legs looked like after falling off once!). Took a couple of pics while we were up there, see the pdf file below.
As soon as we got back to the Lodge to shower it started bucketing down, and it didn’t stop till sometime the next morning. Karelia Lodge put on a 3 course Fondue Dinner with complimentary champagne which was very enjoyable and more than satisfying.
We departed the next day in the afternoon and stopped at a few places along the road to take some pictures of the fire damaged areas. It certainly came very close to Falls Creek, areas not too far from the entrance gate were affected. But it was the road between Mt Beauty, South Tawonga and Bright that was the most devestating. I didn’t take any pictures of it but it was pretty much flattened with no vegetation left standing.
Hope you find the pics interesting.
Cheers
Amelia

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