Dargo High Plains Road
Submitted: Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 19:48
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Member - Allan H (NSW)
Hi Everyone,
For those in the know, they say you are not permitted to travel the
Dargo High Plains Road with a Caravan. Why would this be so?
Thanks
Allan and Andrea
Reply By: Kenell - Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 20:25
Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 20:25
Allan,
I travel that area a bit and I haven't heard anything about caravans being prohibited. I passed a couple travelling up Mt Hotham 2 weeks ago from the other side (
Bright) but they were possibly going down to
Omeo which of course is a much better road. The High Plains road was a bit rough in spots then and would be hard on a van that isn't made for those conditions. It is generally not a bad road although twisty and steep as you get down towards
Dargo. It is also narrow in spots towards the top and there are a few blind corners. Might be worth a call to Vicroads to get the facts.
Ken
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Reply By: Member - Graham D2 - Friday, May 22, 2015 at 15:34
Friday, May 22, 2015 at 15:34
I was up there in March towing an off road van and at the Mt Hotham end there is a
sign that says .....no caravans and nothing over 6.7m in length and 2.3m in width...... BUT the strange thing there is no such
sign at the
Dargo end. I mentioned it at the
Dargo general Store and they knew nothing of the
sign. I think I recall the
sign having the name of the local council/shire. As we were approaching from the Hotham end and you couldn't see more than 50m we ended up going the long way to
Dargo via Omeo/Bairnsdale. Our plan was to 'dump' the van at the start of the
Blue Rag Range track - complete - and continue to
Dargo.
I spoke to the local Parks officers and they said vans quite often use the road. As another poster said the last 10km into
Dargo is continuous down
hill but nothing that sensible driving can't overcome.
Graham
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