Tracks suitable for camper in high country

Grab the Highcountry Huts map, and follow it. Most is on fire trails/roads...

All easy tracks. I run it as a novice trip for my club. Brilliant scenery, brilliant atmosphere in the whole area.

But remember all is weather dependant. Wet Weather can make a couple of them not so easy.

Good luck.

I did the high country in November 2002. All planned and mapped out long before i left home. I remember thinking "this is all to easy", got to Tom Groggins hut for a sleep over and next morning packed up and headed on to my next track only to find 11 minutes later that it was locked up. So that blew a hole in my plans. went back to Tom Groggins hut and re mapped other tracks. Everything was totally unpredictable after that. But sure had some great challenges in the next few days. Would not have made it through with a trailer behind me though.

As Truckster said, "all weather Dependant"
Best trip I ever did alone though.

Hope you enjoy it though. Fantastic place.

Let's know some of the tracks you intend to travel on or where you intend to start your travels into the High Country.

David,

We tow an Ultimate behind our GU 3.0Tdi Patrol and have done many of the major tracks in the high country without any problems. Keep away from the very steepest of tracks and stick to main tracks and you shouldn't have a worry. Watch water crossings if seriously wet. The High Country Huts map which Truckster mentions is a good starting guide as are others in the Rooftop maps series. There are lots of must see places but I would aim for the Wonnangatta valley, Crooked River, Grant and the Dargo area. Others will no doubt have their own suggestions.

Peter

Most of the popular High Country tracks have been bulldozed now to an intermediate standard that the majority of cars can do in 2nd low or better so with a camper on, low 1st will generally get you up. The problem is of course if it rains then many of the clay tracks will become dangerous if not impassable with a camper. With the hundreds of tracks up there & not knowing how wet they are or your ability to drive them of course it's impossible to specify what tracks would be suitable.
My recomendation for camper trailer owners is to base camp in the centre of key areas then transit between using main logging roads at least until you learn the routes.
Great centrally located camp sites are Talbotville, Buckland Valley, King Hut, Licola, Woods Point & Walhalla to name a few. At each of these spots you could easily spend a week doing day runs to nearby points of interest. The main mistake interstate drivers make is they think because Victoria is fairly small they can see the High Country in a couple of weeks, WRONG! I've been going 25 years & have seen less than 3/4 of it. As a first trip I'd suggest Talbotville with day trips to Wonnangatta, the Pinicles, Blue Rag Range, Grant, Dargo & Hotham. Heaps of history & lots of speccy views.
Cheers Craig.........& the HC rocks should chip those Coopers up nicely ;-)

Thanks for the replies everyone... sounds like sticking to the main tracks and praying it doesn't rain is the way to go! I'll sit down with a map, think up some possible routes and post again to see what you guys think of them.
And Rocky, you're not wrong... great bunch! Cheers.