Heading for Big River State Forest

Hi Everyone,

We're new to this forum but have done quite a bit of reading so far. We're looking forward to making contributions from our own expiditions. Just wondering if anyone has recently been to Big River State Forest. We were planning on beginning to look for camp sites from Stockmans Reward in the Upper big river. We understand that during holiday periods it can be quite busy (we love isolation from crowd) so if we cant find anything suitable there, we were going to head north from 25 mile creek to Eildon Jameison Rd and see what we might find in the Lower Big River camping grounds. The maps say 4WD only from 25 mile creek, we were wondering about the condition of this track? We have a 4WD holden rodeo dual cab, but are not equipped with winches, cb etc. We're novice 4WDrivers and just dont want to get into something we're not prepared for. Can anyone recommend 4WD side tracks good for beginners like us? And does anyone know the state of the river at the moment? I know this is alot of questions but just recently we went up to Snowy River National Park and found Ash Saddle and New Guinea Gap a bit beyond us due to such poor track conditons. Is Eildon Jameison Rd anything like the precarious road to Makillop Bridge or is it a bit wider. Just want to be prepared, cant be giving Grampa a heart attack.