high country weather in march?
Submitted: Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 21:10
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molzy
any lowdown on the weather we can expect to the high country in march. mins and maxs and chances of snow!!! we are looking forward to our trip down there. cheers
Reply By: Members - Chris/Lindsay (VIC) - Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 21:26
Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 21:26
We are also heading there in March. Be prepared for 4 seasons. Not sure of any official stats. Cheers. Chris.
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Reply By: madfisher - Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 21:45
Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 21:45
March is the best time to be their. Depends on atitude, and whether you are camped in a frost gully, lol normally days mid 20s, nights single figs. But as others have said be prepared for 4 seasons and you will have a great trip.
Cheers Pete
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Reply By: Yowie73 - Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 22:05
Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 22:05
We are going up there for the weekend in late Feb. Not sure what to expect, but I'll let you know when we get back, if it is not too late for you.
Cheers,
Craig
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Reply By: Member - Roger B (VIC) - Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 22:31
Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 22:31
The Alpine Autumn is traditionally beautiful, however............... If I had to pick a time to visit the Vic. high country, it would have to be March. Just go and enjoy it.
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Reply By: Member - Mark E (VIC) - Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 23:10
Saturday, Jan 19, 2008 at 23:10
Go up there and enjoy it, but be prepared for anything and also to modify your plans at the last minute if need be.
You can get snow at any time in the High Country.
Cheers,
Mark
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Follow Up By: molzy - Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 18:03
Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 18:03
thanks to all.sounds like pleasant during the day, cool at night! only 9 weeks to go!!(but whose counting!)
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 18:20
Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 18:20
>pleasant during the day, cool at night!
Probably.
My advice is to prepare for everything from +35C to -5C - the High Country makes its own weather - I've been up there in Jan in 2C with serious hail - snow in December is not unknown.
Take good sleeping bags (-5C $100+ each) and/or a number of extra blankets - will you be taking
young children?
Chances are it will be beautiful weather but you _must_ prepare in case it isn't. Take hats too - strong UV up there. Where are you heading?
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: molzy - Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 19:14
Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 19:14
we will have a 14 month old and others have children from 18 months to 5. heading from
brisbane down and covering mckillops
bridge,dogs grave,
dargo,blue rag,wonnangatta,
bluff hut, craigs hut so will have some elevated campsites.
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark E (VIC) - Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:07
Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:07
December in the High country............
Take your wooly underwear anyway!!!
Cheers,
Mark
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark E (VIC) - Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:08
Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:08
Woops....sorry about the size. Still getting used to attaching pics etc.... didn't think my ugly mug would stand out so ??
well.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: molzy - Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 18:30
Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 18:30
I 'll definitely be taking the thermals!!!
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 18:52
Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 18:52
You'll have a great time :) But do ensure you take enough bedding especially for the children. Little ones cannot regulate their body temperatures very
well and will suffer much more than adults.
Ensure you have enough food (baby food?) in case you are stuck for a few days and keep in mind there isn't much (any?) water on the higher portions of hills.
I assume your comms are just UHF CB? A cheap hand-held CB is worth having in addition to the vehicle units - in the event of emergency you can climb to a high point and get good range from one.
Enjoy :)
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: molzy - Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 19:23
Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 19:23
thanks for the tips mike. We managed to keep our daughter warm on our kimberly trip last year but she couldn,t move much. We might need tiedowns or valium this trip!!! We have a hand held uhf also and find it comes in very handy for recovery and while bushwalking. thanks again for the advice. cheers
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Reply By: Crackles - Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 18:51
Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 18:51
Molzy the weather around the High Country can be varied & unpredictable in March. As a guide Mt Buller last year had temps from 0 to 17 with 14 days that had some rain (1mm to 150mm). In the foothills temps varied from around 10 to 26 with 7 days that rained. There were possibly 2 days last March when it snowed on the peaks but it would have been unlikely to have settled on the ground for long.
The last few months have seen some heavy storms roll through so if that was to continue be prepared for some deep river crossings & fallen trees.
March is a great time to tour the area & at least the sicada's will be gone by then.
Cheers Craig.............
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Follow Up By: molzy - Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 19:15
Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 19:15
I like sicadas!!
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Follow Up By: Crackles - Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 21:46
Sunday, Jan 20, 2008 at 21:46
Yea I like 1 or 2 sicada's as
well but when there are 20,000 bleep all over your
camp like the last couple of months the novelty soon wears off ;-)
Cheers Craig............
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Reply By: Member - Bill F (VIC) - Monday, Jan 21, 2008 at 21:35