Canberra to Melbourne with a camper, the alternative way?

Hi Flux. For starters head into Namadgi NP and on to Adaminaby. Then to Jindabyne and down the somewhat hairy Barry Way. Camping spots galore along it.e.g. Pinch River. Once into Vic turn right onto Limestone Rd and head to Omeo, camping at the aptly named Native Dog Flat where the dingoes will howl. If you don't like canines then Native Cat Flat is nearby!... Warrie

Pretty easy one Flux

Head down to Cooyong Benambra road towards Omeo, then for some easy dirt go via Mt Hotham and across the Dargo high plains to Dargo down to Highway one.

There are other great paths as well but this one will allow you to move in an out of dirt tracks as you wish with plenty of opportunites to stop , park the camper for a day and play around in tracks as scenic or tricky as you wish.

I think the roads open November 1, but Canberra to Thredbo via Cooma, keep going down to Tom Groggin, ford the Murray, and head to Benambra.

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Wonderful opportunities for an exciting trip! Suggest travelling via Thredbo (and yes, definitely go via Namadgi) and down to cross the Murray at Tom Groggin (terrific camping). Then on to the Davies Plain track and through to Omeo and Dargo and so forth. It can be terrifying - narrow tracks on extraordinarily steep hillsides. Our advice is not to rush. You might encounter fallen timber on the track. We encountered two cars that had hit head on on a narrow bend on the edge of a precipitous cliff. Took quite some time and careful manoeuvring to separate them! One vehicle was full of young Irish backpackers - very cute but not very savvy!

An alternative to the Tom Groggin route is to turn off west just south of Suggan Buggan - have a look at a good map!

Suggest you get "4WD Tracks of the High Country" by Craig Lewis and Cathy Savage - published by Boiling Billy.

Have fun.
Megan

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Thank you guys, always a wealth of information here and people willing to share their knowledge.

Regards,

Flux.