Victorian High Country - access with 17ft off road van

Eric, I picked Dargo as it is the place where I thought I could reasonably get to towing a van and I wanted to know how much further I could reasonably go. I see that there are plenty of tracks in from Briagalong. Thanks for your input.
Kevin

Hi John. Thanks for that. I have found it on the map. Looks like a good spot. On the Howqua River by the look of it. And yes, I know about trees that shed limbs without warning, but thanks for the heads up.
Kevin

Thanks Bill, that looks a good location. I only have Camps 4 but it is listed there. I want to do some of the Dargo High Plains Road. Is it possible to do Mt Hotham from there as a day trip? Only looks to be about 80 clicks one way. And certainly a good choice of other tracks leading way into the ranges from there.
Kevin

Kevin,
If you want to get to Hotham from a base camp you would be better off in the Buckland Valley. S36 58.231 E146 56.146. There are no facilities there at all, so you need to be self contained. It does get well used during holiday times. There is an interesting drive up Dingo Ck track to one of the 'Guys Hut', ( there are three I think). You can get to Blue Rag and a lot of good tracks. You might need a snorkel on some crossings. Any rain and it can be tricky.
Buckland valley road is a logging road so you need to use your UHF radio to hear where the trucks are located, especially when towing. There are signsposts to identify your position BV1, BV2, BV20 etc, so you know where they are. If on my own i would just get on the UHF and say car and van at BV? They back up for no one.

Cheers,
Bill

We may well do that as well, Bill. With regard to the Dargo High Plains Road, I have always wanted to drive it and it looked feasible from Dargo as a day trip. In you read my new post to the tread I am thinking of the possibility of coming in to Dargo from Hotham and going out through Bairnsdale. I hate going over a road twice if I can avoid it.
Pans are to do the south east side of the high country on our way to visit rellos and friends in West Gippsland and Melbourne and to do the western side on the way back to Brisbane. Probably Eildon, Mansfield, Milawa (Brown Brothers) and Bright area including Mt Buffalo. Maybe then up the Alpine Road to check out some of those camp spots on the top of the Snowey. Gee it's great to be retired!
Cheers,
Kevin