3. Mt Feathertop & Other Nearby Hikes
Mon 19 th – Thurs 22 nd April, 2021 Photography by Frances Watt Monday - 10 members of the U3A hiking group carpooled to Dinner Plain near the Mt Hotham resort, arriving shortly after 4pm . After settling into our lovely two storey, 14 bed house some of us went on a short walk to what we thought was Carmichael’s Falls. We found a small, pleasant cascade but as somebody noted “it’s not Niagara Falls!” It turned out that we should have continued further along the track to see the real thing. Dinner that night was fresh trout bought en route at the Mountain Fresh Trout & Salmon Farm in Harrietville. It’s worth a short stop just to have a wander around this very attractive fish farm. Fun fact 1: Trout tastes like salmon! Fun fact 2: I now know how to pull the bones off a trout with the head attached. Thank you Ian. Tuesday- After a leisurely breakfast we took some cars back along the Great Alpine Road and walked 10kms back to Dinner Plain along the Brabralung Trail. At...