Explore The Vic High Country - ( Avon Wilderness At It's Best )
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ย. 2019
- How good is it jump in your 4x4 and explore the Vic High Country.
The Avon Wilderness has pristine camping spots down along the Avon River and 4x4 tracks to explore.
We all like to explore the high country in our 4x4, and the Avon Wilderness is a pristine location.
The Avon Wilderness is 4x4 only and it's located in the South East of the Victorian High Country and is well worth exploring.
You will cover some great 4x4 tracks on your way into the Avon Wilderness, with magnificent mountain views, and a number of river crossings along the way.
We made our way through to Huggetts Crossing and camped near the Avon River.
This trip is well suited for those beginner in a 4WD that are starting out, provided the the tracks are dry.
The Avon Wilderness area will change very quickly, if the tracks get wet with rain.
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another great trip stunning place where lucky to live in this great land we live in thx Tim loving it 100%
Gday mate
That sure was a great trip covering some stunning country.
Nice drive down along the Avon River
Thanks mate for your feedback
Cheers Tim
Been great watching some nice vids of the high country . Soon as us victorians are out of isolation the better ! Some big weekends comming up
G'day mate,
Yeah i hope that the restrictions are lifted for the Melbourne people before Cup Weekend.
Thanks for your feedback mate.
Cheers Tim.
Another great vid Tim. Love the VHC and can't wait to get there next Feb/March
+Keith Daly
Gday Keith,
Thanks mate and you have a great trip in the High Country when you come down next year.
So much to see and explore.
Cheers Tim.
thank you for great detail video show beauty of Australia bush
G'day Robert,
Thanks heaps mate for your feed back.
The other episodes in the road trip will follow soon.
Cheers Tim.
Thanks for sharing another great video mate. The missus and i were actually looking at Huggett's the other week on the satellite planning our next trip. Thanks for showing us the tracks
G'day Chip,
Huggets is well worth checking out mate.
A really nice spot on the Avon River.
Hope you both get into Huggets Crossing camp ground mate and kick back.
Thanks heaps for your feed back mate.
Cheers Tim.
You just gave me a new Bucket list lookout 😁
Its a great trip that one.
Cheers Tim.
Good stuff Tim love your work.
Thanks Brad.
Glad you enjoyed the video mate.
Greatly appreciate your feed back.
Cheers Tim.
Great video again Batesy!! Picked up the new Navara series 4 the other day !! Very happy!!
G'day Craig,
Thanks mate.
It was a great area to get back into.
Thats great mate.
Have you had it off road yet?
Cheers Batesy.
Hey mate, another great video. Been recently watching heaps of your stuff while in lockdown. Recently purchased a 4wd a few weeks ago and itching to get out camping in the high Vic soon once we can. Cheers
G'day Jonah,
Thanks a lot mate. Im glad that you are enjoying the videos on my channel.
I hope you can get out yourself soon and check out the Vic High Country.
So much to see mate.
Thanks for your reply.
Cheers Tim
Great video mate I'm heading up there next weekend in really excited for the trip
G'day Chris,
Top stuff mate. The Avon Wilderness is a stunning area to check out.
You have a great trip mate.
Thanks heaps for your reply and feed back on the video.
Cheers Tim.
Another great vid done and dusted, luckily its a long weekend so I can watch a few more. Cheers mate.
G'day Herb,
Thats was a great trip down into the Avon area. Stunning country.
Enjoy the videos mate.
Thanks heaps for your reply.
Cheers Tim.
Nice tracks, beautiful scenery and weather. Can't get any better than this. I was in Licola 2 weeks ago just for a camping trip. First time there, loved it and it was all because of your videos Tim. Thanks mate. The Avon wilderness is next. Cheers.
G'day Steve,
Thats wicked mate, that my travel videos are helping you out with ideas on places to go.
The Avon area is well worth getting into mate.
Thanks heaps for your reply and feedback mate.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures Appreciate the info as I'm fairly new to the camping/4WDriving scene. Yeah there are a lot of channels out there but your content is very helpful in terms of details of campsites, tracks and driving tips in the high country. I'm slowly but surely expanding my high country adventures.
A great video
Thanks mate.
Cheers Tim.
Beautiful country side drive. I notice the amazing fire stand to support your pot. When you were making your sandwich. Never seen one like that over here. I will definitely be making one of my own.
G'day Neil,
Its sure was a great trip that one.
That cook set is all hand made by an Ol black smith. Sure didn't come out of a shop.
Cheers Tim.
Cracking video mate
G'day Shannon,
Thanks mate, i greatly appreciate your feed back.
Cheers Tim.
Looked like a Crackin day to in the Avon Wilderness area Tim.
Another Crackin Pie and another Crackin Video....cheers TB. Another Crackin place on my bucket list...😁
G'day Matt,
Yeah mate, just everything about the Avon area is Crackin. Lol
Ripper place and i'll be back for sure.
Thanks for your reply mate.
Cheers Tim.
Nice tim i think that sums it up.
I thought you would be a tea leaves kind of guy tim can't beat a pot of tea..
G'day John,
Yeah i don't mind a good cupa out in the bush. Best place to have one.
Cheers Tim.
Hi Tim, I was just plotting the same tracks from this video on the map. Will do the same trip with my nephew in April. Thanks for naming all the tracks, it helped a lot with the plan. Cheers.
G'day Steve,
I try and pass on as much track information in my videos, so people like yourself can go and check out the areas i travel for the videos.
You have a great trip mate, its stunning country.
I'd be keen to hear how your trip goes.
Thanks for your reply mate.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures Thanks mate, will let you know for sure.
Steve 1313 cheers mate.
Nice trip
Yeah for sure. The Avon area is stunning. Well worth checking out.
Cheers Tim.
Great stuff Tim! The high country certainly is a beautiful part of this country.
Also my new Gotya covered seat covers arrived mate and they fit the Triton well
Thanks again Tim! Well done on your channel your content is always great to watch. 😀😀👍👍
G'day Craig,
For sure mate. The high country is a stunning area to check out. Just cant get enough of the place :-)
Great news about your seat covers arriving.
Did you buy them from the current Xmas deal thats going?
Top quality mate.
Cheers Tim.
Tim Bates 4wd Adventures
Hey Tim! Nah mate! I brought my seat covers at the Melbourne 4x4 show when my wife and I met you at your stand.
Down the track I will get some more for the back seat for shore 👍👍😀😉
@@craigtsadventures7414 Ahh wicked mate.
Might catch you next year at the show if not in the high country.
Cheers Tim.
Awesome as always Tim! You best fix the UHF in the patrol soon though lol. Cheers Steve
G'day mate, cant rush these things mate Lol
Will be a job for over Xmas i think.
Cheers Tim.
Looks great mate. On an amusing side note, I was camping at Lowells Flat (Brindabellas) a couple of weeks ago. Had the spot to myself and then these blokes turn up later. No worries. They camp a little way off. Anyway, they were hitting the bloody trees with a log half the night. I went over in the morning and asked (politely, kind of) what they'd been doing. Get this...they were trying to communicate with Yowies. That's a new one.
G'day mate,
Cant say i have ever experienced any one camping in the bush that have been trying to contact the Yowies.
But hey, first time for everything i guess. Lol
Just a good thing for you, the Yowies didn't actually turn up mate. Lol
Im tipping you might have been packing up pretty fast. Lol
Thanks for that reply mate, very interesting.
Cheers Tim.
G’day Tim,sure is beaut country,none of the rivers are running a banker this end of the year,so the crossings are a snack.Expecting a nice lush grassy field at your camp site,but that’s not the end of the world.Would hate to be trapped in a corner some where with all that fire going on,as you say,a little eerie driving through there.All the best for Christmas mate whatever you’re doing 🙂
G'day Wayne,
Yeah mate, just stunning country down in the Avon, well worth checking out.
All of the rivers are very low at the moment, which isnt good for this time of year. But, that can change very quickly mate with a bit of rain.
Huggets is a bit hit and miss with it having grass on the ground, just depends on weather and how many campers get into that camp spot.
Still a very nice spot all the same.
Thanks heaps for your reply and feed back mate.
Cheers Tim.
I am from NSW, spent one year in Victoria. The best part was spending most of the time doing east Gippsland from Thredbo to Omeo then back over to Entrance and then back into Gippsland best time of my life . So yes Victoria has some great places. I said it was done in a Toyota van but I meant Mitsubishi van before 2003 style. We took out the seats in the back and threw foam in the back and had sleeping bags and blankets. It was rough but it was great travelling. All over high country of NSW and Victoria. We use it like a 4 wheel drive. But on smooth tracks because it was to low for some roads. Your videos remind me of my travels in the 90’s. You are doing off the grid driving we played it safe by doing small off the grid drive. I think if we done your drives the van would’ve died haha. During that time it was drought and we saw Lake Eildon with no water , with very little water anyway. I lost my film of that time never to get back those photos. Thankyou for your video’s.
D'day Kim,
Thats a great trip from Thredbo to Omeo. Did you travel on the Barry Way along the Snowy River?
Simple camping setups are the best i reckon.
The easier it is to go camping, the more you go and the more enjoyable your trip is.
Thanks for your feedback and im glad you enjoyed that trip.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures I sorry we weaved back and forth all over tumult, Talbingo Following the Alpine way for a while , then went back and forth through Adelong Adiminiby sorry spelling off. Cut through to Khancoban and went down to Lake entrance then back in to Lake Hume we just zig zag all over. I remember being in Hotham , Bright , Mount Buffalo , then some how we ended up at Mitta Mitta , Big River then up to Falls creek Mytleford. So sorry we were all over but I still have photo , of us fishing on Dartmouth. Freezing and foggy morning. I wish I could tell you more but then I be just dropping names. Your question was Barry way some maybe but can tell you for shore we did follow the Alpine way. Sorry I did this journey with my ex and I left him in Victoria. He would’ve have been able to tell you more. That’s a long story kept short haha.
Sorry for my spelling mistake
@@kimgee4821 haha lol
Sounds like it was one amazing trip over stunning country.
Can’t beat a good road trip.
Great video Batesy, looked awesome in 720p
Thanks mate.
Thats in your backyard.
Cheers Batesy.
@@timbates4wdadventures Yeah I know, it's awesome. Love country livin
@@danvk3ndg104 Yeah mate, its pretty good.
After the fires we hope it will bounce back to the new normal!
G'day Mahn,
The area will bounce back in a few years. Just have to hope it doesnt get a follow up fire before that happens.
Thanks for your reply mate.
Cheers Tim.
Hey batesy helpful video we are thinking of heading up that way this weekend. I’m not sure but would you have done crooked river track since the storms mid year just wondering the condition. Love your work mate cheers Liam
Gday mate,
No I haven’t. Not sure what the Crooked river would be like.
Wild weather today though.
Safe trip mate.
Cheers Tim
Good video Tim
So you still havnt got that UHF Fixed yet ?.
What the long whip on tje left hamd corner of your Bull Bar ? AM Radio of 27Mhz 11m's ?
+Waykat Services P/L Melbourne
Gday mate,
Not yet.
I have a new UHF to go in the Patrol, just trying to get some to install it.
Might be a job over Christmas.
The long whop aerial is purely AM FM radio.
Gives me that extra range for listening to weather reports and things like that.
Thanks for your reply mate.
Cheers Tim.
Another great video Tim. Looking forward to getting out there again. BTW what video editing software do you use?
Thanks mate, i appreciate the feedback.
Im still just using IMovie mate.
Im looking at upgrades at the moment.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures thanks.
Hey Tim, Just saw Parks Victoria campground and caravan closures update due to Covid 19. I've been trying to ring their number but it's ringing out. I had a 4wd trip planned mid April in the Avon wilderness with bush camping for 3 nights, same tracks as you did in this video. Just wanted to know if bush camping is allowed or that's closed off too. Cheers. I'll send an email off to them too regarding this query, hopefully they reply back....Edit: Got an email back from them saying that ALL campsites including free campsites are closed. It's classed as non essential travel and inspections will be carried out by DELWP, Parks Victoria and Local Government authorised officers to make sure all campsites are empty. Cancelled my trip with my nephew... Bugger.
G'day Steve,
Yeah mate all closed off until not sure when.
Cheers Tim.
G'day Tim, I'm going to do Hickeys creek track on saturday, couldn't do it last year due to lock down so finally heading up there now. I'm going by myself and I just wanted to ask ya, where Mt Margaret track meets Ben Crauchen creek track down the bottom is it difficult to get up from Ben Crauchen creek. On the map one little section has a black diamond mark on it and I was concerned as I'm going by myself. The rest looks quite good from your video and the map but I'm not sure about that little section. Thanks in advance.
Gday mate,
It’s totally up to you if you go or not.
I found that whole trip an easy drive.
If you’re going on your own, then go with caution.
Also to be honest mate. I don’t know if you have seen the weather forecast for the next two days.
38 Sunday and 42 Monday. For me, I wouldn’t be going that remote on extreme hot days.
If you go mate. Be safe and have a good trip.
Cheers Tim
@@timbates4wdadventures Thanks Tim, sorry mate I meant next Saturday 30th Jan. The weather forecast is 20 degrees if that changes and it's hot then I'll cancel. It's too dangerous out there especially if there is a fire.
@@stavio12 that’s it mate. Not great going in on extreme temp days.
G'day Tim, I did the exact same track last week and had a ball. McMillans lookout was just eye candy, great track and quite remote I might add, only passed 2 dirt bikes at the intersection of Mt. Margaret and Hickeys Creek East track. There was that same issue that popped up with my GU, my auto patrol just keeps running away on steep downhills therefore more braking (even though I tried to stay off it sometimes it couldn't be helped) and that dreadful smell of burnt pads and minor brake fade. I'm now seriously looking into 43% reduction gears to give me better control going downhill but can't seen to find any place that would have the gears and fit it it themselves. Any suggestions would be helpful of where I can get them installed. Cheers mate.
G'day mate,
It sure is a really nice trip that one.
McMillians is a ripper view point. Great spot to kick back for a while and enjoy the view.
The reduction gears i have come from marks Adaptors in Bayswater.
If you have an auto, have you thought about chatting with Rod & Stu at Wholesale Automatics. They do a really good lock up kit for the auto transmission. Works pretty the same as the reduction gears.
There's a couple of options mate to help your auto out going down hills.
Thanks mate for your reply.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures Thanks mate, helpful as always. Never thought of a lock up kit. Great idea and It would suit my hip pocket as well....LOL
@@stavio12 Yeah for sure mate.
Have a chat with the boys at Wholesale Automatics. They are all over lock up kits.
Cheers Tim.
Ive driven Ben Cruachan Creek Track but the maps I have it is called Lower Block Track. Do you know which name is correct and when it changed?
G'day Wayne,
Ive always only known it as Ben Cruachan Track. My map of that area is RoofTops 2003, and its named that on my map.
Not sure when it may of had a name change mate.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures Thanks Tim, I've worked it out. The last 1km (approx) to Huggets Rd is called Lower Block Track on my Rooftops 2015 map (edition 3), the rest shows as Ben Cruachan Track 😃.
Also, keep the videos coming. Awesome work!! So many amazing tracks and places to see.
@@Wdeane1957 Yeah righto. Your map is a newer edition than what i have.
Not sure why the track needed a name change.
Thanks mate, a lot more videos are coming through.
Cheers Tim.
The swimming hole at huggetts would have to be one of the better ones in the VHC
G'day Ross,
Yeah for sure mate.
A couple of good holes in that river up on the bend.
Just a great spot.
Cheers Tim.
Hi Tim, thinking of doing this track in the next couple of weeks. Seeing that this video was shot in summer, what are the chances of the Avon river being full in june/july? Especially the part at 13:18, how deep would that be now? Also did you go all the way to the end of Hickeys creek track to Ben Crauchan creek then come back or did you turn right on Dolodrook track. Great place, thanks for the video and information Tim.
G'day mate,
The crossing at the bottom of Borgouynes Track on the Macalister River is pretty high at the moment. So i would think that the Avon would be up as well.
You might need to check if that area is open at the moment.
Pretty sure the camp area at Huggets Crossing is seasonally closed.
It's a great trip, but the Avon has a number of crossings, and they would all be up at the moment.
Thanks for your reply mate.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures Phew! Glad I asked the question? Thanks for the reply mate.
Hhhmm great video again, BUT please don't use your trowel again!. My husband pulled an old trowel out that's rusty and has 10 year old concrete on it and now wants to use it like you do.....Apparently a new one doesn't have character...
G'day Renae,
Hahaha :-)
Mine has still a bit of brickies mud on the under side, adds character to it.
You just might see it a few more times though. :-)
Thanks heaps for your reply.
Cheers Tim.
Still haven’t got that radio fixed Tim
G'day Trevor,
Nah mate, not yet.
I have a new UHF to go in, just trying to get time to fit it up.
Might be a job over Christmas. Lol
Cheers Tim.
Tim Bates 4wd Adventures
Always something to do
@@bjgtrev1970 Yeah mate, never ends Lol
i should have went there instead of Aries rock! 2001
Both are great spots.
I’ve not been to the rock for 40yrs.
I’ll get back one day.
Cheers Tim.
Looks like geat footage but i had to switch off as the music makes it unwatchable for me. No hate just some honest feedback.
+Mack F
Gday Mack ,
I don’t get many issues about the music selection in my videos.
But I greatly appreciate the feedback.
I’m a one man band with my videos.
I’m sure no expert, but always try and put together the best I can.
Thanks again
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures thanks for making time to reply. Sorry for not making myself more clear. Its not your choice in music, nothing wrong with that, its the fact that there is music at all. I think most people would prefer to hear the roar of the engines, friendly chats or the sounds of nature instead of a music soundtrack. It makes me personally feel like i am there with you if there is no music. If you have a look at the most popular similar outdoor channels you will notice that they have very little music if any at all. Cheers
@@mackf7275
Gday mate,
Wicked feed back.
I take on everyones feed back, good , bad or otherwise.
I'll keep that in mind for certain parts of videos in the future.
Thanks again mate, really appreciate it.
Cheers Tim.
G'day mate,
I've taken on board your feed back about the music through my videos.
I have cut it back big time.
Appreciate the feedback.
Cheers Tim.
@@timbates4wdadventures look forward to seeing your channel grow mate. Great footage, positive attitude, simple set up....impressed. I know and appreciate how much work goes into these productions. Cheers