Favourite Playground

The high country alpine area is without a doubt one of our favourites. In November 2017, we spent couple of weeks at Hotham and Falls Creek, helping out with Runningwild.net alpine runs and camping at Raspberry Hill campground.

After Wilsons Prom, we decided to head up to the alpine area again. The weather is much colder than by the coast. Average temperature is in mid-teens with overnight temp in single digits. We like Raspberry Hill campground as it has a relatively pleasant drop toilet, fire pit and 4G service. While its about 20 minutes drive to Falls Creek, it is less popular than Pretty Valley. We have been here 3 days and have had no other campers. On the first night, we even had shower in the open as we decided to set up the bathroom walls the next day.

There are so many trails to do, ranging from short walks to hard core running. On the first day, we did a short walk to Ropers Lookout. Someone told me that its a short walk. When we got to the start, the signage had 4km one-way. We went ahead anyway and found that the walk was in fact 4km return! Unless we missed a turn, we were at the lookout 2km out! Time for Parks Victoria to correct their sign. We think the incorrect signage might have put a lot of people off as many will not attempt to do 8km.

Looking out to Falls Creek village from Ropers Lookout

Having loosen our legs with the 4km walk, we ventured to do a run from Pretty Valley. Since TJ is much faster and fitter, we would often plan a route where we start from opposite end and when we meet up, I turn around. TJ went anti clock-wise from Pretty Valley - Pole 333 - SEC Hut - Pretty Valley. For me, it was clock-wise Pretty Valley - SEC Hut - Pretty Valley. Met TJ at the 6km mark. Felt ok doing about 11km as I ran most of the time, albeit very very slow.

6km point where we crossed path