The Great Alpine Road

We have been looking forward to this leg of our trip.

Getting up way up high and seeing the Victorian Alps.

I love the winding mountain roads

although the road signs were a little scary.

We met some majestic giants.

Alpine Ash or Woolybutt
Eucalyptus delegatensis
it grows only between 900 and 1450 metres, where the ground is cold enough from weeks of snow for its seeds to germinate.

Seeing these signs gave us an insight into the driving conditions up here in winter.

I was glad we had a sunny day

Well it was a sunny day down below,

and the boys loved being up in the clouds,

it was really windy and the clouds were blowing over the edge of the road.

The plants were so tiny and hardy up in that harsh environment at the top of the ridge,

and the views spectacular.