Corryong, 80kms east of Tallangatta, over the top of Mt Lawson state forest. We first went to Khancoban dam, on the way a young rabbit crossed the road ahead. The Snowy river project starts on this side of the mountains. In summary, large pipes bring water down the mountain to the dam, the water exits thru a small hydro-electric generating system, and this forms the beginning of the large Murray River. I fished this part of the river, but no takers. We went to the town centre of Khancoban and visited the "Queens Cottage" up the hill where HRH stayed in 1963 to open the Snowy project. We were invited in by the lady owner (it's now a B&B) and she showed us all the memorabilia and even the Queen's bedroom- bit of an unexpected treat. Had coffee at the shopping centre and drove back to Corryong. There was a shop with flyfishing gear and I was rapt. Got my birthday present early. Went to the information centre in the main street for directions to Jack Riley's (the man from Snowy River) grave in the local cemetery. The chap there was married to a kiwi and was also a fly fisherman - not only that but he has a property on a prime local trout stream ! but wait there is more - he wants us to bring the van up to the valley where he lives, park it on his place (with power) and help him catch fish in one of the best trout streams in Victoria !. How could we refuse but it will be a little while before we can get back - but get back to this lovely part of the country we will. Got the directions to the Corryong cemetery and we found Jack Riley's grave. Buried there in 1914 - I didn't realise it was that long ago. On the way back to Tallangatta we diverted into the valley of the perfect trout stream and drove 30kms to the bridge circled on the map he gave us. Excellent large free area to camp, right on the stream. Saw 2 small trout in the shallow water below the bridge. Being a lovely warm afternoon, I dropped a line into a pool downstream but again no takers. On the western side of Mt Lawson we came across an old disused railway tressle bridge and stopped to get some photos. Animals we saw today - 2 rabbits, a hare, a small brown snake on the road, two red parrots, a dark bush wallaby near the tressle bridge, a couple of wombat burrows and a blue fairy wren bird.
