Join Jose on the whatever-you-want-to-call-it-Day long weekend for a classic club trip from the Great Alpine Road through the Nunniong State Forest and beyond. This is a surprisingly little-visited area, to the point that if you Google “Nunniong SF” several of the top hits are the club trips led by El Presidente! So don’t stay in the dark any longer and join the discoverers’ club.

This is intended to be a “slow does it” trip avoiding the harder tracks that we have enjoyed in previous years, especially as the tracks are expected to be dry. Jose will be leading in his truck and there is a chance some extra track-clearing may be necessary. Bring "Passenger Patience" with you. The trip is suitable for less-experienced drivers.

PLEASE READ THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT FUEL.

THERE WILL BE NO TOILET FACILITIES ON FRIDAY 23, BUT THERE WILL BE ON THE 24TH AND 25TH.

We will meet at the Caltex petrol station in Longwarry on Friday, January 23 at 6:00 pm and drive to the Tambo Crossing campsite on the Great Alpine Road. We may not be able to fit all cars in the now-reduced campsite and may have to continue driving a bit further and camp along the Old Coach Road. THERE WILL BE NO TOILET FACILITES. It will be a 3-hour drive from Longwarry so we should depart at 7:00 pm at the latest. Note traffic to Longwarry may be (even) heavier than usual this Friday. If you prefer you can drive to Tambo Crossing on your own, but please notify the trip leader.

On Saturday 24 we will drive north passing Mt Elizabeth and Mt Wong, ascend to Mt. Nugong and camp at the Bentleys Plain Campsite, which HAS TOILETS.

On Sunday 25 we will come down the Nunniong Rd and take beautiful Leeds Tk up to the Splitters Range SF. From there we will drive Nort-East through The Sisters and Delgreaves tracks to Limestone Rd, ending the day at the Native Dog Campsite in the Alpine National Park (which HAS TOILETS). A side trip and hike to the top of The Horn is recommended but optional.

On Monday 26 we will exit the Alpine NP via Limestone Road to Benambra, where the trip will end at ~1:00 pm. It is a 5-6 hrs drive from there to Melbourne.

Full tank of fuel (and see “Additional Comments” below); food, water, clothing and camping equipment for 4 days; recovery equipment as per the club trip rules for Intermediate-rated trips (winch should not be required), tyre deflator and compressor; UHF radio (preferably not just walkie-talkie). As mentioned in the trip description, we will camp the first night at a site without toilet facilities.