After a good night's sleep we had a leisurely get away and on the road at 9am, our first stop was at Glenrowan which is the home of the "Big Ned Kelly" statue. The small village of Glenrowan was the scene of the Kelly Gang's last stand against police. Ned was shot and captured here in June 1880, so of course there is a very good Museum with plenty of memorabilia from the Kelly family.
Arriving in Blight we booked into the Top Tourist Caravan Park then decided we would make the journey along the Great Alpine Hwy up to Mr Hotham. Leaving Harrietville we then had a steady slow climb up the mountain for 32klms on a very winding road with a very steep drop and no guard rails. Unfortunately we only managed 22klms as the higher we climbed the weather was deteriorating with rain and low cloud so we made a joint decision to turn around negotiating the road much better on the return trip. Bright and the surrounding countryside is very picturesque with the red and yellow Autumn colours of the trees.
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| Autumn colours Bright |
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| View of Bright from Huggins Lookout |
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| Views from Mt Hothman |
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