FRIDAY 25 - MONDAY 28.11.2011: Friday evening was spent at Thurra River Rest Area. With no mobile reception and only one other vehicle in residence we spent a considerable amount of the night on "evacuation standby" - the watch dogs slept! Next stop - Orbost. 'Orbost' has a Scottish heritage, derived from the name of the large pastoral run selected by squatter Archibald Macleod in the 1840's. The town of Orbost developed from 1881 as the population increased with many new settlers coming to clear, drain and farm the rich flood plain.
The slab hut was built in 1872 by settlers living upstream from Orbost. It was reconstructed in Orbost in 1987 using the original slabs and building techniques. We planned to take a trip on the paddle steamer PS Curlip "along the rich and varied ecosystems of the Snowy River estuary".....BUT, the Curlip only sails when the 25 person quota is reached and that will be on December 18. We will be in Tasmania! The original PS Curlip was built by the early pioneers Sam Richardson and his sons. Constructed out of Southern Mahogany she was launched in 1890, but in 1919 a flash flood washed the steamer ashore and she broke up. The local community rebuilt the paddle steamer and she was commissioned as a tour vessel in 2008.
The slab hut was built in 1872 by settlers living upstream from Orbost. It was reconstructed in Orbost in 1987 using the original slabs and building techniques. We planned to take a trip on the paddle steamer PS Curlip "along the rich and varied ecosystems of the Snowy River estuary".....BUT, the Curlip only sails when the 25 person quota is reached and that will be on December 18. We will be in Tasmania! The original PS Curlip was built by the early pioneers Sam Richardson and his sons. Constructed out of Southern Mahogany she was launched in 1890, but in 1919 a flash flood washed the steamer ashore and she broke up. The local community rebuilt the paddle steamer and she was commissioned as a tour vessel in 2008.  |
| NEWLY COMMISSIONED PS CURLIP |
"There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around......", yes our latest stopover has been the Snowy River Rest Area. Whilst we are far from the infamous "up by Kosciusko's side", you still feel a sense of the legend that is the Snowy River. We are midway between Orbost and Marlo. Marlo is a small village located near the mouth of the Snowy River where the river meets and flows into the Southern Ocean. The first settler was James Stirling around the year 1875.
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| "T-H-E" SNOWY RIVER |
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| GREG GECKO - FISHED WITH US ON DAY ONE  |
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