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Sale to Mount Baw Baw

 
  After getting off the Princes Highway, the road looked fairly benign. Farms and hills and pleasant weather made it a nice drive. Another shot of the deceptively straight road... Driving through the shade of trees lining the road Farms and trees and sunshine Pastoral landscape More tree-lined roadway More tree-lined roadway  
 

 
  The weather was beautiful as we drove toward the mountains Countryside More of the countryside The road starts to bend a bit ahead, but nothing to worry about... Farms and hills And the thrill of oncoming traffic! We stopped at this pretty lake along the way. This picture doesn't show it well, but at the back of the photo, you can see part of the lake filled with dead, white trees  
 

 
  Another shot of the lake... you can see the dead trees a little better This one gives a better idea of what we saw. Ah well.. it doesn't look as cool in the picture, but it's a pretty scene anyway! Scenery by the roadside Return of Farmer Christian! We took these pictures for Dennis's benefit. Cows at the farm across the road from the lake Cows fleeing Christian's lens... More cows!  
 

 
  More storm clouds coming over the hills at our farm stop Another shot of the farm Funky tree! Yeah, ok, you get the picture... it was a farm. Back on the road. After our farm encounter, we entered Baw Baw national forest. We didn't really know what to expect... The road got narrower, and curves began to appear. It curved...  
 

 
  and curved... and curved... and narrowed and curved and began to ascend... The road gets rougher as we get deeper into the rainforest Trees along the roadside Are you starting to see why Krista was becoming increasingly anxious about the road? More road through the rainforest  
 

 
  And up and around we go... Vegetation everywhere! More of the road through the forest. You wouldn't believe how fast people drive up and down this road! A sunnier part of the forest... The blur is the photographer's fault! I was NOT going that fast! :) Tanjil Bren. Beyond this point is the declared Christian does the "I'm going skiing" dance. At this point, Krista banishes the camera to its bag and enlists Christian's invaluable help in spotting cars around blind curves.  
 

 
  Jump ahead an hour or so. It's Christmas in July! (Well, ok, it's winter in Australia, but it's close enough) - Mount Baw Baw Alpine Village Snow falls everywhere, obscuring our view of the trees Snow gums More snow gums. These trees were all around us as we walked toward the pub/hotel where we were staying Snow-covered trees. These looked amazingly cool. Closeup of the snow-covered snowgum trees Emerging from the snow... it's... TiredGrumpyDriverKrista!  
 

 
  More of the path to the hotel A very snow-covered Christian lurks in the trees!  
 

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