Taggerty

 Big4 Taggerty Holiday Park

3380 Maroondah Highway, Taggerty 

15th-18th October 2021
3 nights, $216 (after big 4 discount) 
2 adults, 2 children
Ensuite site 5 

With all the lockdowns and uncertainty this year it has been our longest time ever between trips (6.5 months & our last trip was cut short) so we were very excited to be back in the van

Our site was right on the bank of the Acheron River 

The weather forecast for the weekend was terrible with a lot of rain predicted. We were lucky to arrive and finish setting up before the rain started. It rained quite heavily all night the first night and on and off the next day so we stayed at the park and enjoyed the activities between the rain 

We went for a walk past the end of the park to  the rapids (the water level was too high to see them) and a pretty little clearing 

Played some Mini Golf

and a game of giant chess

and went on the peddle carts 

& by mid afternoon the sun was out and it was time for a fire and some fishing

On Sunday we went out for the day, about 25mins away from Taggerty towards Eildon is Snobs Creek Falls. The falls are right next to the road side, from the small car park you can go right 25m to the cascades or left 100m to the main falls

We went right first to the cascades 

Then we went left, there is a viewing platform fixed to a rock face on the side of the falls starting near the top of the falls and then going down to a second platform 

After the heavy rain we had just had there was SO MUCH water and the bottom viewing platform gets you very close to the falls (none of the photos are zoomed in)

We then continued on to Eildon and had a sausage sizzle at the Eildon Lions Park which is beside the lower Eildon Pondage 

The Pondage walk starts at the Lions Park, It is a flat, easy to navigate walk around the lower pondage, including over the lower pondage wall. It took about 45mins to complete the circuit

 

Once we were back at the caravan park the kids had a play at the park and on the jumping pillow

And the big boys played footy 

We finished the day off with another fire and a game of cards against humanity 

Next day was pack up day, on the way home we went through Marysville, we wanted to visit Steavenson Falls in the day time as we had only every seen it at night under the flood lights 

and just as it started to rain again we decided to climb to the top of the falls

The top of the falls lookout is 800m and 15-30 mins one way & is a well formed but rocky track & is steep

It was interesting to have now seen the falls from 3 different angles, At night & during the day looking up and from the top looking down.

We had hoped to have a play at the big park in Marysville but by the time with got back the rain had set in so we finished off with lunch at the Marysville Bakery before heading home.