Approaching the Viking

After a 5 hour drive from Melbourne, you leave your car on the Mt Howitt road and descend the spurs to the Wonnangatta river.  It is possible to reach Viking saddle in one day, but it the crossing is best completed over two days.

the Hovea pea is a brilliant splash of purple on the tops of the Mt Howitt plain Grevillea victoriae is now reclaiming the disused jeap track descent_to_Wonangatta.jpg (50254 bytes)
a spiky Pultenea .. but a brilliant splash of colour the brightly coloure Euphrasia lines the wet edges of the jeap track this group found a log to cross the Wonnangatta river
the bent snow gum shows the constant force of the wind on the Viking summit We approached the Viking from the southern route over the little Viking we look back at the Viking from the Viking saddle campsite

These pictures were taken in early November 2000