Tintaldra - indigenous for 'young man by the water'

Tintaldra was first settled in 1837 as a cattle run and is now just a beautiful place to escape to.

This part of the Upper Murray is ideal for fishing and canoeing as the river provides excellent trout and Murray cod fishing.  Centrally located, Tintaldra is just 24km from Corryong or 150 klms east of Albury/Wodonga. Wherever you are staying in the Upper Murray, Tintaldra is close enough to travel to for a few hours and it’s so beautiful that you’ll want to stay for longer!

A hand-hauled punt was established across the river around 1864 by Christian Vogel from Tumbarumba. Vogel, a blacksmith, carpenter, and dentist, built a house for his family. Tintaldra experienced a boom period in its early days for a few simple reasons: the punt service was the only one on the Upper Murray and thus drew much traffic to the new town; it was on the main north-south route; being at the border it had a customs house to collect duties on interstate goods until 1901.  In 1892 a bridge replaced the punt service across the Murray.

Beside the bridge is a lovely picnic area, so grab a picnic, pick your spot and enjoy the beautiful scenery. The park has several story boards which tell more about the area's pioneer history and there is also a granite block with a plaque dedicated to Christy and Elizabeth Vogel, the early pioneers in the village.

 



Further blog posts will be uploaded over the next few days on our visit to NE Victoria.

Previous blog posts are:

The drive from Ballan to Corryong 

our visit to the Colac Colac Caravan Park

our visit to Corryong

an early morning walk
 
a short drive to Khancoban



I appreciate the helpful advice that I have found to be available on the following websites:


Old Tallangatta

Colac Colac Caravan Park

Tallangatta (Sydney Morning Herald)

The Mitta Mitta River (DPI)

Lake Hume (Wikipedia)

Huon Reserve Rest Area (Caravan.com)

Explore Australia

Corryong (discover the Murray site)

Tintaldra (discover the Murray site)

Wikipedia
 
Snowy Mountains - Khancoban

TyndallBoy Blog

Tintaldra (UpperMurray Business Directory)









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Corryong - a small regional town in Victoria, Australia.

Corryong is a small town in Victoria, Australia.

It is located 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of Albury-Wodonga, near the upper reaches of the Murray River and thus close to the New South Wales border. Corryong has a population of approx 1,230.

above images were taken after leaving the Colac Colac Caravan Park, driving into Corryong.

It is reachable by road along the Murray Valley Highway, and is indeed the eastern endpoint of this highway. Further eastern travel puts a driver on the Alpine Way, until recently a dirt road, before encountering any major settlements.

Industries in the area involve mainly agriculture and forestry, particularly beef and dairy farming, though some farmers are experimenting with more exotic farming enterprises. The forestry industries include both harvesting native eucalypts and the extensive pine plantations in the area. The town itself exists primarily to service these industries.

Its location makes it the Victorian gateway to the New South Wales snowfields, including the Thredbo ski village, and the Snowy Mountains Scheme. It is a way station for many travellers, particularly those on motorcycles, travelling across Australia's highest mountains. Other tourists come to fish in the river and other nearby waterways, or to partake in horseriding around the mountain areas surrounding the town.

It is also of note as the home of Jack Riley, a hermit stockman employed by John Pearce of Greg Greg Station at Corryong to run cattle at "Tom Groggin" 60 km upriver from Khancoban, New South Wales. Riley's horseriding skills reputedly made him the inspiration for Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River.

Whether this is true or not, the local government uses this claim extensively in its tourist promotions and holds a "high country festival" annually.

above two images were taken on our way back to the Caravan Park after leaving Corryong.


Further blog posts will be uploaded over the next few days on our visit to NE Victoria.

Previous blog post on the drive from Ballan to Corryong via the Hume Freeway and the Murray Valley Highway is HERE and one on our camping experience at the Colac Colac Caravan Park is HERE.

I appreciate the helpful advice that is available on the following websites:


Old Tallangatta

Colac Colac Caravan Park

Tallangatta (Sydney Morning Herald)

The Mitta Mitta River (DPI)

Lake Hume (Wikipedia)

Huon Reserve Rest Area (Caravan.com)

Explore Australia

Corryong (discover the Murray site)

Wikipedia

above:  Ballan to Corryong by road for a camping holiday!

Ballan to Corryong for the holidays!

It's been a long time, in fact a very long time, since we have been camping and when friends recently asked if we would like to go camping over the Christmas / New Year holiday period we said YES!

But of course we had forgotten how crowded many places are at this time of year, never mind, we set off on Boxing Day (for those that do not celebrate this day, its the day after Christmas Day (26th December)) and drove to Corryong (NE Victoria) which takes - on average - about 5 hours.

Ballan is 69.2km west of Melbourne and Corryong is 317.5km north-east of Melbourne as seen in the following map:

We left Ballan - which is situated halfway between Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh - by 8:00am, traveling along the M8 and turning off at Melton, driving towards the Western Ring Road before turning onto the Hume Freeway ....

 

naturally at this time of year there are many others on the road with the same idea of going camping!

Once we had turned off the freeway and traveling along the Murray Valley Highway the traffic eased off considerably.

The following two images are of the Huon Reserve Rest Area which is 11km south east of Bonegilla or 17km north west of Tallangatta on the Murray Valley Highway. Right beside Lake Hume.

This stop provides a pleasant rest area with some shade and a boat ramp.

We continue on our journey towards Corryong, following the shores of Lake Hume.

and now we cross the Mitta Mitta River.  The upper reaches of the Mitta Mitta River, including its tributaries, drain from the High Plains through deeply dissected forests. The Mitta Mitta River then flows for 70 km through forest, Lake Dartmouth and then a wide valley down into Lake Hume.

Lake Hume is an artificial lake in Australia formed by the Hume Weir east of Albury-Wodonga on the Murray River just downstream of its junction with the Mitta River. The small towns of Tallangatta, Bonegilla and Bellbridge are located on the shores of Lake Hume. It is often referred to as the Hume Weir, only named Lake Hume in the mid 1980s.

After we cross the Mitta Mitta River we come to the lookout point for Old Tallangatta as seen in this image below:

above: map of the old township shows what it was like prior to the drowning!


Tallangatta, located 39 kilometres east of Wodonga (338 km north of Melbourne) and 230 metres above sea level, describes itself as 'The Town That Moved' and that is its central claim to fame.

Tallangatta was physically removed from the Murray River valley when the Hume Weir was built in the 1950s. There is now a plaque on the side of the Murray Valley Highway (the road from Corryong to Albury) which reads 'The township of Tallangatta was originally situated in the valley immediately below this point on land subject to inundation by waters of the Hume Reservoir. The transfer of the township by the State Rivers and Waters Supply Commission to the new site five miles to the west was completed on 29 June 1956.'

The drive along the Murray Valley Highway is truly beautiful and the scenery is superb.

 The following image is the intersection of B400 and C545, just prior to the town of Corryong.

and so we arrived at the Colac Colac Caravan Park just west of Corryong by 4:00pm:

More posts to follow on our visit to the Colac Colac Caravan Park, our trips to Khancoban, Tintaldra and Walwa.

In the meantime, I appreciate the helpful advice that I found on the following websites:


Old Tallangatta

Colac Colac Caravan Park

Tallangatta (Sydney Morning Herald)

The Mitta Mitta River (DPI)

Lake Hume (Wikipedia)

Huon Reserve Rest Area (Caravan.com)


the following image was taken beside Lake Hume near the Old Tallangatta Lookout: