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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Newlyn Reservoir in the Central Highlands.

Been very slack with the blog over the past week or so ...... we have had a few things on, then this past week I was housebound due to illness!  Couldn't believe it, have not been sick like this for well over 6 years. I was going stir crazy being 'locked up' for the entire week and missing out on all the wonderful fun events that were in our diary. Not a good week to be sick that's for sure.

So yesterday JF took pity on me and took me out for some fresh air. We only traveled about 90 klm over a two hour period, but it certainly lifted my spirits!

We drove north of Wallace up to Mollongghip, which is about 17.5 klms NE of Ballarat and then over to the Newlyn Reservoir.

Located about 11 kms from Creswick on the road to Daylesford.  This is probably the number one fishing location in the district. Reports of fish taken from Newlyn Reservoir are often found in local and Melbourne papers. There are Redfin of all sizes, brown and rainbow trout up to about 3 kilograms. There are BBQ sites (take your own wood) and a playground for children, so it is a good spot for the whole family.

It is a delightful area just to stop for a picnic, read a book, go for a walk or even fish if that's your preference!

This is a suggested day trip if you are around the area at anytime and some of the following images will certainly entice you to take the journey I hope.

The following websites will be of interest to those that enjoy fishing:

BruceSmith Newlyn Reservoir

Ray Long Newlyn Reservoir

check back again soon for further travels around the Central Highlands of Victoria.

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