Great to have you along for the journey ☺

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Glad you liked it 🙏🏼😊

Yes, shame I didn’t make it to Mt Disappointment on my trip, will have to go back some time 😊👍🏼

Cheers Peter, glad you liked it 😊

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@@HumeandHovellRide oh thanks, missed the C 😁

@@LifeintheBush YarCk, there's a C missing

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Thanks Peter 😊👍🏼

I’m so glad, thank you 🙏🏼💚

Thanks Peter 😊👍🏼

That’s good 😊 more people will probably see it now 👍🏼 thanks for sharing.

Thank you Peter 😊

I returned to Woodlands on my last day for a visit, a beautiful parkland and I can imagine it would be lovely to ride through 😊👍🏼

@@LifeintheBush Karen Most riders have said the Parklands was a highlight- an amazing open space so close to to Melbourne.

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Not familiar with it but looked up the lyrics when you mentioned it 👍🏼

Yes, I heard there was a different pronunciation and even reached out to another descendant who's mother and uncle are the last with the Hovell surname. I couldn't get clarification on the sound of the 'o' and it just kept coming out of my mouth the way I was taught through my descendancy anyway. There was no mention of the pronunciation being any different through my family blood line, I guess pronunciation just changes over time.

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There is always the possibility that you could encounter a snake in the bush and I know that deters a lot of people but if you are prepared to be snake aware then you can enjoy going bushwalking. If you stick to the paths and are aware of your surroundings and see a snake you’ll have time to stop and wait for it to pass or if it’s coming in your direction you can move away. Snakes are like many animals, they want to get out of your way. It will also depend on what’s happening in their day as to how they react to your presence. I’ve only ever had encounters where the snake moves away from me when I see them but I’ve heard other people say a snake has chased them, I don’t know if they are exaggerating or if it’s that rare occasion when the snake is defending its young or for some reason feel threatened. Either way if you stick to the paths and take your time so you can see a snake in time to react then chances are probably low you’ll see one. They can feel vibration and can tell we are a heavy large animal through our vibrations. Wearing sturdy boots and long pants, carrying a first aid kit with snake bandages and knowing your snake bite first aid is a good idea just incase. Also I’ve heard that a bite from a young snake can be more toxic than an adult because they haven’t learnt to regulate the amount of venom they inject. Bushwalking is a wonderful pastime so I hope you decide to try it out and just be snake aware.

Thank you for the reply, definitely has encouraged me to get over that wall and try it out. Thank you

@@rileypage5545 glad to hear it ☺ there is loads of snake safety info out there, enjoy your time in nature 💚💚

Thank you for that ☺. Yes, I saw some fruit stalls on the side of the road soon after taking this. I honestly can't remember what they were selling - apples and pears maybe. I was raised on a pineapple and banana farm in Northern NSW where the volcanic soil is deep. We had an 'honesty' stall and people were always honest. I love that about the country ☺

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yes calling anything more than Port Phillip is unnecessary and wrong.

@@ianmontgomery7534 thank you for your kind input

It’s all here Life in the Bush Trailer kzbin.info/www/bejne/oneUdKt6rJmIg5I but you make a good point, I’ve updated descriptions to give more info for each video 👍🏼

Have never been corrected on that before 🤔. I grew up near the bay and, like all locals, have always known it as Port Phillip Bay.

@@LifeintheBush Yes for sure. It looks like Western Port is also often wrongly called Bay.

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@@LifeintheBush Yes, its popular name is Port Philip Bay, that's what we generally call it. You go down to the bay for a swim. The old timer sailors called it Port Phillip. Don't know what today's shipping captains call it, but we have several major shipping ports around the bay. Last few decades its become a thing to point out its formal name....pedantic.

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Thank you, I’m so glad you think so 🙏🏼😊. Your comment has made my day 😁

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You’re right. Even when I volunteered for the Platypus Conservancy (many years ago) it took three nights of trapping before I saw one. It makes it all the more special when you do see one 😊

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You're welcome, thanks for your comment🙂. It got bigger than I intended initially haha, I've actually returned home now but still posting coz I took so much footage but while I was travelling I was kept pretty busy 😁

Thanks Steve, absolutely loving it, glad to have you along for the ride ☺

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You drove in the creek itself? Was there no road? I was told that Tatong footy team is no longer… and they were the Magpies apparently (My AFL team 😊)

@@LifeintheBush I drove along the nice gravel roads & then along 4WD tracks, except that a 4WD might not have been able to follow me koz at one or two places the old timber bridge had planks missing & u had to drive along the stringers which were weak & had steel spikes sticking up. A 4WD might have been too heavy. I had a key to the gate on the upper Ryans Ck track.... there was a permanent security fence fencing off the water catchment for the Benalla Shire/City which owned Loombah Weir on Ryans Ck.... i worked for the SR&WSC which was constructing a second dam (McCall Say Weir) above Loombah Weir. I had worked on the King River Dam (Lake William Hovell) in 1970 1971. Tatong (the Magpies) won the premiership in the local league in the 2 years i played 1972 1973. In 2010 wnen the Benalla District League folded Tatong joined the Ovens & King League. And then in say 2014 Tatong was thrown out because they were too weak.

@@LifeintheBush I drove along good gravel roads, plus some 4WD tracks. I played for Tatong when we won the 1972 & 1973 premierships. Tatong joined the Ovens & King League when the Benalla League folded in 2010. And then Tatong were thrown out in 2022 koz they were too weak. I worked for the SR&WSC & worked on the King River Dam (Lake William Hovell) in 1970 1971.

Wow, they must be great memories 😊 I loved the time I spent there. Didn’t make it to Lake William Hovell. Well done on your premierships, shame the Magpies aren’t still going. It must be hard in small towns like that. Seemed like a lovely community ☺️

@@LifeintheBush I remember that my daughter & her university class had lunch at the Tatong pub & she happened to see my football photos on the wall.

Glad you liked it. Wow, dingoes howling, what an experience 😀

Awwww, thanks Rachel 🥰

Some of the monuments have been kept in good condition while others have been forgotten and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference until I saw the Back Creek monument which is in a state of disrepair, missing all the letters. It made me appreciate the effort some communities are putting into maintaining theirs. ☺

The text "to seek, to strive; and not to yield" at Stanley is from the ill fated Scott expedition to the South Pole

Thanks Mike. I’m wondering if they wrote it on the monument in recognition that Hume and Hovell weren’t well recognised or compensated for their efforts at the time… glad their expedition wasn’t ill fated though, else I wouldn’t be here 😊

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@@LifeintheBush A strange place to put a monument. I must have passed it when it was The Hume a 100 times (at warp speed) without noticing it perched on top of the cutting. Only recently when poking about on a family history jaunt did I notice it, stopped and investigated.

@@graemesydney38 Yes, a lot of the monuments are unnoticed on roadsides ☺

@@LifeintheBush Not by me. 😀 I'm going to have a sticker mad 'Warning, I brake for monuments". 😀 But that one, mounted high above in a cutting (and no where to stop), really goes unseen. I'm guessing the cutting has been deepened over the years leaving the monument 'high and dry', and unseen. And it has no setting to encourage a stop as well. The one on the Appin Road is similar. I suppose they may have been established when there was less traffic. It's good to see the Appin Road monument was recently cleaned up and mowed. It was looking very overgrown and unloved. I don't know who did the clean up. Maybe the local council. It was getting to the stage I was thinking of stopping off with a whipper snipper.

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You’re welcome 😊. You could check what Corey Whisson at the WA Museum has published, he’s a known mollusc expert so might have something on them in Researchgate here www.researchgate.net/profile/Corey-Whisson 👍🏼

Really, wow. A lot of the interior is considered desert, though it still has grasses, shrubs and trees, they are just sparse. And then there are rainforests, grasslands, woodlands etc mostly on the exterior, closer to the oceans. We have many diverse ecosystems with two global biodiversity hotspots. I hope you get the opportunity to visit Australia some day. 😀

G'day Pete, Have a look for Victorian High Country or Australian Ski Fields. It will blow your mind. These "explorers" where looking for an Inland rout from Sydney past the "Great Dividing Ranges" to somewhere on the Victorian Sothern coast. They followed the Western edge of the "Divide" and reached Port Philip Bay close to where Melbourne is now located. The main road that joins Sydney to Melbourne is close to that rout taken and is named after Hume.

G'day, yes, I agree.

It’s possible 😊

That’s so good to hear 😊 they would probably be likely to nest in your area, if you have a large tree suitable for a nest box, who knows, you could support new generations 😊. Check out Recycology or Simon Cherriman on Google to learn more about nest boxes. 😁

It was a special day, thanks for watching 😊

Thank you, I’m so glad you like the reading from Hovell’s Journal 😊🙏🏼

I went to see that cairn but hadn’t realised it was on private property and couldn’t access it unfortunately. 👍🏼

Glad you like it Peter 😊

You're welcome Steve, I hope you enjoy your visit when you go, take your insect repelant with you :). It would have ben pretty different vegetation back when Henry and the expeditioners passed through there. Thats funny that Pat is your cousin. I met another Henry Angel descendant in Albury, I think there are a lot of you around :).

Hi 😀 it was wonderful to meet you 😄

Hi, I see a lot of them plated as street trees, on verges/nature strips in the eastern states and west, so they are probably pretty good root wise. I guess it depends on how much room you have. Might be best to ask an arborist for specific advice 👍🏼

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