Mt William

Mt William summit view is breathtaking. It is located close to the town of Halls Gap in Victoria. Due to the altitude, the vegetation are mostly low lying bushes growing on the rocks. During the winter season, it is not unusual to find snow here.

Fishing in Mallacoota, Victoria

Mallacoota town, located 515km east of Melbourne is every angler's paradise. Almost all of Australia's fishing magazines would have some articles on Mallacoota town. I am finally here in Mallacoota town because of my work. The photo above shows the Mallacoota's estuary from my motel inn, at about 7:30am.

I have confirmed it ... it is bloody fantastic fishing in Mallacoota.

First night of fishing for me yielded none, although I caught one big tailor, but couldn't land it. Got a lot of nibbles though. My colleague managed to land 7 tailors (1 big and the rest were babies).

Second night was a different story, I landed 4 flatheads and 1 tailors. All were between 35 to 40cms long.
My colleagure only landed 2 small tilors at the last 15 mins. So you can imagine his frustration when he couldn't get any flatheads

And these were all done without baits, we all used soft plastic lures.
We all did the catch and release.
Looks like I will be investing in a portable car fridge very soon; to fillet and bringing it back home for dinner.

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4WD driving to Mount Taylor, Victoria

Driving up to Mt Taylor transmission site has been difficult due to the past 2 rainy days. It made the uphill dirt track slippery and muddy. The wheels had difficulties getting firm traction.
After 10 minutes of trying, we decided to get down and had a closer look at where the tyres has been sitting and sliding on the mud, so we can maneuver the car to a better position.

Mt Arapiles

Another day in the office

Here I am in another transmission site. Just another day in the office.


Here I am standing at the AM transmission mast (the photo doesn't show), which is about 185 meters high. As shown in the photo, I am holding a grounding rod to ground the mast. The transmitter has been switched off. Look at that SPARK !!!.

Omeo

This time I was officially in the high country town.

I was up at Omeo for work, a tiny little town in the Victorian Great Alpine region. It's not very far from the snow field during the winter season. The population of the town is ... I am not sure. I was there was there for 3 days and 3 nights, and I probably had only seen less than 10 people roaming around the streets. By the looks of it, it is a dying town. What a pity, it sure is a beautiful high country town.

The three photos show Omeo town, it was a cool morning. Look at the heavy fog at the mountain top.

Here I am up at Mt. Livingstone summit. The background shows the heavy fog trapped between the mountain valleys at 7:30am.

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Horsham

One thing great about being in Broadcast Engineering is the travelling in the vast country side of Victoria. Here I am driving back from Horsham, and came across a Giant Koala. Nothing much about it, just a small restaurant / cafe along the Western Highway. But it certainly made a few tourists and me stop by.



Here is Mt Zero from a distance. I didn't drive up close because I was rushing home to see my family.