Nine vehicles left the Bandiana Area Theatre at 8.15am and headed to Myrtleford & then on to Porepunkah for morning tea at the beautiful Riverside Park. From here we continued up the Buckland Valley Road to Buckland Bridge, where we turned left on to Goldie Spur Track and aired down. The drive over Goldie Spur presented us with some spectacular views of the Lower Buckland Valley and the southern face of Mt Buffalo.
After descending Goldie Spur, we turned left on to the Mt Buggery Track. Everything was going along quite smoothly until one driver reported that he had broken an engine mount. Ever resourceful, he proceeded to carry out a trackside repair using a couple of ratchet straps. We took the opportunity to have lunch while the repair took place.
Early afternoon and the weather deteriorated. The storm hit and the heavens opened with heavy rain that quickly turned the tracks into rivers. Fortunately the track had a gravelly sub-surface, allowing a safe degree of tyre grip. The storm passed and we were once again in sunglight.
We continued to climb until we reached the junction with Camp Creek Track and turned right for the descent down to the Buffalo River Crossing. With all vehicles safely through the river we turned toward Myrtleford, stopping at Manna Gum camping area to bring our tyre pressures up to normal. At the end of an eventful but enjoyable day of driving we arrived back in Wodonga around 6.15pm.