Menu
Add to favorites
Have you ever been to Lake Hume, No? well you should! … If yes, how stunning is
Apart from the inside bat and huntsman it was fantastic!
This farm sit was across the road from lake Hume, in Huon. We were asked to look after a house, a dog named Cassie, half Rhodesian Ridgeback and half staffie. What a cracker of a dog, she was so loving and cute. We also looked after chickens and a couple of ponies which lived at the top of the mountain.
OK it wasn’t a mountain it was a bloody big steep hill that took us about an hour to climb, it felt like a mountain!
The land had so many fruits, veg and flowering plants, from olives, quince, apples and avocados. They had pair trees and tomato plants that were ripe for picking, and we did.
A vegetable patch gave us some rocket and squash not forgetting the zucchini. The chickens gave us fresh eggs every day, perfect.
Eating the pizza with a glass of wine on the balcony, over looking lake Hume is something I will never forget 😀
I loved sitting out on the balcony in the evening watching the sun set over the lake with a glass of wine in hand. And in the morning when the birds came and landed next to us.
The house was basically opposite the rail trail bike way. If you are in to cycling I would be doing this for sure. As we did not have bike’s and kindly declined the use of the house owners (as we know we would have suffered a major coronary)
We parked in the main street at Albury and had a walk down both sides of the street. It’s a large, small town, if you know what I mean. It has many coffee shops, clothing and the usual chain stores.
We had a look in the camera shop while we were walking by to see if we could get a Wi-Fi remote for our camera. Seems our camera is to old and so we have to look elsewhere for an alternative.
At lunch time we headed to one of the pubs that had a lovely outdoor/indoor area. It looked like many of the cute lane ways Albury has, with its little shops scattered down the streets.
We were only a five min drive from Tallangatta, the small town has a lovely feel and everyone is so friendly. The town moved in the 50’s due to flooding, wooden buildings were moved and brick ones were knocked down.
It’s on Lake Hume which is a man-made lake, 51 mtrs deep and covers 20,019 hectares, a great fishing and boating spot.
It has a large grass triangle opposite the shops with an information centre, benches to sit on and electric BBQ’s to use. The new library has free internet and the town has a good IGA which has a bottle shop inside. They have a bakery, a couple of servos and a pub to name a few.
They have a showgrounds which is $20 for the first night and $15 there after Inc. power and water. Please check for pricing as this may have changed.
The look out gives a great view of the lake and a nice place to sit. This is a friendly town with a really nice feel to it!
About 30 min away was the tiny town of Mitta Mitta. Doris the GPS was taking us on a 4 hour journey and we knew it was not. We ended up google mapping it and followed that. Even when we were parked right outside the Mitta Mitta store and pub she was still telling us to turn around
🙁 Needless to say we ignored Doris and went to have a look at the pub.
The pub backed on to the river and has a huge modern seating area out the back. The inside of the pub is also modern though the building is old and the meals sound scrummy.
Before we headed home we chose to stroll over to the only other place around, the corner store. It had the best ice coffee and lovely pie’s.
The Rusty Bike Cafe is a gem of a cafe/restaurant in a small town. I was not expecting such a modern city chic kind of place. The staff was friendly and even the chef came out to apologise that they did not have all the ingredients the menu stated. He gave us a good alternative which we liked 🙂
There are a small line of shops which has a few coffee shops but this was a stand out.
The town has a star in its mist, do you remember the song about teenagers “ Yer, No, Don’t know, nothin? Well the dad who sung that on the 2012 X factor lives there, you learn something new every day 🙂
Yakandandah is a historic town for gold rush reasons but more noticeably in this day and age it’s aiming to be the first fully off the grid town in Australia which the towns folk have organised with AusNet Energy to be the guinea pig for Australia. You can read more about it here
On the opposite side of the river to the farm is a beautiful free camp. We set up and pulled out the cheese, biscuits, figs and home-made cider the farm owners had given us. There was Galahs landing in the trees to roost for the night.
Someone also spotted an Echidna digging its nose in to the earth around a tree. I took a couple of photos of my first live/wild Echidna. Others eventually spotted a small crowd building and also came to snap some memories.
The sun set over lake Hume to the sound of the Galah’s gently squawking and all was right with my world 🙂
If house or farm sitting is something you would be interested in check them out here. They have sites all over Australia from town to beach to bush.
The lovely people over at Aussie House Sitters have been good enough to give our members a discount. Use our Coupon Code “AHS15%off”. This will give you 15% off your regular membership.
Prices stated in blog post are correct at time of publishing and will not be updated unless re verified
Pages may contain affiliated links
The information provided by us is for general informational purposes only. Use common sense or see a professional.