Mountains to the Plains Expedition

Suggested duration 1 Day.

Greater Hume takes in stunning mountains, national parks, and the formative stretches of the Murray River in the south-east, and rolling hills, gentle slopes and grassy plains as you move further north and west. Explore the majesty of these uniquely Australian landscapes in an easy self-driving day trip.

Travel the 2 hr 45 minute loop, starting anywhere and stopping along the way.

Times and distances:

• Holbrook – Cookardinia (24km, 20 mins)
• Cookardinia – Henty (23km, 30 mins)
• Henty – Walbundrie (42km, 45 mins)
• Walbundrie – Burrumbuttock (19km, 16 mins)
• Burrumbuttock – Walla Walla (14km, 18mins)
• Walla Walla – Gerogery (14km, 18 mins)
• Gerogery – Woomargama (41km, 34 mins)
• Woomargama – Holbrook (14km, 9 mins)

Landmarks along the way:

• Holbrook airpark,
• HMAS Otway submarine in Holbrook,
• Ruins of Squatter’s Arms Inn (at the bridge at Cookardinia),
• Henty Machinery Field Days site,
• Doodle Cooma Swamp,
• Billabong Creek,
• Morgan’s Lookout,
• Gum Swamp,
• Table Top Mountain,
• Church of the Pioneers in Bowna,
• Woomargama National Park,
• Agricultural scenery and natural terrain.