High Country
No climbing experience needed for Australia’s first ‘vertical playground’
Hanging 1700 metres off Mount Buller, novices can now enjoy an Italian-inspired climb that brings a whole new perspective to sightseeing.
- Justin Meneguzzi
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The Grollos are bullish on Mount Buller, despite the threat of less snow
It’s been a slow start to this year’s ski season in Victoria – and climate change poses an ongoing threat – but business on the slopes is booming.
- Simon Johanson
Carol Clay reunited with her first boyfriend. They died together, killed on a camping trip
When Russell Hill and Carol Clay went missing in the remote alpine region it raised an unusual problem for her family.
- Erin Pearson
A lonely campsite, deadly chaos and competing narratives
A Supreme Court jury heard for the first time what Gregory Lynn told police about the death of two campers.
- Chip Le Grand
High Country’s hottest new stays linked by tasty cycling trail
An old gold-rush pub and a former asylum are two buzzy accommodations, best connected via a two-wheeled picnic.
- Belinda Jackson
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- Naked City
Teeth marks, a stolen satchel and the High Country’s Button Man: A camper’s midnight fright
An experienced camper’s ‘extremely scary’ midnight encounter and rescue from remote Victorian wilderness has revived whispers of mountain mysteries.
- John Silvester
The secret to making the best bolognaise
Most people visit Victoria's King Valley to taste its famed Italian wines found along the 'Prosecco Road'. But today I've come to learn the secrets behind making the best bolognaise sauce.
- Kylie McLaughlin
Missing woman found in High Country survived five days on lollies, wine
Emergency services spent the past week searching in the state’s remote north-east for Lillian Ip after the 48-year-old got stuck about 40 kilometres from the nearest town and couldn’t get help.
- Lachlan Abbott
Bright Velo: The Victorian 'Alps' welcomes cosy new cycling themed lodge
A cycling-themed hotel on Bright's main street makes perfect sense.
- Belinda Jackson
Inside the police investigation over the missing High Country campers
When detectives first arrived at the doorstep of Gregory Lynn’s family home they were just four months into one of the state’s most high-profile missing persons cases.
- Erin Pearson
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