Autumn in the Alps

MT HOTHAM A great drive from where we are staying at Bright. At the top where the skiing chair lifts operate from it is 1868 metres, when we were there mid morning it was 17 degrees and felt like a wind chill of -5 and back down the road it would of been about 27 degrees. Still can't get over how eerie the alpine areas are with the bands of dead trees.
TUNNEL that you drive through as you enter Mt Hotham as this is part of one of the ski runs. It is a lovely drive up there at this time of the year, don't think I would have the nerves to drive up here when the roads are covered with snow after seeing the yellow road markings and the red poles telling you to keep to the right of them.

DINNER PLAIN An interesting little village about 10kms from Mt Hotham, where all the homes are a similar design to this, must look really pretty when covered in snow. A popular spot in the summer for just relaxing and bush walking. If you have a spare $435,000 something like this could be yours, would hate to think what the occupancy rate would be.
ROCKY VALLEY DAM near Falls Creek which is apparently the swankiest place to be seen on the ski slopes. There were a lot of cyclists on the roads today, where do these people get their stamina? Saw one gentleman sitting on the side of the road with abrasions to his face.

KIEWA VALLEY by Mount Beauty. In and around Bright there are cows, grapes, berries, chestnuts, walnuts and apples.