Kiewa View Cottage at Mt Beauty
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Active Beauty: Part Two
By: Phoenix Arrien
After my gliding experience and still on a high, I head back to our accommodation. As we are doing activities that concerned preliminary walking through muddy fields, we forsake a hotel and stay at Kiewa View Cottage, a comfortable three bedroom house central to everything. The house has a dedicated and very useful area to store equipment, hang up dirty outdoor clothing, then spread out to stretch and relax.
My goal the next day is to taste the wind again and I ride out from an old tobacco shed converted into atmospheric stables with the fine folk at the Bogong Horseback Adventures to explore the slopes and forests of the valley.
The ride is exhilarating as we trot up slopes to look at the layers of mountains, make our way along tracks overhung by gum trees and canter on long flat runs.
Mt Beauty is the home of mountain biking and many people also visit to experience bushwalking in the summer and skiing in the winter. Fourwheel driving, fishing and boating also takes people deep into the mountains along, into or on top of icy, fresh rivers and lakes.
Tomorrow…eat, drink and be merry
