TRAX Trip Report — Cuppatea – Cuppatea
2 March 2024
Woke up that morning thinking “you beauty”, nice, hot, sunny, perfect for a refreshing swim at lunchtime. But, that wasn’t the case. We met at Regent Honeyeater Public Toilets, Capertee and while sitting on the bench waiting for everyone to arrive it felt hotter at six in the morning than there. After letting down our tyres we were on our way around 9.45am. Shortly afterwards we stopped for morning tea on top of a hill with a view, and guess what, it started to rain and the wind had picked up. After morning tea, we continued the scenic drive passing through Turon Gates with plenty of river crossings, cattle grids and closed gates. By the time we reached Ration Point Campground for lunch the weather cooled off and was rainy. This didn’t dampen our spirits and everyone enjoyed good fellowship and lunch by the river in the rain. Some of us paddled their feet in the water and decided the water was too cold for a swim. The only ones enjoying a swim were the ducks. Thank you to Sally and Jane for opening their camper and giving us a guided tour and valuable information about the camper. After lunch we went into Sofala village for a quick look around. Some met a few characters including a famous motorbike rider Chris Keeble (64yo) on an Indian who travels the globe. Eric and I went back to Ration Point Campground to look for my phone as I had lost it. All good, I eventually found it, after a second/third and so on times looking in the car. It was in the car consul. Talk about blind vision. After that episode we met up with the rest of the group and travelled along Razorback Rd. This gravelled road basically takes you along a top of the ridge with stunning views over the valley coming out on Castlereagh hwy at Running Stream where we pumped up our tyres and headed to Capertee for group photo shoots and after tea. By this time the weather had cleared up and the sun was out. We said our good-byes and headed off home.
Although not swimming weather, it was still an enjoyable easy 4WD great day out.
Thank you everyone.
Dianne Liney