almost my neck of the woods dieseltojo
love dargo but boy it gets cold brrrrr ,know the place where you camped really well though havent camped there for many years and the last time was in a tent ,nah not this time of year
I could sure tell you some stories about dargo
did you go into the shop and is the old mine skip still there ,so much to see and do up there and the fishing is good

loved the photos thanks

Looks like a top spot Diesel, thanks for the info and pictures. Will put that in the book of places to go when I venture into Victoria.

Regards, Martin.

TOP POST!!!! *thumbs up*

Pity about the river and tall tress.

Thanks friends,
Rainey,we didn;t spend much time in the town and the meuseum was closed, but we could see a fair bit of mining equipment out side. Loved the general store and artefacts.

yeah its a good place ,many years ago we used to go at easter before it got to popular,there was a dance in the hall on the saturday night ,and people came from the hills all around not many outsiders like now
the ladies of the district supplied supper and what a supper it was

back then a lot of the locals only came into town a few times a year,very quiet people they were but lovely to talk too
boy I could tell you some stories about those hills and the people who lived in them
at one time the walnuts were fiercely guarded with shot guns ,even the walnut trees growing on roadsides ,trust me it isnt good to be picking up a few fallen ones to look up and see a double barrel pointing straight at you
hopefully its calmed down a bit now

a lot of unusual things used to go on in those hills

back then outsiders werent trusted easily ,it took us quite a few years of goind there to be accepted by the locals

I have a friend who has a house there so can just about go stay anytime so all good now

Dargo has a great Easter festival. Another great place to camp is Talbotville. Free camping with drop toilets only. Not suitable for caravans, but we took a Jayco Off Road Camper in several years ago. I’m interested in Upper Dargo, but now we have a 19’6" van (internal). Would it be OK to take a large van into there?
Cheers
MOOREY

easter isnt as good as it was years ago Moorey

not so big and more fun
I have seen camper vans in at talbotville but it was a few years ago now
dunno about deiseltojo but we wouldnt take our van to upper dargo
from memroy the road can be narrow ,or has it been widened deiseltojo??

Hi Moorey,
No probs to Italian Flat, my van is 17.6 ft, but it has an extended draw bar. A 20 footer would be ok.

Hey Rainey,
when you went into Talbotville, did you go through Grant, or the way in through the river crossings. When I’ve gone the river way you couldn’t take even a 6×4 trailer through. However the way through Grant suited a trailer or small camper. The road is steep in places, windy and only one lane. SO it pays to go in on a quiet day, and radio ahead in case someone is coming at you.
Cheers
MOOREY

hi moorey we have been every which way into talbotville
via grant and down collingwood spur track
also through howittville and winchester via crooked river
plus the river crossings via bulltown spur track ,

we found at the time macmillans track was really good and two wheel drive all the way

oh yeah radio ahead and hope like hell they are listening or have a radio
most tracks are only one lane (like you said) and narrow

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