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With all the time, effort and planning that led up to this trip, Mick and I were sure it was going to be a cracker. We were heading to the southeast of Victoria to hunt public land for a long weekend. Being eight hours from home, we tried to plan for every event, even scouting - via Google Earth - a secondary camp/hunting site in case our first choice didn’t turn out to be as good as hoped.
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After two months of prepping, the time to roll out was almost upon us, and as luck would have it a turn in the weather allowed us to both take a couple of extra days off work and extend our highly anticipated trip.
With the ute packed and the rain coming down, we headed off mid-week, which meant no traffic and a smooth trip. Arriving at