A stop to admire the view on the way to Bright

We left the four wheel drive tracks behind us this morning, for a while at least. Heading first to Omeo for a quick internet fix and refreshment break (2 days without phone signal and using long drop toilets left us feeling the need for a bit of comfort !). From Omeo we headed out via the ski resorts road through Hotham Heights to Bright.
Yet more twists and turns with climbs and descents as we threaded our way through the mountains but there were some spectacular views along the way. We once again topped 5000 feet and must have been close to the tree line as in places the few trees were severely stunted. There were also signs on the descent of recent bush fires.
We plumped for a camp site for tonight that is another national park site but this time paying a fee as it has showers… always a good thing after a few days on dusty roads. The Lake Catani camp site, despite being pretty remote it also has a phone signal which is always a bonus. That’s probably a product of it’s altitude as we’re camped at around 4300 ft above sea level if the GPS is to be believed. It’s warm now but I suspect we’ll need some extra layers on tonight !
On the last stages of today’s drive the main tank fuel sender started playing up, reading full despite us travelling close to 200 miles since the last fill up. Once we stopped at camp I took the dash apart and changed back to the factory setup which exhibited the same problem so everything pointed at the sender. Fortunately the access panel in the rear floor meant I could verify this and a few sharp taps to the top of the sender unit freed the arm off and all was working again. We’ll need to keep an eye on it though and if it happens again try rotating the sender in case the float and arm are catching somewhere on the inside of the tank.