Explore Camp Ruffy

Camp Ruffy Exploring #1

• Bens Bridge

• Coopers Creek

• Mt McKenzie

• Happy Valley

• Bathtubs

• Lookout Rock

Walk towards Indy Lee Lane and have the machinery sheds on your right as you pass. At Indy Lee Lane turn left and at the end go through the gate (leave gate as you found it please) & turn right. About 100 metres on turn left and walk up Happy Valley. Watch on left for the 2 bathtubs that a previous owner used to grow “Tomatoes” in. Proceed to the top, follow track to right to Lookout Rock. Track, eventually loops around and brings you back to the bottom of Happy Valley.

Camp Ruffy Exploring #2

• Platypus Pool

• Blue Stone Xing

• Camp Ruffy Creek

Walk towards Indy Lee Lane and have the machinery sheds on your right as you pass. At Indy Lee Lane turn right and follow track down to Camp Ruffy Creek at Blue Stone Crossing. Cross the creek and proceed upstream to our hydro intake and Platypus Pool where Platypus have been sighted. Cross the creek using the Board Bridge and a few metres up the hill you will find a track, follow this to the right and you will soon see Resort Ruffy to guide you back.

Camp Ruffy Exploring #3

• Desley Dell

• Pattersons Pool

• Camp Ruffy Creek

• Coopers Creek

• Waterfalls

Walk towards Indy Lee Lane and have the machinery sheds on your right as you pass. At Indy Lee Lane, cross over and continue on track through Baileys Breakaway. Pass through the gate and veer to the right at Desley Dell sign to view this pretty spot. Now back to track and follow it down the hill to Patterson Pool and our hydro turbine.

Things to do to amuse adults...

Ruffy - 10 mins - The Odd Jug

Longwood East - 20 mins - Maygars Hill Wines

Longwood - 25 mins - White Hart Hotel - great food and coffee in quaint surroundings

Longwood - 25 mins - The Rockery Gem Museum - huge display of gems & crystals

Euroa - 30 mins - shops, great coffee & food, old buildings

Avenel - 30 mins - Fowles Wines top food, brilliant surroundings

Seymour - 45 mins - Wine X Sam

Strathbogie - 60 mins - Mt Wombat

Benalla - 60 mins - sensational street art everywhere

Mansfield - 80 mins - Mansfield/Mt Buller

Nearby markets…

Violet Town - 40 mins - Violet Town Community Market - 2nd Saturday

Avenel - 30 mins - Avenel Farmers’ Market - 2nd Sunday

Euroa - 30 mins - Euroa Village Farmers' Market - 3rd Saturday

Things to do to amuse children...

On Camp Ruffy...

• Lots of very interesting bush walking and exploring through our timbered granite boulder hill country and two streams that have lots of waterfalls.

• Lots of toys onsite in the "Old Hut" which is under the same roof line - we have 17 grandchildren so heaps to entertain them.

• Solar heated swimming pool with security fencing.

• Viewing and feeding our Damara sheep and lambs, alpaca, chickens (collecting eggs), guinea fowl that free range around the house.

• Spotting kangaroo, wallaby, wombat, echidna, platypus and eagles - bring torches for night walks to see lots of wombat movements.

• Experience star filled nights with no light interference from anywhere. Lie on grass and spot satellites moving across the sky.

Nearby...

• Terip Terip - 20 mins - Amelia Rise Donkey Farm

• Avenel - 30 mins - The Avenel Maze

• Balmattum - 45 mins - Balmattum Park horse riding

• Euroa - 30 mins - Miniture Railway - fourth Sunday (not Dec or Jan)

• Benalla - 60 mins - Benalla Aquatic Centre - heated swimming pool

• Shepparton - 60 mins - KidsTown - Adventure Playground

or just take a walk around the property…