Start point. Campingplats, Moosewirt, Austria.
Finish point. Camping Martina, Golling, Austria.
Distance. 100 Miles.
Total. 4640 Miles.
With yesterdays choice to take it easy through Austria, today’s trip wasn’t going to break any distance records, and so heading off at 9am I was taking the scenic route towards Saltsburg which takes you through some breathtaking countryside.
This beast of a rock looks all set for falling into the river, it’s the size of a house.
I would have loved to film that falling. !!
It took me nearly 6 hours today to do the 100 miles, what with all the stopping and taking pics and basically just standing there and enjoying the scenery. One thing I did notice is that the small tributaries that run off the mountains during the spring thaw and that are completely dry during the summer months look like they have been painted brilliant white, it wasn’t until I stopped at one of them to take some pics that I saw it’s that colour because all the old rocks and vegetation has been washed away to reveal fresh rocks and stone thats been brought down off the mountain and deposited on the floor of the valley and into the river itself.
This was one of the larger runoffs that I seen.
One disappointment is that wild camping is banned and that includes motorhomes and campervan’s are not allowed to stop overnight in the National park areas unless in designated campsites. Thats a shame because there were some beautiful places to camp, but then if a tree or even half a mountain falls on your head during the night you might get a bit peeved about it.
One difference I have noticed is the lack of lakes compared to the Scandinavian countries and even in the Rhône Alps where there were quite a few bodies of water around. The one lake I did drive around was the “Hallstatter See” and that was massive, being some 6 km long and about 1km wide in places. It made a nice spot to stop for a brew, during which Google came to the rescue again finding me a campsite thats close enough to tomorrows destination that I can get parked up early again and sample the local delights.
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