The Cube

I had 3 nights in Bright, arrived and left around noon time and that gave me 9 meals. 

In order of when I had the meals. 

I was starving by the time I reached Bright and this was my first meal of the day. This was named as 'Whole baked Harrietville trout with house made dill sauce with a mixed cress salad' on their menu. The wait staff asked if I want the head and skin on, I thought I mentioned head off but skin on but all good. It was tasty though I find it a tad oily for my liking. 

This was after doing the Cherry Walk and I wanted to do a takeaway but was told takeaway not availble but I could dine in. So dine in it was. There were a few items on the menu that I wanted to try but went with this one as I thought it could be interesting. This was their Banh Mi Prawn Toast, this was tasty - the toast was crispy and has banh mi flavours. 

The cafe was cosy, it felt like I was stepping into someone's home and the banana hotcakes were unassumingly very filling. 

It has passed lunch time by the time I cycled back to Bright from Wandiligong. As lunch didn't happen due to my non reservation, I got myself a steak and pepper pie for lunch. There are 4 other shops in different towns.

Cost plus 20 cents for ketchup. Sauces are chargeable in Australia. Good pie with proper meat and pronounced pepper flavour. 

Pardon the presentation, it was a takeaway meal and I didn't do any plating for photos haha. 

When I started to google about Bright and food, I have decided that this would be one of the meals to have. They only do takeaway on my visit, I'm not sure if it has always been takeaway only or otherwise or would have dine-in in future. Tasty Japanese curry and I would return but didn't simply because I want to try food from other shops. Yep, I intentionally made it that only one meal per shop.

6. Cherry Walk Cafe

Probably a non updated menu mentioned of BLET - bacon, lettuce, fried egg and tomato sandwich. However when I ordered at the counter, I saw it was actually BLAT - bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato sandwich which were good too. 

They had buttermilk waffles served with caramelised Wandi apple, caramel sauce, hazelnut crumble or (or banana and maple) and vanilla bean ice-cream on their menu. I was tempted but bacon won. 

7. Bright Ice-Creamery

There is no option for 1 scoop, in case the price tag gave you a little fright. This was after the Apex Lookout Walk but before lunch where ice-creams were needed to cool down. 

8. Ginger Baker Cafe

There was a group of workmates (my assumption based on observation) were having their Christmas lunch there. This photo was taken after they have left, while I was waiting for food. 

Based on my first two days' dinner, my friend remarked that it didn't feel like I was in regional Victoria. Haha, no more fusion or Asian food and a burger made an appearance. Decent burger. 

Most of the cafes were not open as it was fairly close to Christmas and I was influenced by the hot weather to have cold juice. This was their green smoothie - apple, celery, cucumber, pear, banana, spinach and kale. The panettone was brought from home, meant to be my breakfast/snack on commuting to Bright but did not end up eating. 

War Memorial... thought I have a daytime shot but... shrug

As mentioned in my previous post, Bright is a town located in the northestern of Victoria. Bright had a reported population of about 2,400 recorded in 2016. It was named after John Bright, a British statesman. 

The town isn't big but there are a lot of options for food, shopping, newsagent, a Woolworths supermarket and many bars to choose from. 

The 3 walks were done on 3 separate days and I have enough time to include maybe another 1 or 2 if i want to. I did try to also do the Blue Plaque Walk but realised that I have unintentionally done it many times, after all it is around Bright town where various points have blue plaques providing information about the most significant historical sites in the town. 

I reached Bright around noon on a rainy day but the weather held up by about 5pm and was sunny the rest of the trip though, so all was good. I even managed to do the Cherry Walk which follows the Ovens River. The only difference was that I continued on the south side of the river and only crossing to the north side at Cherry Bridge (Read: Cherry being family name, not the fruit), then back to the south at the first suspension bridge. Interestingly, the path on the north side of the river felt less walked on.

 

I initially planned to do this Canyon Trail first as this is probably the famous one in Bright and only at 4km but curiosity got to me and I turned right at my starting point, leading to the Cherry Lane. I did the loop by turning back at the second suspension bridge. 

I did the Cherry Walk on day 1 after rain, Canyon Trail on day 2 in the evening and Apex Lookout Walk on day 3 after breakfast. The scale of heat in ascending level. It is said to be 3km and only takes 1.5 hours but I forgot to account the time I need to walk to the starting point. I was tired out from the heat by the time I reached starting point. >.<

It wasn't too steep of a hike but I have forgotten how hot summer in Australia can get, plus those flies. The walk to the trail was a little exposed but the trail itself was quite shaded which was a relief. 

Think I saw an echidna on my walk down too. 

There are a lot more walks on offer in Bright and the official website has good recommendations.