Colac Colac (pronounced Clack Clack!) 12th - 13th April 2018 Whoa! A very windy trek back down from Tom Groggin to a lovely free camp just out of Corryong at Colac Colac on the banks of the Nariel Creek. Nestled behind a stand of beautiful trees out of the wind, we enjoyed a relaxed afternoon and evening. These are pump huts for farmers to extract water for irrigation. CORRYONG 13th April 2018 Corryong is known as the home of the Man from Snowy River. Corryong , a small town on the western side of the range, claims stockman Jack Riley (1841–1914) as the inspiration for the character, and like many other towns in the region uses the image of the character as part of the marketing to tourists. Riley was a hermit stockman employed by John Pearce of Greg Station at Corryong to run cattle at "Tom Groggin" 60 km upriver from Khancoban, New South Wales . Paterson is said (by Corryong legend) to have met Riley on at least two occasions. We all ...