High Country Hall Of Fame

High Country Hall Of Fame The High Country HALL OF FAME in Merrijig will be the only cattlemen heritage facility in Victoria.

A passion project of Charlie lovick, 5th generation cattleman, it will bring you the truths of the bush.

02/09/2026

"One of my earliest childhood memories was when I was about 3 or 4 years old. I woke up at the Merrijig Hotel to dogs barking and a whole lot of noise outside..."" 🤠

What was waiting for young Charlie in the yard that morning? 🏔️

Subscribe & Follow to hear the full story and catch every episode in our new series: Charlie’s Earliest Memories! 🎥✨

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Generations of real mountain know-how behind The Man from Snowy River legend. 🏔️ Who can name these legends lined up ou...
30/08/2026

Generations of real mountain know-how behind The Man from Snowy River legend. 🏔️ Who can name these legends lined up outside the Dunmore Bros. General Store?

28/08/2026

Building a bridge, High Country style! 🚜🪵 Nothing stops Charlie when there’s work to be done at Merrijig.

Carved out of solid rock at 5,715 feet, using nothing but a hammer and chisel. 🔨⛏️Back in 1860, members of the Bryce fam...
26/08/2026

Carved out of solid rock at 5,715 feet, using nothing but a hammer and chisel. 🔨⛏️

Back in 1860, members of the Bryce family hand-cut this high-altitude waterhole just 300 yards north of the summit of Mount Howitt. This vintage newspaper clipping captures a riding party on a trek out from Merrijig, stopping to water their horses at the very same spot.

The Bryce family went on to be the original pioneers of the legendary Wonnangatta Station Run, the remote valley that would later become the site of Australia’s most famous unsolved mystery, the 1918 Wonnangatta double murders.

From extraordinary feats of bush engineering to deep mountain mysteries, these are the stories we are capturing and preserving for future generations at the High Country Hall of Fame.

Have you ever hiked or ridden up near Mount Howitt? Let us know in the comments! 👇

24/08/2026

"He walked up to the house, sat down... and I knew it was over."

To millions of movie fans, Denny was the star of The Man from Snowy River. But to Charlie, he was simply a mate, the best horse he ever backed in the mountains.

On Christmas Eve in the year 2000, Denny walked up from the paddocks one last time to say his goodbyes. Turn the sound up and listen to Charlie share the emotional final moments of a true High Country legend. 💔🐴

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22/08/2026

Help us record the history before it’s lost. 🎥🎙️

Every week, Charlie Lovick shares legendary stories of movie sets, cattle runs, old sawmills, and more. But recording, editing, and digitally archiving these first-hand accounts takes real resources. And building the hall of fame takes even more.

A simple $25 or $50 donation goes straight into our Heritage Preservation Fund, ensuring we can capture, edit, store, and show hundreds of high-country stories for future generations.

🔗 Chip in $$$$ and get involved to build the Hall of fame and keep the stories coming: https://www.highcountryhalloffame.com.au/

"If you ask me, I’d rather ride a good crossbred than a purebred any day of the week." Charlie Lovick When you’re leadin...
20/08/2026

"If you ask me, I’d rather ride a good crossbred than a purebred any day of the week." Charlie Lovick

When you’re leading a line of trail riders through steep mountain ridges, timber, and river crossings, you need a horse that has it all. For Charlie, one horse that embodied the ultimate mountain ride was Snake.

Snake was a Quarter Horse cross Thoroughbred, a mix that horsemen everywhere actively seek out for rugged country:

🐴The Thoroughbred: Brings raw athleticism, stride, and endless stamina to cover the miles.

🐴The Quarter Horse: Brings solid bone, immense muscle power, cow sense, and a level head.

Crossing that American-bred Quarter Horse power with Thoroughbred athleticism gives you the best of both worlds: a horse with the power to climb, the athleticism to move, and the heart to handle the High Country.

What’s your ultimate horse breed or cross for riding the trail? Let us know in the comments.

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18/08/2026

Next time you reel in a trout in North East Victoria, you might owe a 10-cent royalty fee to Charlie! 🎣

Back in the 1870s, Charlie’s great-grandfather, William Mitchell Lovick, noticed the local rivers were missing a good eating fish. So after building the Merrijig Inn, he took a horse and cart all the way down to Melbourne, loaded up three wine barrels with trout fingerlings brought over from Tasmania, and brought them back to stock the Howqua and Delatite rivers.

Listen in as Charlie shares the origin story of High Country trout fishing, and his very reasonable tax for your next catch! 🐟🤠

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Thank you Flemington Racecourse and Victoria Racing Club for visiting us at the hunt club.
17/08/2026

Thank you Flemington Racecourse and Victoria Racing Club for visiting us at the hunt club.

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!Jason Allisey, Nathan Gibbs, Helen Edmondson, Pamela Hay, ...
17/08/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!

Jason Allisey, Nathan Gibbs, Helen Edmondson, Pamela Hay, Leonie Dawson Buckley, Paula O'Connor, Lachlan Webber, Andrew Robertson, Barbara Perona, Liz Lambert, Asha Moore, Aaron Donaghue, Marlene June Fairchild, Malcolm Ray, Carmen Spiteri Molik, Sherie Holcombe, Tom Morgan, Erika Shrimpton, Chloe Oates, Ken Hutchinson, Tasha Herrald, Ian Bowman, Peter Varga, Beck Kerr, Alison Quinn, John Scorse, Al Morkans, Shirley Hunter, Mandy Sawyer, Raelene Harrison, Paul Matthew Kelly, Russ Day, Trent Taylor, David Hensley, John Bailey, Scott Hungerford, Kristoff Wiremu Browninski, Mark Aitken, Scott Brady, Pauline Wilkinson, Denise Heber, Brian Wood, Barbara Hodges, Steph Anderson, Vicki Cottee, Barry Back, Kris Pennell, Trevor McKewen, Blair Hathaway, Anthony Smith

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