Gadge,
I meant to add to my last post that your mention of Benambra homestead brought memories of traveling to Omeo as a youngster, with my uncle who drove trucks for the Cudgewa Butter Co, near Walwa, which is where the family farm was located. I assume you were talking of that same Benambera, of the town near Omeo? It can certainly get cold in those mountains.
Now if I could just get my hands on one of those trucks...
John A