In Victoria’s high country in 1966, a small group of teenage boys snaked through Wonnangatta Valley. Among them was the heir to the British throne, who had sought refuge from public life, a feverish tabloid press and the isolation the shy prince faced at a Scottish boarding school.
In Central Victoria, weekend hikes were part of the gruelling physical schedule that underpins the curriculum at Timbertop, the remote campus of one of Australia’s most elite private schools – Geelong Grammar.