Dec 29, 2012 - Grampians national park, Halls Gap

Altijd gedacht dat ik een huismus was. Maar dit rondtrekken, ergens 1, 2, of 3 dagen blijven en dan weer verder bevalt me zeer. In mijn hart ben ik een nomade, beter een nomadische huismus misschien. Wel wil ik uiteraard 's avonds niet mijn hudo moeten graven en mijn eten vangen, een douche, bed en restaurant zijn toch wel aangenaam. Een nomadische huismus met een hang naar luxe dus. Soit, gisteren van de Great Ocean Road naar de Grampians, van winderig, bewolkt en af en toe motregen naar warm met strakblauwe hemel. De rit was lang maar...

May 12, 2012 - Warrnambool

We've really enjoyed our stay here in Warrnambool and have been lucky enough to get some nice-ish weather. Dylan has spent most of his time trying his best to catch a 'keeper', sadly there seems to be nothing other than baby salmon in the waters around here! The usual for our fishing adventures is to go home with nothing more than when we arrived at the fishing location. We have managed to slightly improve on our regular, still not managing to take home more than we arrived with but finally getting them on the line and to the bank, surely...

Feb 11, 2012 - Back in Melbourne after a day inland in the Grampians at Halls Gap on the way back

It took 3hrs to drive inland to the Grampians National Park from Portland to Halls Gap so we got there just after lunch which gave us time to explore some of the lookouts and try some of the short walks in the afternoon. Again the weather was glorious and by the evening the long shadows from the evening sun made the rocky scenery look even more dramatic. In the evening dusk whilst we had a stroll around Halls Gap after our meal listening to all the birds calling,we were nearly mown down by two large kangaroo hopping past over the road.We...

Feb 5, 2011 - Transfer Seppeltsfield - Halls Gap

Heute stand uns ein rechter „Rüttler“ bevor – Transfer von ca. 600 km (mit unserem Toyota Camry – siehe Bild) von Seppeltsfield nach Halls Gap und das bei Tempolimiten von 110 km/h (South Australia) bzw. 100 km/h (Victoria) bzw. ca. 80 km Stadtperipherie von Adelaide mit 60 – 80 km/h … Wir starteten um 8.30 Uhr und waren um 16.30 Uhr in Halls Gap (inkl. ½ Std Zeitverschiebung zu unseren Lasten – nun sind wir also 10 Std VOR euch …). Beim Frühstück hatten wir noch einen Schreckmoment, denn der Gastgeber des „Lodge Country House“ meinte,...

Mar 16, 2010 - Halls Gap

Spent a few days exploring the Grampians National Park from the gateway town of Halls Gap. The park is very beautiful with lots of interesting rock formations and aboriginal history. We drove out to some famous aboriginal rock paintings and visited the Brambuk Aboriginal culture museum. The rock paintings had a chicken-wire fence protecting them from graffiti, but were otherwise out in the middle of farm land. At dusk, we walked through town and were able to see lots of kangaroos, kookaburras and some deer. On our second day, we got up very...

Mar 15, 2009 - Halls Gap

A 6.20am start and only 4 of remaining from the Darwin trip. We were taken to Hollow Mountain which entailed some rock climbing to get to the top but the views were worth every hair raising slip! Mckenzie falls was another stop off in the Grampians Mountain range (Named by a Scotsman who was missing home!) managed to get some close up pictures of the Kookaburras. Fires in 2006 wiped out 90% of the vegetation in this region but it was amazing to see how green it was 3 years later (in places you could still see the burnt out stumps). Reed's...

Feb 7, 2009 - Halls Gap, Victoria

Saturday February 7 Since we had seen a weather forecast indicating that today was going to be really, really hot (projected to be 44 degrees Celsius), we headed out for our hiking early. Our first destination was MacKenzie Falls which is a wide cascade in the Grampions Park. Considering the drought which is widespread over Victoria State at present, there was still a fair amount of water flowing over the falls. The hike was described as being a very steep route which required a little over an hour each way. It turned out to be a...

Feb 6, 2009 - Halls Gap, Victoria

Friday February 6 Today we went on a hike to a high lookout in the Grampian Mountains called the ‘Pinnacle’. We started our hike at the Wonderland Car Park, taking about an hour and twenty minutes to reach the top along a series of sandy footpaths, stone stairs, metal walkways and ladders, and large boulders with metal handrails. With the temperatures reaching the high 30s again today, the walking was very challenging. In the open sun areas, it felt even hotter; however, there was relief from occasional breezes. From the lookout at the...

Jun 11, 2008 - The Grampians

I took to an Autopia tour bus which was kind of like the Stray bus I used in NZ to take me on a 3 day tour of the area west of Melbourne. Much better taking these little tours thatn trying them yourself as you get the chance of meeting others which I find the best part of the journey I am on. The first day to us to the familiar sounding mountians of The Grampians. More like hills compared to the real thing in the Highlands of Scotland. Some great lookout positions had been opened up to the tourist in the area providing some great vistas. ...

Nov 26, 2007 - The Grampians National Park

The Grampians National Park is a big weekend escape for Melbourne dwellers...I've even heard one Australian refer to it as "heaven". It was nice, but how can I say this, it wasn't heaven? That person must not have been there when the crickets were screaming...from sunrise to sunset...screeching...deafening screams...enough to make you ill. In fact, we had to leave because we were both feeling sick from it! We did manage to get one good day of hiking in, which made it worth the trip. Again, not quite mountains...but as close as we were...

Nov 25, 2007 - The Grampians

We packed up and headed off at 7.30 this morning to head down the Gibson steps to the beach beside the 12 Apostles. It was a chilly and wind-swept morning with some heavy waves which made for some great views. A really good way to wake up. The group on the bus was a mix of Irish (us), English, Germans, Italians, Koreans, Canadian and Japanese, possibly a few more as well. We felt a little old but there were a few others closer to our age. There was one Japanese girl, Azusa, and one girl from London, Veni, that were on their own and were...

Apr 18, 2005 - Grampians

Well I went on a wicked expedition at the weekend, camping in the Grampians, these mountains about 3 hours out of Melbourne. Took absolutely loads of pics but have just uploaded a few for now and will put more on soon. It was sooo good! got picked up outside the town hall at 7.30 saturday morning, there were 8 of us plus Steve, the guide - one of the guys on the trip, Michael, was from Bromley! how bizarre is that??? of all the place in the world... he went to Langley Boys, I thought it was hilarious. anyway all the ppl were nice, there...