Friday, October 04, 2013

The Grampians Trip - Day 1


School holiday trip to the Grampians, also to celebrate dad's birthday

The Grampians National Park (also Gariwerd) is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 235 kilometres west of Melbourne. The Park was listed on the Australian National Heritage List on 15 December 2006 for its outstanding natural beauty and being one of the richest indigenous rock art sites in south-eastern Australia.

The Grampians feature a striking series of sandstone mountain ranges. The ranges were named in 1836 by Surveyor General of New South Wales Sir Thomas Mitchell after the Grampian Mountains in his native Scotland, but are also known by the name Gariwerd, from one of the local Australian Aboriginal languages, either the Jardwadjali or Djab Wurrung language.



Reid's lookout between Halls Gap and Wartook




Kangaroos everywhere!


 Our cabin in Wartook, the Emu Holiday Park is very tranquil.









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