Grampians - Mar 25

The Pinnacle

The Grampians are a range of mountains and tourist area something like Kaninaskis Country. The only difference is the mountains are low enough to be tree covered and are only about 50 km long, sticking up out of the local wine country hills to a max ellevation of 1110 m, 3 hours south west of Melbourne. Last nights campsite was just on the southern edge of the Grampians and we were in the smalll town of Halls Gap, the heart of the Grampians by 10:00 am.

 

We chose a meduim difficulty hike of 4 km return, up to the Pinnacle, a lookout point over Halls Gap. The views were great. We headed up to Boroka outlook where we had a lunch beside the van and finally Reeds lookout. The views are unobstructed of all of the surrounding countryside. Fortunately, the weather cooperated all day with sunny conditions, although the high for the day was only around 19 C.

 

Back in town we booked into the Halls Gap caravan park and strolled around the town, all 4 blocks! We decided to go out for supper and, on the recommendation of some local folks we headed over to the Kookaburra Hotel. We enjoyed Moroccan Lamb and the local wine. We also ran into a young couple that we had chatted with on the hike. We seem to be running into more and more people down here on a repeated bases. Back in the campground we struck up a conversation with a young

 

Danish couple a few sites away from ours. Turns out they recognized our van. They were at the Art Factory, in Byron Bay, the same night we were there last month. Our van is apparently imminently memorable!

Fire Scarred Forest Everywhere

The evening was warm and relaxing as we sat by the van reading. Around 10:00 the wind kicked up and the rain started. It rained and the wind rocked the van all night. We were really glad we were not in a tent like some of the other folks around the campsite.

 

Right Hand Drive!!!!

 

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