The Grampians 17th-20th August 2006

Left Thurs at 8.45am and met up with friends just past Pyke's Creek. Arrived Halls Gap around lunchtime. Set up, had lunch and decided to go up to the lookout and hope it wasn't too cloudy or wet.














It cleared just as we got there and clouded over & rained again after we left. In the pic to the right are our caravans below.

Driving to the lookout it is very strange due to the fires and the regrowth makes it looks so much better then when the fires went through










Next day was wet and very low cloud so we decided to go south to Dunkeld, then through the Victoria Valley and then out to the west side of the Grampians and up to Horsham. Found a couple of dirt roads and tried to go up another which was closed. Ended up doing almost a circle of the Grampians. It certainly is quite a range.












Saturday was wet & cloudy and it was no good trying to get to the falls, so went to Ararat. The weather was good there and we went up to the scenic lookout which gave a great perspective on the Grampians and it showed the cloud was lifting. Did a little bit of 4x4 driving, had lunch at the RSL and headed back to the caravan park. Went for a walk into Halls Gap. It was like Bourke St compared to the previous two days. We had a cold night and of course in the morning it was beautiful blue skies and we had to go home. Was a good break though.