Heading West - Grampians National Park

The initial plan was to visit Ballarat for a day. It was only 2 hour drive away. Here we intended to visit the gardens, the town centre, Sovereign hill and the light show later in the evening. After some discussion we decided to visit Grampians National Park since it is approximately 2 hours drive from Ballarat.

My brother was more interested in natures and sceneries than the commercial shows.

This park is the third largest in Victoria with spectacular scenery, colourful displays of wildflowers and home to almost a third of Victoria’s plant species, and a large percentage of its animals.
The park offer some of the best site seeing opportunities in the State, with a substantial network of roads and a convenient central base in the fully serviced township of Halls Gap. There are excellent short walks, some easy, others more demanding.

We stopped at Ararat for lunch in a Chinese restaurant. The chow mien was horrible and doubles the price for what we can get better food in Melbourne. It was a rip off and I will never step into that restaurant again.

Time was an essence and we picked out the best locations to visit.

Boroka Lookout

Reeds Lookout

The Balconies Lookout from Reed Lookout car park

Mackenzie Falls - One of the most spectacular waterfalls in Victoria. Walking tracks lead down to the falls, to various view points, and connect to Zumstein.

Zumstein
Picnic area and popular kangaroo viewing site. Here we have to drive slowly and watch out for kangaroos often crossing the road here.