Grampians Victoria

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Tsja, daar zit je dan in de Grampians, national park. De eerste stop. Op een natte en kille camping waar helemaal niks te beleven valt. Zelfs de wifi doet het niet, terwijl je daar vijf dollar per uur voor moet betalen. Schande! Maar wat moet je dan? Dan type je maar een stukje in de hoop dat anderen met je meeleven. Hoeft niet hoor. Ik heb er zelf …

... God mountain range. Usually when the Aussies say we're going to see mountains, we see a few hills and laugh. But the Grampians actually look like real mountains, looming, foggy, brooding and sharp-peaked. They're blanketed in the breath of Gods and the ...

... amphitheatre.  They kept their distance and many close eyes on us. After a quick stop in Dunkeld, gateway to Grampians National Park, a missed turn threw us 70 kilometres off course, a situation Jason tolerated almost as well as the deluge falling ...

... , at least), and then up a short track to look at some aboriginal rock art. All the full-blooded aboriginal people in the Grampians area have died out so the Elders, who would usually touch up the ochre art on the rocks, are no more and eventually, these ...

... over the 12 Apostles. We got up, got dressed and stepped outside - into the pouring rain and the gloomiest day since arriving in Australia! We decided to take a drive out anyway and the view was still stunning in an "i'm tired, wet and would love a cup ...

... were very pleasant but still sadly lacking in near death experiences (and as for cultural interaction, remember this is Australia......). So enjoy the edited highlights. Great Ocean Road: whilst the coast is stunning (though inevitably not living up ...

After crossing into Victoria from South Australia our plan was to spend a day driving and walking in the Grampians National Park. Unfortunately after detouring a couple of hundred km's and driving 50km down a side road we got to a 'road closed’ ...

... Brits and other north Europeans, we see for the first time, large groups of other communities that have made Australia home. Melbourne has a large Italian, Chinese and Vietnamese communities plus the largest Greek community outside of Greece. In our ...

... Soon the beers were finished and it was time to roll the swags out and stargaze before falling asleep. Monday January 26th Australia Day On this day in 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip landed at Botany Bay near Sydney and said something like: 'What ...

... way to Victoria's goldfields some 400km inland to pan for golden McNuggets. By landing in the state of South Australia the Chinese avoided Victoria's £10 arrival tax but had to endure an un-sponsored walk of Beefy Botham proportions. We later stopped ...

Morning all, The next morning we set off early again to see some more of the Great Ocean Road before heading inland towards The Grampians mountain range. That afternoon we took a 3 hour walk to one of the summits in the national park. Here we got some ...