Wallabies and Kangaroos at Grampians Gardens.

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From my travel diary-in the past.

Australian Rural-lit and historical fiction author and artist Ryn Shell
We arrived this afternoon, towing our Eco-tourer caravan, to Grampians Gardens Tourist Park
2223 Grampians Road, Halls Gap, Vic

Walks in the Grampians:-
http://www.grampiansnationalpark.com/grampians/national/park/walks.asp

Drives in the Grampians:-
http://www.grampiansnationalpark.com/grampians/national/park/drives.asp

2/ Gulgurn Manja Shelter

Track, Easy, slight grade

 I used the water bottles as hand weights and worked out with them as I walked.

Gulgurn Manja means 'hands of young people.' The Gulgurn Manja Shelter displays small handprints in red ochre. Signage outlines some of the stories and legends of the Jardwadjali people and the mountains they call Gariwerd.
Mt Zero Road, Northern Grampians.

2/ Gulgurn Manja Shelter

Track, Easy, slight grade

 I used the water bottles as hand weights and worked out with them as I walked.

Gulgurn Manja means 'hands of young people.' The Gulgurn Manja Shelter displays small handprints in red ochre. Signage outlines some of the stories and legends of the Jardwadjali people and the mountains they call Gariwerd.
Mt Zero Road, Northern Grampians.

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3/Hollow Mountain

Track:  Moderate to Hard and  Steep Suits the fit and athletic.

Explore the breathtaking beauty of massive sandstone outcrops and eucalypt-covered slopes of the northern Grampians. 

After leaving the picnic area, the track enters a densely vegetated gully and climbs through pleasant woodlands of banksias, eucalypts, and native pines. From the base of an iron-stained sandstone cliff, climb between fallen boulders and along exposed ledges to a barren rocky outcrop. 

A short uphill scramble completes the climb to the mountain’s wind-eroded caverns. From the upper end of the caves, a natural rock window leads onto a ledge perched high above the huge amphitheater where you can take in a breathtaking view of the forbidding cliffs of nearby Mount Stapylton before returning by the same route.

4/ Mt Zero.

Track:  Rocky and steep.

From the picnic area, carefully cross the Halls Gap - Mt Zero Road to the sign-posted walking track, track markers guide you up the rocky hillside. Near the top of the ridge, the track becomes steeper –There was a narrow section between cliff walls that I found hard to squeeze through. I kept waiting for the promised hand rails to help navigate the steep parts and there they were, right at the end, after you had already made the climb to the summit. Views of Mt Stapylton and the surrounding Wimmera plains are some of the best in the area.

It was an exhilarating, full day, work out. 
 I doubt that I will ever tackle the Hollow Mountain and Mt Zero walks again; they were frankly hard going in parts, but the views and the feeling of achievement made them so very worthwhile.