Grampians
.once again, off to adventure in another Mobile Command Unit, this time, a bit nicer than the Tasmanian campervan (caravan). after experiencing the luxury of being able to drive your home to a campsite and have electricity, i don't know if we can slug it out in tents anymore.
.we arrived at Grampians National Park, about 3 hours from melbourne, and it was HOT. three days there, nearly 100 degrees each day.
.still, our first experience with real colorado-like mountains, nice hiking trails, waterfalls, wildlife, outdoorsiness.
.plus, there was a badass ice cream shop in the nearby tourist town of Halls Gap we could retreat to during the day to cool off
.we didn't join the roo club, but lisa did take a boomerang throwing lesson. and we paid $6 to watch some cultural video presentation about how the grampians were made. apparently (and I haven't fact-checked this yet so i assume it's 100% true), there once was a great warrior, and he encountered a giant emu. the emu chased him, and the dude turned into an eagle. when the eagle tried to go into a crack in the rocks, the emu kicked the rock, and the rock split, making the mountains. sounds entirely plausible to me.
.mackenzie falls. most of the other waterfalls in the park were dried up, but this one was going strong.
. lisa explores inside hollow mountain, the best hiking trail in the park, and home of The Wheel of Life, apparently one of the hardest bouldering problems in the world
and lastly, the Balconies
.we arrived at Grampians National Park, about 3 hours from melbourne, and it was HOT. three days there, nearly 100 degrees each day.
.still, our first experience with real colorado-like mountains, nice hiking trails, waterfalls, wildlife, outdoorsiness.
.plus, there was a badass ice cream shop in the nearby tourist town of Halls Gap we could retreat to during the day to cool off
.we didn't join the roo club, but lisa did take a boomerang throwing lesson. and we paid $6 to watch some cultural video presentation about how the grampians were made. apparently (and I haven't fact-checked this yet so i assume it's 100% true), there once was a great warrior, and he encountered a giant emu. the emu chased him, and the dude turned into an eagle. when the eagle tried to go into a crack in the rocks, the emu kicked the rock, and the rock split, making the mountains. sounds entirely plausible to me.
.mackenzie falls. most of the other waterfalls in the park were dried up, but this one was going strong.
. lisa explores inside hollow mountain, the best hiking trail in the park, and home of The Wheel of Life, apparently one of the hardest bouldering problems in the world
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