Kings Around Oz: The Grampians

Well it was off to the Grampians and back to the bush. We stayed at a bush camp just out of Halls Gap and it was from here we explored some of what the Grampians has to offer. While we were there we went for a hike up to The Pinnacle and enjoyed the views over Lake Bellfield and Halls Gap. We went for a walk to The Balconies where Glen went and stood out on one of them. The photos don't do it justice but they are rocks that hang out over the cliff like a balcony with nothing below them. The final feature we visited was Mackenzie Falls. We did the walk down the big staircase to the bottom of the falls and they were quite impressive. At the top of the falls we went a little further upstream to Broken Falls that feed into Mackenzie Falls. The next day we had a quiet morning at our campsite and cooked up a damper for morning tea. We then went into Halls Gap where the annual Jazz Festival was happening. The kids enjoyed the parade where the musicians marched up the street playing their instruments. We then walked around and listened to the music and the kids played in the park with the sounds of Jazz in the back ground. As we were walking around we came across some young buskers, the kids had a good old dance to their music and then gave them some money. The buskers said they felt they should pay the kids for dancing so well. We then left The Grampians with some very fond memories and headed to Hamilton. We enjoyed our first hot shower in days and had a look around the Botanical Gardens and Lake Hamilton. We now say good-bye to Victoria and head over to South Australia.