The Grampians

I spent the day in The Grampians National Park. It is a mountainous park, at least by Australian standards. Australia is relatively flat so any hump gets called a mountain. I visited several of the park’s signature attractions including Mackenzie Falls, The Balconies, Venus Baths and the Fyans Creek trail. A highlight of the day for me was filming Kangaroos at Fyans Creek. I saw a total of about 20. Some were feeding, some were lounging around in the grass, a couple of mothers had baby Joeys in their pouches. This is my third time to Australia, but the first time I’ve seen wild Kangaroos (except road kill). In all honesty, I have to admit that the first time I was diving and t he second time I was just in Sydney which isn’t know for having much of a population of wild Kangaroos (except on gold courses, but I don’t play golf). I got some fairly good footage today, so I now have the two iconic Australian animals, Koalas and Kangaroos.


These pools are called the “Venus Baths”. I didn’t see any goddesses or nymphs.


This is Mackenzie Falls.


On the way back up from a strenuous climb down to Mackenzie falls, you encounter this sign where they are doing some maintenance on the trail. It looks like something they would have for highway construction, not hiking trail work. I had to laugh because everyone who passes this is huffing and puffing and I guarantee they are all prepared to stop.


This rock formation is called “The Balconies” You used to be able to climb out on the tip of the lower balcony, but they have blocked it off. I suppose too many people were falling off while attempting a selfie.


When standing, this guy was about as tall as me.


I’m wondering how the Kangaroos know when they have traveled the 64 kilometers. I didn’t see any on the road in either direction so I can only assume that they don’t read too well.