Grampians

Grampians, a western Victoria District, is a very beautiful place having diverse walk tracks, parks, lookouts and stunning scenic spots.

In the cool breeze and the temperature touches down 11 degree, we have started on Monday Morning. Having lunch at Halls Gap around 1 PM, we collected few details on tourist spots from information centre and planned our first trip to The Pinnacle. We parked our coach at Wonderland car park and took a walk through Great Canyon, Cool Chamber and Silent Street. Finally, we reached The Pinnacle with empty water bottles. We took totally 3 hours return trip. After tea refreshments, we spent our evening at Lake Bellfield. It is surrounded by mountains in three sides and the Embankment runs a length of 0.7 KM.

Tired out of first day, we relaxed at our Cottage in “Halls Gap Valley Lodge” with beer and music. My suggestion is to take accommodation here if you are visiting Grampians. Kangaroos and Emus might cross your door steps.

A very fresh and sunny morning on second day, we started towards McKenzie Falls. On the way, we hop out at Boroka Lookout and Reed Lookout to glimpse the beauty of Halls Gap and its ranges. It was nearly 300 steps to reach McKenzie Falls base. Believe me, it’s gorgeous. Then, we headed towards Brambuk National Park and Culture Centre and spent an hour there. After lunch, we reached Mt Williams, highest peak in Grampians. It was too hard to walk for 2 KM from the car park in elevated road on hill. Believe me, it’s amazing and wonderful view of Grampians.

Then our clock ticked to start towards Melbourne.

Gippsland

Gippsland, an eastern rural region of Victoria, enrich in natural beauty. My eyes had a wonderful feast during this Christmas holiday.

Day 1: Early morning (5:00 AM) of 26-Dec-2009, we woke up, had breakfast after refreshments and reached Southern Cross Station. At 7:45 AM, we boarded into V-Line and at 11:30AM, reached Sale. There, we hired two cars Holden Commodore and Toyota. I took Red Holden Commodore. After lunch, we drove to Lake Entrance. The beauty of 90 Mile Beach and Lake Entrance had caught our attention. Then, we travelled to Golden beach. Later, we arrived at the hostel at around 9:30 PM and had a Chinese Cuisine dinner in a big table.

Day 2: The day started with Billiards at Tea time. Then, we arrived at Sale to return the car to AVIS car rentals and to get the car from Hertz car rentals. Noon, we started to Wilsons Promontory National Park. We reached at 2:30 PM. Squeaky Beach, Tidal Beach, and Lilly Billy Gully National Park are the main highlights. At around 11:30 PM, we returned home.