Northern and Southern Grampians

After the Victoria Range we went on the Halls Gap where the highlight was climbing Mt Garr.

On the way to Mt Garr

Cliffs of Mt Garr

 

Climbing  to Mt Garr

Summit ridge of Garr looking to rocky tor

We also went to Chinamans Wall where there were obvious signs of rockclimbing hardware (bolts dried in walls and white powder marks)

Domes Chinamans Wall

Finally it was down to the southern end of the Grampians and a climb up Murdajdoog (Mt Abrupt)

 

Signal Peak from Mt Abrupt

On the way to Mt Abrupt - Murgadjoog

Western Grampians Area

From Canberra we travelled south west to cross the Murray River at Barham, where the river was to the top of the bank.

River Murray at Barham

Our first park to visit was Djurite (Mt Arapiles) where we were surprised by the large numbers of rock climbers camped there. Apart from the cliffs it is a place of nice flowers.

Mint bush below cliffs at Arapiles

Rock climbers camp at Arapiles

Next came Burrunj (Black Range) again featuring cliffs and wildflowers.

Burrunj cliffs

In the Victoria Range is the spectacular Fortress

Fortress

Fortress

And a little further south on the range is the Chimney Pots

Chimney Pots cliffs