Camping in The Grampians...

A couple of mates and I headed off for a little camping trip last week. After a four hour drive we arrived at the mountains range we wanted to hike in- The Grampians. We chatted to a girl in a local shop who told us he had hiked up to Brigg’s Bluff with a group of school kids and had been attacked by a pack of foxes! That did all returned home safely and she said the view from the top of the bluff was fantastic. Inspired by her adventure, we had no choice but to head straight to Brigg’s Bluff! Armed with ‘fox clobbering sticks’ we set off. (Un)fortunately we saw no foxes but the hike was great and the view fab.


The next day we rose at 5am to hike up to the top of Hollow Mountain in the dark so we could watch the sunrise form the top. The climb up was a lot more fun than the sunrise that awaited us, but we had a good time. It turns out the mountain really is pretty hollow- we spent a while exploring cave all through the inside of the summit. The pic below was taken after walking into a cave in the side of the rock face then climbing up inside the mountain before coming to another cave opening higher up. Sweet! (More photos in the pics tab)

We had a fun time and I was able to add two emus to my Australian wildlife checklist.