We spent Saturday exploring the Grampians Nation Park. We headed to the Hall’s Gap with a stop over at the Silverband Water falls and were amazed by the devastation of the last floods. The little Dairy Creek use to lazily flow through a fern clad gully but last September heavy rainfall turn it into a raging torrent destroying everything in its path. The name of Silverband was given to the falls because of its narrow stream of water.
From there we drove towards Zumsteins picnic area where we all were supposed to meet for a picnic lunch. On arrival at Hall’s Gap we were informed that the picnic place has been partially destroyed by the floods. Thanks to the easy of communications no one got lost and we all assembled at the MacKenzies falls for our picnic.
Mackenzies Falls is the largest waterfall in Victoria fed from Lake Wartook the oldest man made reservoir in Victoria. Obviously MacKenzies Fall is one of the most visited in the Grampians.
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After lunch and a brief stroll to the lookouts over the falls (MacKenzies and Broken falls) we headed for Mount Zero and Gulgurn Manja Shelter, an Aborigine rock art site.
We have visited Ubirr rock paintings in the Kakadu National Park and were expecting something similar and therefore the Gulgurn Manja was a bit of a disappointment. However it does not cease to amaze us how such paintings can endure the passing of time.
It was a full day of driving and waking and therefore it was a relief to spend some time at the Olive Grove café for a refreshing drink and coffee before heading back to the Homestead.
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