Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Grampians Personalised
Tours & Adventures
( 0429 954 686, 03-5356 4654;
www.grampianstours.com
; half-/full-day 4WD tours from $79/149)
Offers a
range of 4WD tours (with off-road options), rock climbing and abseiling, discovery walks
(from half a day to four days), photography, and scenic flights over the ranges ($170/280
for three/five people). Tours include stop-offs at picturesque locations.
ADVENTURE
Grampians Quad
Bike Adventures
( 03-5383 9215;
www.grampiansquadbikes.com.au
;
130 Schmidts Rd, Brimpaen; 2hr/half-day tour $130/198)
Tool
around the bush on a quad bike (on private property, not in the park). No experience re-
quired; minimum age is 12.
QUAD BIKING
ROCK CLIMBING
Hangin' Out
( 03-5356 4535, 0407 684 831;
www.hanginout.com.au
;
4hr/full-day rock climbing $75/130)
Rock-climbing
specialists who will get you started with a four-hour introductory session ($75) and
private guiding from $175. Experienced guide Earl will get you onto the cliff faces, giving
you a lively interpretation of the surrounding country as you go. His adventure walk (full-
day $135) includes rock climbs and abseils - an exhilarating Grampians experience.
Sleeping
Parks Victoria maintains
campsites
(03-5361 4000; sites per vehicle or 6 people $14)
throughout the
park, with toilets, picnic tables and fireplaces (BYO water). Be warned that camping fees
are slated for a significant increase in the not-too-distant future. Permits are required; you
can register and pay at the office at the Brambuk Cultural Centre. Bush camping is permit-
ted (no camp fires), except in the Wonderland Range area, around Lake Wartook and in
parts of the Serra, Mt William and Victoria Ranges.
Pay close attention to fire restrictions - apart from the damage you could do to yourself
and the bush, you can be jailed for lighting
any
fire, including a fuel stove, on days of
total fire ban. Check
www.cfa.vic.gov.au
for details of fire restrictions before heading out.
Information
Parks Victoria
( 13 19 63, 03-5361 4000;
www.parkweb.vic.gov.au
)
In the Brambuk Cultural Centre,
the parks office is the place for park maps and the rangers can advise you about where to
