We enjoyed waking up with the sunshine this morning. The temperature also went up to 21 degrees! After shopping and toilet dumping in Warrnambool we set off North to the  Grampians. This is a contrasting black rocky mountain range in the golden colored flat landscape of grass and cut grain fields. The GPS sent us over many small roads to Halls Gap, the main tourist center. We decided to stay at the north side of the park at a campsite next to some aboriginal rock art. This time the GPS sent us over some narrow sandy bush (short cut) roads while a good graded road is available. Jamaliah was not amused. The campsite is a great bush camp next to some rocky outcrops where the native aboriginals have been camping for many generations (starting 20.000 years ago).

We had a good wake up call by the birds in the morning. It was chilly but the sun was shining so with the down jacket on you could sit at the picknick table. It is a beautiful campsite underneath the trees. There were several other tents and campers spread out. We took the road over the Grampian range back to Halls Gap. Along the way we took 4 side roads to see a reservoir lake, a view of the wet and very windy east side of the mountain and the dry west side. The final stop was a strenuous 3 hrs return walk up the mountain to the pinnacles lookout point. Part of the walk is through a gorge which gets very narrow at sections near the top. The path is over granite rocks with here and there steps and railings. The view down to the Halls gap valley in between the 2 mountain ridges is spectacular, worth the hike.

Instead of staying in Halls Gap we drove 47 km on to this free camping at a lake east of Ararat and enjoyed the sunset over the lake.