The Grampians are a well known National Park in Victoria about 3 hours west of Melbourne. They are a range of rugged sandstone hills seeming to rise abruptly out of the surrounding predominantly flat landscape and form a unique and stunning natural feature that attracts many visitors throughout the year.
One of the jewels in the crown of the Grampians National Park is MacKenzie Falls which we enjoyed visiting on a recent camping trip to the area
The main waterfall at MacKenzie Falls
There is a steep walkway down to the base of the main falls from the visitors car park but it is only a short distance of about 300m but as you can see in the pictures it is well made and maintained. When you get to the base of the falls there are stepping stones to cross the creek and a large flat area where many people are enjoying the view and the cooling spray.
At the base of thee main falls people are enjoying the cooling spray
On the day that we visited the temperature hit 44°C so there were many people swimming to cool off!
From the falls there is a well made path heading to the Zumsteins picnic ground just over 3km down stream. We made the walk but it was extremely hot. There was a wind blowing so we took to soaking our clothes in the creek and then as we walked they would dry in the wind and keep us cool (well... sort of cool!)
making our clothes wet in the creek so that we would keep cool in the heat
The walk is well worth the effort as there are many more beautiful small waterfalls to be seen along the way and they are less crowded than the main attraction that can be accessed so easily from the visitor car park.
There are many more beautiful waterfalls along the walk to Zumsteins picnic ground
On this particular day we were luck enough to see a Lace Monitor or Lace Goanna but I was too slow to get a decent picture of it. We have also seen an Emu very close up near the main waterfall.
I highly recommend MacKenzie Falls, and the Grampians in general, as a place to visit if you are in Melbourne or the surrounding area.
Thanks for reading - have a great day!