The Grampians
Parks
When you think of the Grampians in Victoria, Australia most people think of the many national parks and state parks.
The largest park is the Grampians National Park, with huge sandstone mountain ranges dissecting the park. These ranges were the original home of the Djab Wurrung and Jardwadjali aboriginal people who created many beautiful pieces of aboriginal rock art celebrating their history and dreaming. Over 80% of all rock based, aboriginal art is found in this park, with other examples of aboriginal rock art discovered in the Grampians Black Range State Park.
The most famous of the parks is the Mt Arapiles-Tooan State Park. People travel from around the world to climb or abseil Mt Arapiles.
Other parks based around stunning mountains, include the Mt Napier State Park in the Grampians. Mt Napier is an extinct volcanic cone, with many flows and volcanic caves to explore. Mount Langi-Ghiran and Mt Gorrinn can be found in the Grampians Langi-Ghiran state park.
For an experience of the fauna of the area The Grampians St Arnaud Range National Park is home to 13,900 hectares of steep forested terrain reminiscent of the land before the gold rushes. Other similar fine large areas of land include the Grampians Mt Cole State Forest and the Grampians Dergholm State Park.
The Grampians Little Desert National Park and the Wyperfeld National Park provide desert scrub experiences that fill with native wildflowers in spring or after rains.
Detailed information on each of these sites, including maps of the Grampians or other maps of Victorian national parks are available from Parks, Victoria.
