The Queen's Birthday is the last long weekend for ages so being winter it was time to try out all my cold weather camping gear and my new hiking pack. As usual it was a debacle getting everyone to decide if they were free and where to go. We finally settled on doing a reverse loop of the Beeripmo Hike at the Mt Cole National Park, which is located about 2 hrs drive west of Melbourne, between Ballarat and Ararat.
The boys.....
and me
Is it getting foggy?
Yep, um the "view" from Snowgum Lookout
and the next day, picture perfect!
Beautiful views of the Western Plains with the Grampians in the background
Ferntree Waterfall
Side trip to the Cave Hill cave, also known as Bukkertillible, which means cave in the local aboriginal dialect. The cave is a massive granite arch around 100 m wide and 15 m high. You can just see Paul in red at the bottom LH corner of the photo.
The Campground
Perfect winter campground
Happy faces, we love cooking in the rain
Pancakes for dessert
Topped with melting Lindt choc, YUM!
