As we were driving off after the bird shot, we got message that Viv and Graeme were going to be in the area and would love a coffee. Awesome, we thought and changed our plans to accommodate. We did a short walk to the Venus Baths, before heading down for said coffee and of course cake!!!!!
A lovely, photo-less time was had by all and we finally head off about midday. That means not a lot of photos as the light was a bit harsh.
We headed down into the Victoria Valley and had lunch atop a small rocky outcrop in the middle of this huge flood plain called Paddy Castle. Some emus wanted their share.
We did a couple of small walks, but did not see too many interesting things. The Acacia amber, 4 pointer buck and River Red gums drinking their fill are exceptions.
It was warm and we decide to give the walking a rest and essentially drove up and down mountains on dirt tracks. Well I say dirt tracks, but really they were rocky Subaru torture tests. Someone had let a tender to the highest bidder and instead of gravel, or crushed rock they got the lowest bid as some farmer who decided to get rid of every rock from golf ball sized to basketball size and spread them on the roads in the Grampians. At times Marjan was hard at it making sure we did not hit one of these boulders.
Still it kept us amused as we traversed all sorts of different bushland as we criss-crossed the middle of the national park and avoided the weekend crowds.
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