This beautiful region of splendor and breathtaking beauty has witnessed four hundred million years now. The region of Grampians boasts of sheer slopes, dense forests and crystalline lakes. Also present are spectacularly majestic waterfalls roaring over rock formations and tumbling into mist cloaked valleys. The place plays abode to abundant fern growth and lichen encrusted rocks.
The dense forests are home to a variety of wildlife too, the most common being the koalas, wallabies, kangaroos and emus. Exquisite native birds also form a part of the group. The silence of the calm lakes is very musically broken by the thunder of the falls. The lakes can be called a boon to the fishermen as they have abundant varieties of red fin, brown and rainbow trout as well as blackfish.
The Europeans first visited the Grampians in 1836 when Major Thomas Mitchell, the then Surveyor General of NSW, came upon the area. Tourists seeking a little bit of thrill in their adventure can go trekking on some of the abundant sandstone ridges and cliff faces. For the less enthusiastic, canoeing on the serene lakes or the gently flowing rivers might be ideal.
