A Day in the Woods

I always get excited before a trip. That is the reason I could not get enough sleep the night before the trip. I woke up at 5am as we planned to meet in the bus stop at 630 am and head to the city to catch the tour bus. In our group we had four of us who happen to meet randomly in the University. It was a good mini bus for such a long drive. We mostly talked about the units and classes till we stopped for morning tea in a small town between the Melbourne and the Grampians. It was small quite suburb. After the tea our journey began, and passengers in the bus broke the ice and started talking. It was hot and sunny day and cannot see outside very clearly. The bus went across the farm lands and bushes and had beautiful views. We also crossed the village called ‘Ararrat’ where gold miners from China settled long back. The driver also said that it was a village where the AFL rules were born. He also said that the Chinese dig the graves of their ancestors because they believe that they will be buried in the birth land. When we reached to the Grampians we stopped at the Brambuk Centre of Aboriginal heritage. We had a small presentation on the tools used by Aboriginals for hunting. We took few pictures and headed to the balconies. The balcony walk was around 2 km’s and it was fun to walk in the bushes but the heat affected all of us. From the balconies the view of various rock and stone patterns and valley and the Lake Wartook was visible. But to my surprise my camera battery went off because I did not charge my battery in the previous night. I know, things like this are always meant to happen to me. You must be wondering how clumsy I am. But my friend manages to take some pictures and shared with me. Then we headed to MacKenzie falls which was about 3 km down and accessible with stair case. However, there was also a wheel chair accessible balcony where you can see the view of the water fall. Me and a girl I met in the bus called Trina from Denmark walked down to the base of fall however, find it difficult to climb up. It was so tiring and had to take rest every now and then. This was the last sightseeing. We all had to have ice cream or water afterwards because of the heat. We had a little time to relax in the benches opposite to small ice-cream local shop. I think it was a peak day for the shopkeeper as many were buying ice creams to beat the heat. Then at around 4 we headed back to Melbourne. We stopped at the Ararrat to grab something to eat. I for the first time had a noodles from ‘noodles bank’ in a take away pack. Then it took another 2 and half hour ride to reach to the Melbourne city. We took train back home and it was 1000 pm when I reached home. I had a fantastic day but was very tired due to the heat and sad that I could not catch many views as my camera battery went off. But it is worth visiting Grampians if you love rock climbing and enjoy the sinister stones and rocks.