Being in the mountains it was finally time for some activities. The tourist info people and brochures recommended some view points, but I had my eyes settled on a more proper mountain hike. We went for Mt.Rosa, the highest peak in this area, with a 12 km round trip. We packed warm clothes, extra food and water, a flashlight and other mountain hiking stuff. Although the weather was still nice, I've slowly gotten used to Victoria weather being more unreliable than Western Australia's eternal sunshine. We threw everything in the car, unsure were we'd want to camp tonight. This camper van is incredibly useful for indecisiveness.

At the start of the walk we met the first two other people we'd met in the last 3 days. They turned out to be the only ones for the rest of the hike. The Grampians are similar to the Stirling Ranges, but larger. There is lots of sandstone that looks great for rock climbing. The walk itself took us through different types of forests and landscapes. We zig-zagged along the ridge before we reached the top where we lunched and relaxed for an hour. Instead of returning the same way, which would be shorter, we continued for the longer loop track. Though further, it was easier to walk, and we didn't really loose much time doing it. We also got to see more variating nature, and it was a lot less used. I guess most hikers had gone for the direct return. (The mosquitos were also happy to find somebody to nibble at.) But we were no doubt very pleased when we made it back to the car again.

And we very much wanted a shower. We planned on using the melted ice water in the eski, because our drinking water was running very low after 3 days in the bush. Or we could drive down to the valley and check in at the caravan park for one night. It's the best hot shower I have had all week. I felt bad using so much water after days of saving, but it was worth it. And I finally got to recharge all my gadgets. To top it off we got take-away pizza from the local unfriendly British backpacker shop, which we just managed to eat without falling asleep face down in the pizza box.