Today was day one of our second tour and it was an early
starter again as we were being picked up at 06:00. The itinerary led us to
believe we were in for a day of hiking but it turned out to be a day of walking
really!
We made our first stop at Bordertown, where we had the
chance to see white kangaroos in a large rectangular enclosure. These kangaroos
are not albinos and appear to only be bred due to their aesthetics. They cannot
survive in the wild due to their colour and are part of a breeding programme to
keep this type of kangaroo going. We also saw a HUGE ant in the toilet at the
border which we were both very impressed with!
We continued our journey through the Grampians National Park
to Mount Zero where we climbed/ scrambled our way up this steep hill. This was
fun until we got to the top and everyone was swarmed by millions of midges; we
have to give credit to our guide though as she powered through her touristy
talk, regardless of her face mask of midges. We all quickly moved down the
mountain to take our photos before continuing all the way to the bottom.
After the mountain we stopped at McKenzie Falls where we
trotted down the 250 or so steps to the bottom of the falls for some nice pics
of this place. We hadn’t seen a waterfall in a while so this was nice.
After this we went for tea but this wasn’t anything special
really. This tour was one of the first to trial having our meals at restaurants
instead of making them ourselves; we both preferred making them though as
there’s
normally seconds – we don’t care about the prepping or washing up!
After tea we were dropped off at the accommodation for an
early… ish night.
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