Mura Mura is the indigenous name for Mt Zero. It is located at the northern end of the Gariwerd/Grampians National Park. Named Major Mitchell when he passed through the area in 1836. It happened to be zero degrees at the time. Brr, cold. It wasn’t cold on this particular day. If anything we were properly …
With the intention of exploring the area around Tower Hill, we stopped at the Bundaleer to explore a new multi-cache called “Goonies Lair” that had recently been placed there. Now Tom & I have been to the Bundaleer before (Boxing Day 2014), but we never really explored beyond the “Chinese Wall”. The Bundaleer is a …
I’ve always wanted to do Geocaching. Thanks to our geocache stumble a few weeks ago at Manja Shelter, has now sparked our geocaching adventures. If you are new to geocaching, think of it as a Treasure Hunt. A worldwide one at that. There are thousands of caches out there, of varying sizes hiding just waiting …
After we stumbled upon our first Geocache at Manja Shelter, the kids wanted to do it again. Looking at the geocache map, we discovered that there are a few in our hometown. We decided that our first official Geocaching adventure would be one called “The Nature of the Bark”. Funnily enough, this particular cache was on …
Manja Shelter is a short 15min drive from Buandik Campground where we had stayed the previous night. Or approximately 1 hour from Halls Gap. This particular walk is short, at only 2.5km (return). This gentle walk will take you through native daisies, desert banksia and hakea forest in sandy woodlands. You will pass rock formations …
