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What's Closed Recovery from flood damage 13th December 2012 In January 2011 a significant storm and flood event swept through the Grampians National Park causing damage to roads, walking tracks, campgrounds and popular visitor sites. Parks Victoria has worked hard to open most areas of the national park including many of our popular walking tracks. However a few tracks and roads remind closed which are listed below. For information on what is open please call into Brambuk the National Park and Cultural Centre in Halls Gap or a local Visitor information Centre surrounding the Grampians. What’s Closed Road & Track Closures Walking Track Closures • Mitchell Road Wonderland Walks • Redmans Track • Wonderland Loop (Section between Venus Baths and • Mount William Picnic Ground Road Wonderland Carpark) • Emmetts Road • Splitters Falls • Mafeking Road (Open from Jimmy Creek Road to Mafeking • Mount Rosea Picnic Area) • Wonderland remote overnight hikes. • Moora Track • Fields Track Southern Walks • Rosea Track • Kalymna Falls • Homestead Track • Teddy Bear Gap • Mt Cassel Track Northern Walks • Sanders Track • MacKenzie Falls River Walk including Fish Falls (From base of Mackenzie Falls to Zumstein Picnic Area) Campground & Site Closures • Zumsteins Historic Walk • Bomjinna Campground • Golton Gorge Loop • Kalymna Falls Picnic Area • Tilwinda Falls • Zumsteins Picnic Area Please take care in the open areas of the Grampians National Park While walking tracks and roads in the Grampians National Park are open, visitors are advised that the maintenance standard may be less than normal or expected. Park staff have taken much care to ensure that risk issues have been minimised, however hazards may still be present and visitors are advised to proceed with caution. Roads may appear in reasonable condition, but many have corrugations, soft edges and are still very wet. Please be cautious around road edges and drive slowly. Page 1 of 2 Horsham 15km Grampians National Park - Update 13th December 2012 Closed Roads & Visitor Sites Horsham 18km Hollow Mountain Mt Zero Cark Park (Mura Mura) Ongoing track maintenance, fire or seasonal storm damage can alter road and track HALLS ROAD ROAD Gulgurn Manja conditions or cause temporary closures. Stapylton Shelter Dadswells Bridge GAP For further information and directions using Golton Gorge roads adjacent to the park, please visit a ROAD GRAMPIANS local Visitor Information Centre. Ngamadjidj Beehive Falls Shelter GAP MT ZERO Carpark WESTERN NORTHERN NORTHERN Heatherlie Quarry ROSES Mt Difficult Lake Wartook (Gar) ROAD Lonsdale Valley Troopers Creek St Arnaud 75km Lake ROAD Zumsteins Wartook Smiths Mill Plantation Stawell Boroka Lookout - STAWELL GAP ROAD Brim Springs Mackenzie Falls HALLS Halls Lake POMONAL Reed Lookout Gap Fyans & The Balconies Bunjils Shelter Red Rock The Pinnacle Great Western Brambuk the National Park & Cultural Centre HIGHWAY Billimina Mt Rosea Shelter Boreang Lake Pomonal HIGHWAY Bellfield Moora ARARAT Moora Reservoir Borough Huts Avoca 63km - Buandik Redman Picnic Area Bluff HALLS Buandik Range Mt Thackeray Bomjinna Ararat GAP ROAD Moyston ROAD Melbourne 213km Manja Ingleton Shelter Springs Serra Kalymna Falls Mt William Range (Duwul) Range Chimney Jimmy Creek To Willaura Pots Strachans Mafeking Grampians National Park Mt William Victoria Aboriginal Art Shelter HENTY ROAD Camping YARRAM GAP ROAD Information VALLEY Hamilton 36km Wannon Victoria GRAMPIANS Crossing Lookout Point Range Picnic Area To Willaura Toilets Serra VICTORIA Disabled Toilets Highway Mt Abrupt (Mud-dadjug) Sealed Road Unsealed Road (2WD) The Piccaninny Mt Sturgeon (Bainggug) Unsealed Track (4x4) (Wurgarri) HIGHWAY Gate (Seasonal Closure) Melbourne 220km Gate (Management Vehicles Only) Dunkeld GLENELG Hamilton 24km Page 2 of 2 This map provides information on roads and visitor facilities only. For futher information on bushwalking and touring, please call into Brambuk the National Park and Cultural Centre in Halls Gap or call the Parks Victoria Information Centre on 13 1963..
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