Thursday 23rd April 2026
Today we are on our way for our next adventure. The Grampians Peak Trail – a long hike of 161km from Mt Zero to Dunkeld carrying all our gear on our backs. Traversing difficult terrain, up and down over 8000m elevation. My starting weight is about 11.6km including 4 days food and 2 litres of water. thankfully as the days progress we eat some food which lightens my load by about 330g per day. Thank goodness for eating. Unfortunately the rest of the load stays the same.

After a couple of days of organisation we head off, leaving a little later than expected at 10.20am. Ther forst couple of hours driving was hectic and David was wshing he was driving in Europe with the attentive, courteous drivers yet again. After the initial chaos it was an uneventful day. We changed drivers with quick pitstops for a bathroom break and a stretch but relatively quickly were on the road again. We arrived at Shepparton, VIC at about 7pm and enjoyed a nice dinner at Pho Viet Restuarant before heading to our bed for the night at the Peppermill Inn. Only 316km to go tomorrow. Time for a good sleep and hopefully we will be on our way early.

For our record – the hike came with a few organisational expenses including:-
– Transfers from Halls Gap to the start of the hike at Mt Zero in the north
– Return transfer from the hikes end of Dunkeld in the south back to our car at  Halls Gap
– $192 each
– Food drops at Halls Gap $0 and Jimmy’s Creek Rd $90 for $25 for 2nd container
– Total $115
– 11 nights camping in the National Park $53.30 per camp
– $586.30
– Plus accommodation at Halls Gap on night 4 as the camp ground was full due to the public holiday and the last night at Dunkeld before transferring back to Halls Gap.