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ABOUT The Grampians National Park is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 235 kilometres west of Melbourne. The Park was listed on the National Heritage List on 15 December 2006 for its outstanding natural beauty and being one of the richest Indigenous rock art sites in south-eastern Australia. The Grampians feature a striking series of sandstone mountain ranges. The ranges were named in 1836 by Surveyor General of New South Wales Sir Thomas Mitchell after the Grampian Mountains in his native Scotland, but are also known by the name Gariwerd, from one of the local Australian Aboriginal languages, either the Jardwadjali or Djab Wurrung language. After a two-year consultation process, the park was renamed Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park in 1991, however this controversial formality was reversed after a change of state government in 1992.] The Geographic Place Names Act 1998 reinstated dual naming for Geographical features, and this has been subsequently adopted in the Park based on Jardwadjali and Djab Wurrung names for rock art sites and landscape features with the National Heritage List referring to Grampians National Park (Gariwerd).
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Halls Gap / Budja Budja is the largest service town in the area and is located at a point roughly equidistant between the towns of Ararat and Stawell. The town is located towards the eastern (Melbourne) side of the park and offers accommodation to the many tourists who visit the area. The Brambuk National Park and Cultural Centre in Halls Gap is owned and managed by Jardwadjali and Djab Wurrung people from five Aboriginal communities with historic links to the Gariwerd-Grampians ranges and the surrounding plains.
2006 FIRES
A major bushfire burned out about 50 per cent of the Grampians National Park in January 2006. Soon after this bushfire, however, the first signs of regeneration were already visible, with regrowth of the eucalyptus trees is quite typical. Many trees re-sprout with a mass of young shoots along the whole length of the trunk to the base of the tree.
WEATHER & CLIMATEThe Grampians Climate is warm and dry in summer, cool in autumn followed by a wet winter. Spring consists of mild days which provides a perfect climate for the massive array of wildflowers.Average Temperatures
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRAMPIANS & WIMMERA REGION
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WINERIES
OLIVE GROVES
HORSE RACING
Stawell and Grampians
Visitor Information Centre
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