After we woke up and packed, I said goodbye to Kirsty and arranged to meet Vicki and Chris in Hamilton where Vicki was going to give us a grand tour of her new home. It was a pleasant drive from Horsham to Hamilton.

Vicki’s new house is lovely. It has polished timber floorboards, a cathedral ceiling and is very well laid out. I could see Vicki had put a lot of thought into its design.

I said goodbye to Vicki and Chris, then decided that weeks worth of washing couldn’t wait any longer. So I found a laundromat and did my laundry. By this time it was lunchtime.

Vicki and Chris had suggested a few places I could go look at so I set out to have a bit of a look at the Grampians. I left Hamilton and drove through Dunkeld, Glenthompson and Willaura before going along Yarram Gap Rd and Victoria Valley Rd through the hills to Cavendish. I pulled over in a few places to take photos – two being Lake Muirhead and Mirranatwa Gap Scenic Lookout.

I still had a bit of daylight after this so I drove west of Hamilton to check out Wannon Falls. I was able to have a good look around before dusk started to settle.

As I went back to my motel, I saw a van on a street side in Hamilton selling baked potatoes. So that was a perfect end to a lovely day – a baked potato smothered in garlic butter, bolognese sauce, cheese and sour cream.

Lake Muirhead

Sheep around Lake Muirhead

Lake Muirhead

An avenue of trees just up from Lake Muirhead

The country changed as I got into the mountains

Some beautiful sculptures with the combination of rock and twisted trees

There were such a variety of wildflowers

A pretty shrub

Banksia

This little fellow was on the side of the road and didn’t mind his photo being taken

So cute…

Wannon Falls

I loved this tree on the Wannon River above the falls

The Wannon River above the falls

Water cascading over the rocks in the Wannon River