Mt Stapylton

Rugged, beautiful, challenging - but didn’t quite make the top

As relative newcomers to hiking, this one appealed to us. We’re 50, pretty fit and love a good walk, though we mostly find ourselves on 8-15kms walks with only a few genuine hikes. There’s no messin...

Challenging when raining

Stayed in Stapylton Campground last night. The Stapylton loop walk was easy. Just follow the way until you see the branch to the top of Mt. Stapylton. It started raining and the difficulty escal...

Best Best walk in the granpians

Having walked most of trails in the grampians this has to be my all time favourite. Approx 2 hour round trip, offers panoramic views, reasonably easy climb. Not uncommon to see kangaroos on the trail,...

A fun challenge for newbies

If you or your friend has never done much hiking on hills and rocky outcrops this is a great one to introduce them to. A 3km something trip with reasonable elevation gain, but not too hard, and one me...

Stapylton Campground

Surrounded by wild wallabies and emus, Stapylton Campground was a wonderful place to stay, with few other campers at the site, it was like having an acre of land for yourself. Be extremely careful whe...