There's a Grand Canyon in Australia?

We knew that we wanted to do a shorter hike on Sunday - both due to our pretending to be mountain goats on Saturday and because we didn't want to arrive back in Melbourne too late in the day.

We headed back to the information center and the nice guide (same one from the day before) recommended that "since we seemed to have faired okay on Mount Stapylton" that we should head through the Grand Canyon and up to the Pinnacle.

With those encouraging words, we headed up the mountain, found a car park and started our trek.

Right from the beginning, it was a really interesting hike, with the trail arrow changing colors within less than a kilometer, and we were rock scampering once again...

Not sure how people get lost, with directions this
good.  I guess we should just be happy that they
are both orange arrows, instead of two different colors.

It was a really beautiful area, with lots of cool rock faces, decent climbs, and cool areas in the shade.  I started out all bundled up and as we climbed the mountain, I disrobed and rolled up my pants :)

View of the Grand Canyon at the beginning
of the hike.

The start of the hike - notice I'm still bundled up...this will change.
We're properly in a canyon.  The Grand Canyon.

"Treads" that have been cut into the rocks so you don't fall down.

Me and Toots in the Australian Grand Canyon.

A nice COOL waterfall - not a lot of water, but
enough to cool down.

It appears as though this arrow wants us to climb up that rock.  Also note that it is
Yellow...not the original Red or secondary Orange that we also followed.

About mid-way up.  Application of sunscreen was necessary.  Safety first.

Weird and odd landscape.

So cool all of the layers of rocks.

 View of from the Pinnacle.

Little town of Hall's Gap (population 298) from the Pinnacle.

Other side of the mountain that we didn't climb.

Silent Street - it is as narrow as it looks.  Jeffie had
to turn sideways to get through part of it.
VERY COOL.

Silent Street - tight quarters.

Silent Street.

HOORAY!  (Don't really remember what I was cheering for.)

Great weekend in the Grampians.