The exact coordinates of the national park are: 37.2109 South, and 142.3980 East (between Statwell and Horsham Victoria). It's about a 3 hour drive to Grampians National Park from Melbourne airport (if there's no traffic).

      The Size of Grampians National Park

The 167,219 hectares (413,210 acres) national park is situated between Stawell and Horsham on the Western Highway and Dunkeld on the Glenelg Highway, 260 kilometres west of Melbourne and 460 kilometres east of Adelaide. The general form that the ranges take is from the west, a series of low-angled sandstone ridges running roughly north-south. 

                The Rock Painting Walls

Traditionally known as Gariwerd, the region is home to the largest number of significant and ancient Aboriginal rock art paintings and shelters in Southern Australia. The region has been home to the Djab Wurrung and Jardwardjali people for over 20,000 years and contains the densest concentrati0on of art paintings and the largest assemblage of Aboriginal art Motifs in Victoria. 

              The Stunning Flora and Fauna 

The Grampians National Park is home to hundreds of species of flora and fauna, some of which are unique to the entire area. Visitors are guaranteed to see kangaroos, parrots and cockatoos during the visit. The area also has some of Australia’s shyer native animals like the koala, short-beaked echidna, platypus and Southern brown bandicoot.

     The Grampians was designed to be a State Forest

Major Thomas Mitchel Chose the “the Grampians” after the rugged region in his native Scotland. The Grampians soon became a centre for farming, mining and timber production and a source of water for surrounding farmland.

The Grampians was designated as a state forest in 1870 and declared a national park in 1984. More than 800,000 people visit the Grampians each year.

The Park Rangers Were Formed over Millions of Years

The iconic, rugged ranges of the Grampians were millions of years in the making of course continue to evolve. The Sandstone that composes the Grampians’ highest park was laid down from rivers flowing in the Devonian period, 425 -415 years ago.

Gradually the sediment accumulated and was raised and tilted to its present form. The Southern Ocean reached the base of the mountain range about 40 million years ago. Mount William remains the Grampians’ highest peak and numerous waterfalls thunder throughout the ranges.

   Half of The Grampians was Burnt by Bushfires

A major bushfire burnt about 50% of the Grampians National park in January 2006. Soon afterwards the first signs of regeneration were already visible with, the regrowth of the eucalyptus trees.

Main trees exhibit epicormic growth, where a mass of young shoots sprouts along the whole length of the trunk of the base of the tree.

The Grampians Survived Majour Floods

In January 2011, five years later after the wild bushfire, heavy rains in the Grampians triggered more than 190 landslides, some of which were up to 3km long and caused considerable damage to the park.

The majority of the landslides were debris flow triggered by 1 in 100-year rainfall and following this, it forced the closure of some parts of the Grampians National Park for several months.

Platypus

Platypus might look cute and cuddly, but come across a male platypus in mating season and you’ll be in for a painful shock. Male platypuses have a hollow spur on each hind leg connected to a venom secreting gland, and while their venom is lethal, there are no recorded deaths from platypuses or from platypus stings.

Western Grey Kangaroo

Like other marsupials, newborn western grey kangaroo babies must climb up the mother’s body to the pouch soon after birth. This newborn baby is barely larger that a jellybean and is completely naked. Its eyes are closed and the struggle up to the pouch and to the mother’s teat is very exhausting. The joey starts to leave the pouch by 6–8 months, fully out by 11 months and independent by 12 months. 

https://www.youtube.com/@cinematicescapes

Many people might wonder who manages Grampians but it isn't a single person, it's Parks Victoria.

The tribes that owned Grampians National Park are Djab Wurrung and the Jardwardjali people.

Currently, the weather high is er in Grampians is fairly cold getting down to 8 degrees Celsius and getting up to 14. In October 2023 it warms up and the low is 10 degrees Celsius and the high is 19. Later in November, it goes up to 22 and down to 12 degrees Celsius. In the month of Christmas and New Year it gets to 24 and 13 dgerees Celsius.