Two hundred thirty-five kilometers west of Melbourne lies a mountain range called the Grampians. This mountain range located in Victoria, Australia, is primarily composed of sandstones and a topnotch tourist destination and a national natural park. Tracing back to its historical beginnings, the mountain range was named after the same mountain range in native Scotland by the former New South Wales Surveyor General Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1936. The Jardwadjai aborigines, the first ancient settlers of the mountain ranges, named it Gariwerd. But following a consultative process, it was later officially named as Grampians National Park in 1991. If viewed from the atmosphere, the Grampians mountain range takes the actual form of a series of low-angled sandstone ridges that runs from the east and ends north-south. Because most of the sedimentary ridges in the area have collapsed in the western sides, it offers a steeper but spectacular view at the northern tip of the sandstones ridges. This is most visible from the Hollow Mountain along Dadswell’s Bridge.

Grampians National Park is ideal for leisure walking and nature trips along the popular Wonderland located just near the Halls Gap. Normally, the most ideal to do walking and nature tripping in the sandstones mountain ranges is during the winter and spring time of the year. This is the time when tourists and nature lovers, local and foreign alike, comes in groups to do hiking and camping amidst the rich foliage and majestic rock formations. During spring time, a wide variety of fauna abound throughout the national park. One of its prevalent and more popular flora varieties is the Grampian wildflower that has become a subject of interest to biologists and nature enthusiasts as well. Great number of rock climbing adventurers frequent the place all year round even during the summer time when the sandstone ranges tend to be extra hot and dry.

The rich foliage in the Grampians National Park is sure to lure bushwalkers and lazy feet. The majestic views of the rock formation speak a lot about its natural and unspoilt terrain. Today, developers have come to build resorts and hotels to pave accommodations to tourists and visitors. But these recent developments are under strict monitoring so that the natural scenery of the Grampians National Park remains untouched.  

Even if almost half part of the Grampians National Park has been burned down by natural bushfire in January 2006, it is returning to its once green and dense vegetation now. Truly nature heals on its own. The mountain ranges boasts about a deposition range that was formed through the sea floor. It is called the Little Desert National Park. It has practically everything which makes it a smaller copy of the national natural park itself. The highest peak destination is at 1167 meters called Mount William. This has also been frequented by the high mountain campers and nature enthusiasts because it has the most beautiful view of the sandstone mountain range.

There are also other tourist spots in national park that that lure nature trekkers such as the numerous water falls within the national park that have been a subject of interest to many landscape artists and photographers even before roads were constructed to make these natural wonders are easily accessed.