Looks like we are finally back to the standard and regular road and track report for the Grampians.
Next week, Parks Victoria will be opening eight seasonal 4WD tracks in time for the Long Weekend. Some seasonal roads will stay closed due to flood damage. See below for the list of roads, openings and conditions.
While we are on the subject of the Grampians, a little more info on Rosea and Bundaleer. With perfect climbing time coming up for those areas, the questions are on everyones lips. Things are finally on the move towards accessing Rosea and Bundaleer. One of the main problems is the road access with both Silverband and Mt Victory Road receiving the worst damage. The two roads fall under the care of VicRoads so gaining access means not only working in with PV and their schedule, but more importantly fitting in with the VicRoads schedule.
From what I understand now, VicRoads will be finalising their contractor for work on the Silverband Road by the end of October. Access is currently only open to the Sundial Carpark. While there could be a possibility of opening up the next section, VicRoads will be using the Rosea carpark for their trucks and equipment as well as moving up and down the roads,so access via here might not be an option. I have a number of thoughts and proposals on the possibility of us accessing it via here but the end decision will lie with VicRoads. As we are not looking at just climbers accessing this. the possibility of too many cars and not enough carparking might be an issue.
David Roberts, Head ranger at Grampians is keen though to help work on a solution to get the areas of Rosea and Bundaleer open whilst work is continuing on the roads.The other option which may be a more viable one is accessing it via a section of Stony Creek Road off Glenelg Road. Repairs can be undertaken to fix this section of road so as to allow access. Parking will bestill be an issue along Stony Creek Road so this is something we will need to tackle for a temporary solution. As work would begin on the start of this section, Bundaleer is the obvious first site. I have an inspection visit to the area lined up for mid November. I am really keen to see if there was any impact from the floods to the climbers access track and climbing areas in both Rosea and Bundaleer and this will give us a much better idea of how soon we may be able to get in there and if there is any work that we need to do on our tracks.
Seasonal Road openings:
· Goat Track · Victoria Range Track · Link Track · Flagstaff Track · Briggs Track · Bellfield Track · Muirfoot Track · Burnt Hut Creek Track
Grampians National Park Road and Track Report
Date: 21/10/2011
Asses Ears Road Public 2WD Gravel / Rock Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Billywing Road Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Brimpaen Road Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Bullawin Road Public 2WD CLOSED Very Wet Emmett Road Public 2WD CLOSED Flatrock Road Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Glenelg River Road Mt Victory Rd – Flat Rock Public 2WD Gravel CLOSED Glenelg River Road Flat Rock – Lodge Rd Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Glenelg River Road Lodge Rd – Greens Creek Rd Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Glenelg River Road Greens Creek Rd – Jensens Rd Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Glenelg River Road Jensens Rd – Henty Highway Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Greens Creek Road Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Halls Gap – Mt Zero Road Halls Gap – Pines Rd Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Halls Gap – Mt Zero Road Pines Rd – Roses Gap Rd Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Halls Gap – Mt Zero Road Roses Gap Rd – Mt Zero Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Harrops Track Red Rock Rd – Glenelg River Rd Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Jensens Road Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Jimmy Creek Road Public 2WD CLOSED Lodge Road Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain MacKenzie Falls Road Public 2WD Bitumen Open No Issue Mafeking Road Public 2WD CLOSED Mitchell Road Public 2WD CLOSED Mt Difficult Road Mt Victory Rd – Boroka Lookout Public 2WD Open No Issue Mt William Road Public 2WD Bitumen Open Mt William Picnic Ground Track Public 2WD CLOSED Watch for Fallen Trees Olive Plantation Road Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Pohlner Road Public 2WD Open Wet / Slippery in Sections Red Hill Road Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Red Rock Road Public 2WD Open Water across road in sections Redman Track Public 2WD CLOSED Reed Lookout Road Public 2WD Bitumen Open No Issue Rose Creek Road Public 2WD Gravel Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Serra Road Glenelg River Rd – Grampians Rd Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Stapylton Campground Road Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Sundial Road Public 2WD Open Good Condition Syphon Road Public 2WD CLOSED Wonderland Road Public 2WD Bitumen CLOSED Yarram Gap Road Public 2WD Bitumen Open No Issue Zumstein Track (Shortcut) Public 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain
Beehive Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD CLOSED Black Range Road Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Boundary Road Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open Brim Springs Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open Burrong Track (Shortcut) Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open Cassidy Gap Road Operational – Open All Year 4WD CLOSED Cooinda Burrong Road Operational – Open All Year 2WD Open No Issue Coppermine Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open No Issue Glenisla Crossing Road Operational – Open All Year 2WD Open Golton South Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Henham Track North Operational – Open All Year 4WD CLOSED Henham Track South Operational – Open All Year 4WD CLOSED Hines Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open Wet / Slippery in Sections Mt Difficult Road Boroka Lookout – Lake Wartook Operational – Open All Year 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Old Mill Road Operational – Open All Year 2WD CLOSED See Notes Oslers Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD CLOSED Phillip Island Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open Wet / Slippery in Sections Pines Road Operational – Open All Year 2WD Open Good, but will be slippery after rain Rosea Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD Sand / Gravel CLOSED Sawmill Track Operational – Open All Year 2WD Open Spears Road Operational – Open All Year 2WD CLOSED Stony Creek Track Operational – Open All Year 2WD CLOSED Taylors Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open Wallaby Rocks Road Operational – Open All Year 4WD Open Yanganaginj Njawi Track Operational – Open All Year 4WD CLOSED Yarram Park Road Operational – Open All Year 2WD Open
Bellfield Fireline Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Briggs Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Burnt Hut Creek Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Chinaman Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Fields Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Flagstaff Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Geerack Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Goat Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Homestead Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Launders Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Link Track Pohlner Rd – Smiths Rd Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Lynches Crossing Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Matthews Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Moora Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Mt Cassell Fireline Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Muirfoot Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Sanders Track Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED Victoria Range Road Operational – Seasonal Closure 4WD CLOSED
Billywing Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Bomjinna Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Burma Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Carter Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Castle Rock Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Cranages Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Crute Link Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Crute Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED East Wartook Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Golton Link Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Griffin Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Happy Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Heatherlie Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Hut Creek Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Ingleton Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Kaylmna Falls Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Link Track Serra Rd – Henham Tk Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Long Point Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Lynchs Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Mair Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Pomonal Fireline Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Ricky North Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Serra Range Track Glenelg River Rd – Syphon Rd Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Serra Range Track South of Cassidy Gap Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Seven Dials Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Shilcock Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Stockyard Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Terraces Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Victoria Range Track South Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Waterworks Track Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED Zumstein Track Zumstein – Chinaman Tk Operational – MVO 4WD CLOSED
Please Note: The Mt Zero Rd has been resurfaced in some areas between Halls Gap and Plantation Campground, drivers are urged to take care particularly after rain. Most roads in the Victoria Valley area are open but can be wet in places. The parks roads are still quite wet and slippery particularly along the edges, A four wheel drive vehicle is recomended if travelling on unsealed roads within the park. Old Mill Rd is closed between Roses Crk Rd and Boroka Lookout Rd. Bullawin Rd is closed.