Grampians' '09 (for real)

This was our first road trip as a big group. Probably our last too. Seeing as how a lot of us wont be here next year. Oh also this post contains quite a bit of pictures. There were 16 of us for this trip Myself, Jeff, Will, Ying, Vocan, Vonne, Eugene, Abishek, Tommy, Malvin, Asentua, Soe, Clarine, Jin, Nelsie and Adeline. We split into 4 cars. Eugene, Will, Soe and Asentua were the 4 drivers.


We met up at a petrol station near the city before heading out towards Grampians.


William posing on Soe's car. It took us about 3-4'ish hours to get there. Was quite a long trip. Could reach Pontian from KL. This pic was taken on the dirt road right outside our oddly shaped cottages.


Told you they were oddly shaped.


After unpacking and resting for a bit we headed towards the town for lunch.


Our first first stop after lunch was MacKenzie Falls. We headed to the top first before making our way to the bottom.




The hike to the top was relatively short and didnt take us to long to get there.


One of the streams on the way to the bottom



The stream we would have to cross to reach the falls


On the peak of MacKenzie falls!!! (which is not very high btw)

The trek to the bottom was quite a bit longer and not very hard initially because it was mostly downhill. Coming back up however, was an entirely different story altogether.


Will & Tommy trying to get as close to the waterfall as they can


The monkey king posing for pictures.


The obligatory poser pic




I went ahead of everyone and took this pic on the way back up from the bottom. You have to zoom in the pic to see their faces but I think its still pretty cool.


After resting for a while we drove to another place to somewhere called The Pinnacle to hike. This one was on a while other level compared to MacKenzie Falls. It took us about an hour and a half to get to the top of The Pinnacle but the view along the way to the top and the view at the top was simply magnificent and so worth the sore leg muscles.





This pic reminds me of those scenes in movies where the exploration team is going through the valley and are about to enter the "lost undiscovered world"




Spot me ^.^



This pic also reminds me of those movie scenes I mentioned earlier




Jeff taking a moment to rest



Almost to the top!!!!


The top of The Pinnacle!!!


The view the at the top was simply amazing. We kinda had this sense of accomplishment once we got to the top. Our reward for going through that hell of a hike was the magnificent view the top of The Pinnacle had to offer.




Yvonne doing her Titanic pose

The background for this pic was just amazing.



I couldnt pose for a picture at the end of the railings properly because it was actually quite windy and my courage was dropping by the second >.<


After resting for a while at the top we headed back to our cottages to get the bbq dinner ready. Dont know why we dont have pics of the bbq. I guess everyone was to busy eating =p


The next day Jin, Nelsie, Soe and Clarine left earlier than the rest of us because Jin had a driving test and Soe had work. We took a small detour on our way back to a town called Cavendish. The purpose was for Australia's biggest hamburger.
Doesnt look like much right? Wait till you hear the stats. It weighs 4kgs. The patty alone is a kilo and a half. It contains 20 pieces of bacon, 8 eggs, 9 slices of cheese, a head and a half of lettuce, 3 onions, 6 tomatoes and its all in the middle of 2 28cm buns. Still think its unbelievable? Take a look at the next pic.


If your thinking that the picture looks fake and that the burger was photoshopped in, you are wrong. There was no photoshop used and the burger was just that huge.


To quote Adeline "Feeds 6 Australians but 12 Asians"

All in all the trip was highly enjoyable (except for the long drive part and some windy roads). Too bad it was our first and probably only road trip as a big group. Oh well, at least we had a super memorable trip.