While the National Park staff have been working hard to open up as much of the Grampians as quickly as possible the news is not good.
The discovery of another land slip above Zumsteins has meant the Northern Grampians Road even as far as MacKenzie Falls will not be open for Easter.
The road and track to Silverband falls is planned to be open and will give people an excellent opportunity to see the extent of the damage to the park.
It was disturbing to see how quickly money could be found to help Wilson’s Promontory when no extra help had been given to the Grampians. Money was not even offered to fill the three permanent staff positions which are currently vacant. Our concerns e-mailed to the Premier (see p5) did result in a phone call from the Premier and a commitment to come and look at the difficulties that the Park is facing. So we will keep our fingers crossed that further support will be on its way.
The closure of so much of the Park is making planning of activities difficult this year so we are currently only looking a few months ahead.
NEWS FLASH
On Friday 15th, as I was about to print this, the Premier came here to announce some funding. See last page.