Grampians Peaks Trail Recovery
After a significant period of track repair works by PV staff, contractors and many wonderful volunteers, the fire impacted sections of the trail reopened in early November for the GPT100 miler event. Following this, it is now open for day walking only.
Hike-in Campgrounds in this area remain closed with infrastructure repair/replacement works (on shelters, elevated walkways, tent platforms, signage, toilets and water tanks) being carried out. These are progressing well, with most locations ahead of schedule (pending tank water quality testing). Plans are in place to reopen all Hike-in Campgrounds in the first quarter of 2026.
Major Projects
Mt Zero (Mura Mura) GPT Trailhead Upgrade
Mount Zero Picnic Area, car park and facilities are closed from Monday 10th November for construction works to upgrade the trailhead. It is expected the work will be completed before Christmas 2025, with ongoing minor works occurring post-Christmas. Parks Victoria … Read the rest
Category: Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby
August 8th 2025 Update from Joe Terry Grampians Ark Coordinator
Following on from the Fire presentation we were lucky enough to meet and hear from Joe Terry. Twenty members and non-members attended.
Grampians Ark Project is led by Coordinator Joe Terry has been in this role since June 2024 having taken over from Kailee Savoia. Joe is assisted by two rangers.
Currently:
860 continuous bait stations and 160 seasonal bait stations
Deploy 15,000 1080 baits per year
Bait take of 3% average
Equates to 450 foxes controlled per year, but this is an estimate
125 foxes shot or trapped this financial year
1500 soft jaw (aim foxes) and cage trapping (aim cats) nights per year
Over 10,000 camera traps night per year – over 1 million images
75 Candid pest ejectors deployed at any one time
Ground and aerial shooting program targeting herbivores and predators
Community baiting program involving 38 neighbour properties – in the Victoria Valley
Then the 2024-2025 … Read the rest
Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby Feeding program 21st February update
Grampians Ark Team
This week the ARK team sling loaded 13 cache boxes into Moora Moora Reservoir to support the nearby Brush Tail Rock Wallaby (BTRW) colony recovery works and set up 18 ground feeding stations.… Read the rest