Sometimes you just need to get away!
Welcome to
Western Victoria
Australia.
Virtual Tours
The Grampians Australia
The recent rains at have made for excellent fishing, swimmimng and water
skiingr.The Rocklands reservoir park exhibits abundant wildflowers and wildlife and Aboriginal
rock art.
Mt Bepcha is situated
East of Balmoral near the Rocklands Reservoir.
The fire lookout has
spectacular views of the Grampians and Black Ranges.
Adjacent to the main highway is Old Ararat Road where you get
a close up of the magnificent Grampians
Mount Napier is Victoria's youngest volcano,
there are many eruption and lava flow features
that are remnants from
the last stages of volcanic activity believed to have occurred less than 8,000 years ago.
Nigretta waterfalls
cascade on the Wannon River with plentiful pools and fishing holes to
satisfy all visitors.
helping you getting around
The Beautiful Grampians.
Balmoral | Zoom Map
Get a quick close up of Byduk map
Balmoral Street Directory
Find a Street in Byduk
Balmoral
Balmoral | Southern Grampians Grampians Victoria, Australia
Koori Traditional Owners
Jardwadjali | 40,000 years
European Settlement | 1840
Current Population | 542 approx.
Balmoral known as 'Darrangurt' by the local Koori people, is a picturesque small village
town attractively surrounded by Mathers Creek and the Glenelg River. Balmoral is the gateway to explore the beautiful Rocklands Reservoir (constructed by 600 workers in the early 1950s), and the Black Ranges.
From around 1700 A.D., the indigenous peoples cleverly constructed a drainage systems covering an area of about 3 km, joining two swamps. When rain arrived the swamps would overflow and eels were flushed into the drainage system channels where traps were
set to catch the eels. Sections of the eel
traps have been well preserved.
By 1840 European Settlement commenced
and several homesteads from the 1840s still remain today such as 'Fulham' in the 1840s
and 'Congbool' homestead, on Mathers Creek,
a timber-slab homestead constructed 1842.
Balmoral is a hidden gem in the Grampians and a must visit location.
The Great Ocean Road
see the untouched coastline
