The Serra Range

The Serra Range (often incorrectly called Sierra) is the longest of the ranges in the Grampians, from Mt Rosea in the north down to Mt Sturgeon at the southernmost point of the Grampians. Despite this, there are not that many walking track along it apart from around Mt Rosea and Mt Abrupt. These pictures are near Teddy Bear Gap. It seems that whenever I am in this area the weather is warm and humid with the peaks shrouded in mist.

Much of the range can effectively be considered as unchartered territory for while you won't be the first person to do a particular walk you won't find too many signs of other people. Many of the peaks are definitely for the more adventurous bushwalker who doesn't mind a few scratches and getting dirty but while good navigation is handy it is not necessarily essential. 

If you don't fancy climbing 100m plus cliffs then you'll be approaching from the west side from a dirt track that probably runs north-south parallel with the range. This makes navigation rather easy. Walk east and up hill on the way in until you reach the peak (or a very big cliff). The return is simply the reverse, walking west and downhill until you hit the road. Sounds easy enough but I haven't mentioned the scrub yet..... For more detail on that read about my walk up Mt Frederick where the trees had been burnt out by a recent bushfire.