Mount Sturgeon (Wurgarri) — Attraction in Dunkeld

A beautiful mountain with light to difficult walking track, some are step and rocky others are flat and manageable. The views at the top are inspiring, with the sleepy town of Dunkeld down below and endless sight in the distant horizon. As my partner said, 'who want to go back to Melbourne, this is the life than spending a lifetime working in the office'. During our walk up the top we saw some very large kangaroos. An advice for your safety, these beasts can retaliate and injury you. Best if you don't move until they leave the area. This is the only mountain that has the largest grey-brown kangaroos native to this area, they're similar in size to the great red kangaroo. We did 6 years exploring the Grampians, from the 2006 bushfires to 2012. A majestic...

Good walk, but a lot of rocky track. Worth the walk for the great view.

Need to take about 1ltr of water, some energy snacks and at minimum wear runners. I wore Keen sandels that had excellent grip on the slippery rocks, and were great in sandy parts, as the sand just emptied out as I walked.

I walk about 10 km a day, and found this helped. But, the rocky parts needed careful foot placement to not end up on your behind or worse, and were steep in parts. If it was wet, I would be very very careful. We found that Telstra and Optus had coverage each time we checked and took/uploaded photo's.

Definitely recommend, and just take a picnic to stop along the way to break up the...

Lovely, manageable walk with a clear trail that city folks like us could manage. This was only partway up and the view was lovely!

The rocky point in the distance is the final destination, where a man can be seen looking out. Met a native here too! 🦎 The last few photos show the view...