Four Brothers Rocks — Attraction in Melbourne

Relatively easy walk. Did 14.5km in 3 hours with about 500m of total ascent. It was lightly sprinkling the entire walk and mostly overcast in the Friday morning I went and saw only a few people. There was fog in the trees and no wind.

Did an extended loop from Mortimer picnic area starting with the nature walk segment and walking clockwise up Steve track towards Windy point before turning onto Link road and Burgess road to the granite rocks at the lookout. Then turned back along Nichols Hut and Ferres tracks to get back to the picnic area. Most of the walk was just fire trail where you can see horse and other animal droppings along the way.

Did not get to see much along the walk other than the tall trees and dense, damp bushes on the floor level, and the dirt on the trail. There was one section on the Nichols Hut track that descends steeply and when I went there were deep erosion channels cutting through the track which, when not wet, actually helped descending to my surprise. A nice walk to get out but otherwise not that scenic.

Minimal reception until you get up higher in the climb. Relatively well maintained and wide tracks. Dirt road very accessible with 2wd. Some twisty roads made the drive more fun. Would only go again for nature...

Great hiking spot. I only went with two brothers so in total we were three brothers, which is one brother short of four brothers. I know this because I am really good at maths. Check my calculations if you want but I'm 104% sure I'm right.

Despite the aforementioned brother shortage, we took about 8 sisters (from different misters) so it was a pretty decent sized group for a lovely Saturday hike. I deducted one star because there were times we had to leave the bush tracks and walk on a gravel road which always sucks the nature right out of a nature...

Probably I’m the only crazy person here, but I’m shocked to see so many 4/5 stars reviews. I’ve explored dozens (if not hundreds) of natural attractions and walking trails in VIC. This place is probably the least interesting place to visit. I rather not drive one hour and/or walk 12 km (if walking trails are also your thing) just to be rewarded with some boulder rocks and a narrow view of some valley that’s nothing out...