Grampians - 4WD Tracks?

Thanks for the replies.

Tony - I appreciate your kind offer. I'm curious about the Ingleton track you did - according to the map I have "Grampians National Park - Road & Touring Map" (put out by Parks Vic 2005), it says the Ingleton track is for management vehicles only! Is that still the case?

In regards to the other tracks you mentioned, which ones would you consider OK for a relatively low clearance 4WD? (Suzuki Grand Vitara). Will be happy to stick to some easy ones this trip.

Are you familar with the "Wallaby Rocks Track" that runs off Asses Ears Road? We did that one in the Suzuki a few weeks back, and it coped OK, but some more clearance would have been good at times!

Thanks again for your help.

James

Tony, is Mt Cassell Track rough, steep, or what? I guess I am interested in Grampians tracks but they have to be good to beat the Pyrenees which is only the same distance away for me. Last time I was around the tracks in the grampians was just after the fires.

John.
Apologies for taking a while to reply,i have been away for acouple of days.
Mt Cassell track is a fairly short and steep.It is a bit rougher on the N.E.side of the range.There are a lot of good tracks throughout the Grampians.Most that are accessible are not that challenging but are a good scenic drive.
Its certainly worth a trip here now especially to see how well its recovered since the fires.
I've not had much of a look at the Pyrenees but will have to make a trip of it soon.
Regards
Tony

Thanks for the replies again everyone.

Osher: Nice to hear from another Vitara owner. We have used ours off-road a couple of times so far - up near Mt Hotham and also in the Grampians in November when we did the Wallaby Rocks Track.

So far we've found it to be very capable, but the clearance at times is obviously limited and we've scrapped the bottom on a few rocks. None the less, we knew what we were buying, and are very happy.

We are looking forward to doing some tracks in the Grampians over Xmas.

Thanks again for all the track suggestions from everyone too.

What year is your grand vitara? I hear the new model since 05 onwards has clearance isues, an easy fix would be suspension lift or if you want to go a little further some good grippy of road tires like cooper ST's they aren't to noisy on road and make the world off difference especially if you get slightly taller than standard tyres.

Either way go the G vitaras :) great fun on sand too :)

Our grand vitara is the 2006 model. We bought it fully aware of its clearance - we just need to be more selective in what tracks we choose, which we are fine with :) So far we've enjoyed it alot. I actually find it's quite nice to drive around town too.

We have a baby one the way too, so won't really get a chance to do much to it until funds recover!

Ive managed to put the Grampians tracks into GPS so we shouldnt have a problem finding the one's we want.