Halls Gap

Travel Guide Oceania Australia Victoria Halls Gap

Introduction

Halls Gap is a small town nestled in the Grampians National Park in western Victoria, about 3 hours outside Melbourne. The town itself has a collection of shops, cafés and restaurants, as well as a family park area complete with electric barbecues, a swimming pool and a playground. A little outside the town centre is Brambuk, the National Park & Aboriginal Cultural Centre. It also doubles as the Park information centre.

The real attraction, though, is the surrounding Grampians National Park, which affords fantastic rock climbing, bush walking and fishing opportunities. Halls Gap makes for a great launching pad into the national park, with tours for a day or half a day easily arranged. Alternatively, if you have a car, it's not hard to navigate your way to some of the park's most popular attractions.

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Visitor Information Centre

The Halls Gap Visitor Information Centre is located on Grampians Road. They can be contacted by phone on (03) 5361 4444 or 1800 065 599

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Getting There

By Plane

By Train

By Car

Halls Gap is just a short drive west of the main A8 road between Horsham and Ballarat. Leave the road at Stawell, to go westwards towards the Grampians.

By Bus

V/Line has has a daily coach service from Melbourne to Halls Gap (four hours). Three daily buses run between Halls Gap and Stawell.
VicLink offers buses fromo the Great Ocean Road to the Grampians with Halls Gap connected to Dunkeld, Hamilton, Port Fairy, Warrnambool and Ararat.

By Boat

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Property	Address	Type	Phone
Grampians YHA Eco Hostel	Corner Grampians and Buckler Roads	Hostel	5356 4544
Brambuk Backpackers Hostel	332 Grampians Road	Hostel	5356 4250
Tim's Place	42-44 Grampians Road	Hostel	5356 4288
Grampians Backpackers	2 Heath Street	Hostel	5356 4296

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Keep Connected

Internet

If you are staying at one of the hostels like Tim's Place or Grampians Backpackers, then you can use their internet. Otherwise, either the Halls Gap Visitor Centre or the Brambuk National Park and Cultural Centre provide internet access.

Phone

Within Australia, it is necessary to add an area code to the phone numbers if you are calling from outside the area. Halls Gap's area code is 03, which is the same for all of Victoria and Tasmania. If dialing interstate from Halls Gap, use one of the following area codes.

02 - New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory (Sydney, Canberra)
07 - Queensland (Brisbane)
08 - Western Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory (Perth, Adelaide, Darwin)

To dial out of Australia use the prefix 0011, followed by the calling code of the country you are trying to reach, followed by the area code of the city/town (without the 0!) and finally the phone number.

000 is the emergency telephone number in Australia, but the international GSM mobile emergency telephone number 112 also works on mobile phones and will work even when no coverage is shown.

Post

Australia Post is the government's postal service. Most reasonably sizable townssuburbs will have at least one post office. A standard letter or postcard sent within Australia will cost $0.55. Internationally, it costs $1.40 to send postcards anywhere in the world. Letters cost $1.45 to send within the Asia Pacific region and $2.10 to anywhere else in the world. ^[1]. It is also possible to send things as parcels or by express mail.

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