It's about an hour's drive from Ballarat to Organ Pipes National Park in the outskirt of Melbourne. The Organ Pipes National Park is located at the eastern-most edge of one of the world’s largest ancient volcanic lava flows, stretching 350 kilometres from the edge of Melbourne to the western border of Victoria.
The initial walk from the carpark is down a short but very steep hill. Whilst the bitumen path is smooth it is steep.
We had some amazing views along the path towards the Organ Pipes.
After about 20 minutes of descending the steep path, we arrived at the Organ Pipes.
Towering above charming Jacksons Creek, the impressive basalt columns that resemble organ pipes were formed about a million years ago when huge quantities of molten lava were ejected from volcanoes near what is now Sunbury and flowed over the Keilor Plains.
Now it's time to ascend the same steep path that we took earlier. Very obvious, Jerlene had the most stamina and was right in front while the 3 of us were struggling behind to catch up. :-P
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