Mt Arapiles, Toaan State Park
Often referred to as Victoria's Uluru (Ayers Rock), Mt Arapiles is widely regarded as Australia’s best rock climbing area. A dramatic quartz and sandstone landmark on the Wimmera Plain that rises steeply to 230 metres, Mt Arapiles offers more than 2,000 different climbs on its many cliffs, crags and pinnacles. You can also drive, walk or cycle to its summit to take in great views of the surrounding landscape, or take one of numerous trails that crisscross the rock through spring wildflowers. Most of the Arapiles plateau is covered by low, open forest of box, buloke and white cypress pine and about 500 species of native plants are found in Tooan State Park, including several rare or endangered species such as rock wattle and skeleton fork-fern. Mt Arapiles is home to a variety of animals and 109 bird species have been recorded in the area, including the peregrine falcon, rainbow bee-eater, Gilbert whistler and southern scrub robin. Kangaroos can be seen grazing the lower slopes and possums come out at night to forage in the tree canopies.
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