Horsham - Surroundings

On the Wimmera River and the nearby lakes there is ample scope for fishing and relaxation. Horsham is a good base for visits to Little Desert National Park and Grampians National Park, 50km east. 27km west of Horsham on the Western Highway is Natimuk (pop. 550). Particular attractions here are Lake Natimuk (water sports, water birds) and Mount Arapiles, a 356m high sandstone crag known as the Ayers Rock of Victoria. First climbed by Thomas Mitchell in 1836, it still attracts rock climbers, although there is now a road to the summit.