Very well organised with lots of history presented in various formats. Well worth a visit. It's great to see how much it has gone ahead over the years as I have visited several times now.
This building was full of cultural and local information about the Grampians. We really enjoyed coming here for lunch and spent half an hour on a lovely walk through the scrubland. Just beautiful! We also had lunch which was lovely and not too overpriced like a lot of tourist areas are!
I agree with Dawn B that staffing would have made the tour more interesting especially for the bored kids on our visit. We travelled as a couple but did notice this. For us with some basic questions, a staff member on hand could have made a good day great
This info centre is useful for local maps and hiking advice. However the choose of souvenirs is rather limited and the cultural exhibition is rather non-inspiring.
The tourist shop is well stocked with original artefacts. The best experience was participating in the educational show delivered by two aborigines from central Australia. I really appreciated Tommy identifying with all of us Australians as one, and how we all need to understand the spirit of the land that is ours.Thanks, and keep up the painting Tommy.
Worth a quick visit. There is a visitor information centre located at the same site plus toilet facilities.
We took a tour from the cultural centre to visit some aboriginal rock paintings and learn something of the aboriginal culture. The cultural centre was an interesting place to start but would have been better with more exhibits rather than just sign boards to read. We watched two videos on the creation story of the region and of the cultural and geographical development of the region, both a bit old fashioned in style and presentation. Our guide took us to see rock paintings as well as the source of the that the artists ochre used, and showed us some scar trees. We finished up with a gourmet 'bush tucker' lunch at the Cultural Centre, which was delicious. Although we enjoyed it all, we felt a bit underwhelmed, given the cost of the tour. The guide needed a bit more training - although he was a nice bloke, he didn't know much of the history and was really just a local who was showing us around, when we thought we were paying for knowledge and insight that were more than we could have read for ourselves at the cultural centre.
The building is very interesting from the outside in the design, once stepping inside we rang the bell a few times and no one came out, we waited for about 10 minutes and eventually someone came out so we could pay the $15 fee for entry which was reasonable.The displays were interesting and the history and stories were good, it was ok overall but could have more in it as really only about 30-40 minutes is required to read all the displays and watch the short movie.The one thing I liked apart from the history was the offroad wheelchair which i thought was fantasticThe shop did have some cool things at reasonable prices.
The buildings and grounds are definitely worth a look. Many of the stories that you will read in the interpretive displays are very sad and you can feel that mood while you are there. Don't let that put you off though. There is plenty of room for the kids to run around outside to blow of some steam and you might see some native animal wandering around.There is a collection of artwork to look at and for a fee you can paint your own boomerang or mini canvas.We missed the didgeridoo demo and cultural discussion that is on weekends in January so we are planning on going back to see it.The staff were friendly and helpful.Entry to the cultural centre is by gold coin donation. Additional fees apply for art activities approx $10-15, performances ($variable) or documentary screenings $3-5.