Absolute Outdoors

20/09/2024

Free stuff!

Come along to our screening tomorrow night of Run Nation film festival 2024, see some great short films, have an awesome feed and maybe even pick up some of these awesome prizes from the tour sponsors!

Get your tickets tonight before the ‘on the day’ price kicks in! Hint: that means it’s cheaper if you buy tonight!

Tickets here:
https://events.humanitix.com/run-nation-2024-halls-gap

05/09/2024

Competition time again! Plan your cheeky mid weeky now!

18/07/2024

Amazing to see our region on the small screen again! doing a bit on the Grampians, telling the country we’re all open for business after the fires earlier this year.

Fires or not, we have one of the best regions on the planet and we want to share it with you! 🙌🏼🙏🏼

Thanks Visit Grampians for the opportunity!

01/07/2024

On this day in 1984, the Gariwerd Landscape was finally and formally acknowledged as a significant place worthy of protection and care by being declared a National Park.

While the National Park is quite young, the landscape as we see it is over 42 million years old and has been home to the Jadawadjali and Djab Wurrung peoples for more than 22,000 years.

This enduring landscape is one of the most spectacular in the world with its rich cultural history, unique geology and incredible biodiversity. Well worth the protection of the National Park status.

We feel privileged to be here, sharing experiences within the landscape and being part of the current and future generations that support that protection.

Thank you to Parks Victoria and all who were involved with this process 40 years ago and for all the work you do to manage this complex and incredible landscape now.

08/05/2024

Some great media coverage for Absolute Outdoors Grampians Peaks Walking Company of of course Visit Grampians

It’s hard to take a bad shot or write a bad story when we have such an awesome destination!

Big thanks to all involved in making this happen.

From exceptionally diverse national parks to world-famous sparkling shiraz, Grampians road trips have us grabbing our car keys.

02/05/2024

COMP TIME! This package for four people is an awesome way to taste the best region in the state!

24/04/2024

FINALLY! The long awaited announcement!

As of 24 hours ago, Absolute Outdoors is the proud new owner of Camp Acacia, right in the heart of Halls Gap, Gariwerd!

School camps, group accommodation, events. Accommodation, catering, adventure and educational programming. The newest addition to the Absolute Outdoors suite of offerings.

Camp Acacia has the capacity to host 90+ in dorm rooms, plus ensuited ‘teacher accommodation’. With the addition of the dining hall, full commercial kitchen and catering services, we can make your stay in Gariwerd as hassle free as possible.

The camp is open and fully operational, though some parts are a little tired, we have a LONG (and seemingly getting longer by the day!) list of maintenance, upgrades and exciting new projects to bring this place up to our high standard and assist in delivering experiences based on our values.

Watch this space for future excitement as we develop this property and our programs into industry leading sustainability and educational camps and experiences.

Cultural education. Minimal impact. Carbon INsetting. Climate change. Renewable energy. Enviro-technology. Regenerative farming. History. Geology. Science. These will be some of our focus points as we build and develop.

We are looking forward to sharing this journey with you. I invite you to come along for the ride.

Happy trails,
Adrian
Managing Director
Absolute Outdoors

21/04/2024

BIG NEWS: coming tomorrow! Stay tuned for a big announcement in the Absolute Outdoors world.

10/03/2024

Last night we hosted along with .co and Blue Tag Equipment as a fundraiser to assist the recently bushfire-impacted community of Pomonal. A huge thank you to all involved in making the event happen as well as all of those who came along and made the fun, games, quizzes and auctions as great as they could have been!

Together, we all raised a total of $5,470 that will be going straight to supporting the community recovery. Pretty amazing effort for a small community event with around 100 attendees!

Stay tuned for more awesome adventure films coming to Halls Gap this year!

03/03/2024

It’s going to be an epic long weekend in Halls Gap next week! Pool party, Reel Rock 18 film screening. Sunshine and good times all around!

Plan your visit now!

I'm excited 😆😆

01/03/2024

Reel Rock 18 Screening In Halls Gap Next Weekend! - https://mailchi.mp/5d1f54e96038/y708ringiw

27/02/2024

Tomorrow is forecast as another Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating. Please adhere all warnings and stay away from the national park.

25/02/2024

25/02/2024

It's that time of year again......Reel Rock 18 is here and ready to go in Halls Gap 🧗‍♀️

This year we've teamed up with Anthi from 50 DAYS and Patrick at Blue Tag Equipment to bring you REEL ROCK Australia.

It's been an emotional and devastating time in our neck of the woods recently. Anthi and Patrick are both Pomonal residents, with Anthi losing her home to the bushfire. It's been amazing watching community rally around each other and help those in need.

This year ALL proceeds from this event will be donated to Pomonal Bushfire Relief. We will also be hosting a gear auction on the night to raise extra funds for the cause.

🎟 Ticket details can be found here: https://events.humanitix.com/reel-rock-18-halls-gap

16/02/2024

Our legendary fire crews have managed to contain the fires around the Pomonal! Well done everyone.

It’s been absolutely devastating for the local communities here over the last few days but these communities are strong and now closer than ever.

We’re supporting those who have lost everything in any way that we can but it’s a slow process. More to come on that.

The National Park is remaining closed over this weekend, with a staged reopening over the early days of next week but we are restarting operations today, albeit modified (not in the National Park) and with more oversight to continue monitoring conditions.

12/02/2024

**catastrophic bushfire risk**
For the first time in many years, a catastrophic fire risk has been declared for tomorrow (Tuesday 13th February).

This means the Grampians/Gariwerd national park will be closed as will our Halls Gap shop.

If you are in the region or had plans to visit, check the official warnings and change your plans. Halls Gap and the Grampians National Park are not somewhere you want to be tomorrow.

Stay safe!

16/12/2023

REEL ROCK 18 TEASER IS HERE!

Reel Rock is coming to Australia and New Zealand in March 2024 with four fantastic new films featuring Josh Wharton, Vince Anderson, Angie Scarth-Johnson, Hazel Findlay, Sachi Amma, Danyil Boldyrev, Matt Groom, Ksenia Zakharova, plus Chris Sharma, Matty Hong, Steve House, Tommy Caldwell, and more!

Absolute Outdoors will once again be bringing this iconic film tour to Halls Gap in March 2024! Labour Day long weekend - mark it in your diaries now!

https://youtu.be/qauB_8_hMXw?si=Vn9n-YlmolI8cBHE

03/12/2023

Join the team!

30/11/2023

2023 Victorian Tourism Awards!

Tonight is the Victorian tourism industry’s ’night of nights’! The best of our state come together and acknowledge and celebrate our collective wins, struggles and lessons from the last 12 months.

Together, Absolute Outdoors and Grampians Peaks Walking Company have won for the last two years in a row. If we’re lucky enough to achieve gold again tonight, we’ll be entered into the VTIC Hall of Fame!

We’re proud to have spent the last year operating our business at such a high standard and it’s been a mountain of work to make this award submission - regardless of what happens, becoming a finalist and making it tonight is a big enough accomplishment and we’re incredibly proud to be here.

Thank you to our guests who have adventured with us, our stakeholders that have worked with has supported us, and most of all thank you to our incredible team that have made all the magic happen!

Wish us luck!

24/11/2023

Grab yourself the Black Friday deal you’ve been waiting for!

24/11/2023

Get the Black Friday deal you’ve been waiting for!