Mount Arapiles is one of Australia’s premier rock-climbing locations. It rises about 140 metres above the Wimmera plains. Mount Arapiles is primarily composed of quartzite, a metamorphic rock originating from the Devonian period (approx 420 miilion years ago). The rock has a distinct red/orange tinge that is due to trace amounts of iron oxide. Fairy waxflower (Philotheca verrucosa) Hibbertia Flame heath (Stenanthera conostephioides) … More The State We’re In 2026 – Day 34 (am) – Mount Arapiles