Day 20 – Wilsons Promontory
Who was Wilson, and why did he have a Promontory? In search of answers to these questions, we drove to this most southern of Victoria’s national parks.
The first place we stopped at was the Prom Wildlife Walk, wherein we observed emus, kangaroos and wombats. The animals there are pretty comfortable with humans.
We spent the next few hours visiting a selection of beaches. Whiskey Bay, for the excellent boulders. Squeaky Beach, for the uniform white sand-grains (they make noise!)
After this, we went down to the Tidal River campsite. Tidal mangroves (the most southern in the world), majestic surroundings, tiny crabs, and another beautiful beach.
This is my favourite photo from the entire holiday:
We took a drive up nearby Mount Oberon. The summit walk was a little too much in our current tired state, but we did enjoy the view from the lookout.
Finally, we met our gracious hosts Jen and Rich back at the Prom Wildlife Walk at sunset to spot more native animals. They were more plentiful at this time of day. Wombats are very cute little dudes.
Wilsons Promontory is an amazing place. We could easily have spent the whole day at any of the spots we visited. Ticked as one to revisit some day.