Wilson's Promontory

Wilson's Promontory National Park or Wilson's Prom as it is fondly called, is the southern most tip of Victoria. The most accessible parts of the national park are along the east while to access the west part of the national park, one will need to walk a day and stay overnight there. One of the more popular walks is to the lighthouse, where you can stay overnight at the lighthouse and walk back the next day. I heard that the views are spectacular. But so are the views from the east side of the park. 

We walked up to the summit of Mount Oberon and were rewarded with these views of the Bass Strait. In total it was about a 3 hour return journey for medium fitness walkers like us. The incline was steep and relentless. The last leg of the journey involves climbing flights of stairs against a mountain face in very windy conditions. I was terrified. But look at the views from the summit: 

There are many walks to choose from, ranging from easy to very difficult overnight walks. The Wildlife Walk was one of the easiest ones. It is just a meander through flatlands, bushes and trees. The only mildly strenuous bit is avoiding the kangaroo droppings along the way. There are no prescribed path on this walk, one is free to walk wherever you can see wildlife.

We saw many kangaroos on the walk but no other wildlife even though we really wanted to see wombats.

This is Squeaky Beach - yes the sand is so fine that it squeaks if you rub it! But the scenery is amazing too, lots of interesting rock formations with colours of the sunset.

This is one of the most surprising walks we've been on, mainly because it was not planned but short (about 1.8km) and we were rewarded by beautiful views of the bay on both sides. There is Norman Bay on the left and Leonard Bay on the right.

There is so much to do in Wilsons Prom - swimming, enjoying the beach, camping, walking, photography, wildlife observing, the list goes on. We enjoyed our trip very much and all the locals were so friendly.