Wilson's Promontory

Big driving days were required to get us south to Narooma and Wilson's Promontory via Lakes Entrance. We were treated to a luxurious roast dinner in Narooma. Always good to catch up with our new besties and see what they have done with their place. Would have been good to stay longer, but we were up against it with our itinerary. Great tip about Mystery Bay. Perfect day for a swim there. Yeah, well u can see I had no intention of getting in, but the girls were typically game.

After a long drive, we got into Lakes Entrance rather late. Stayed at a hostel for the o/n instead of setting up camp. Pleased about that prior decision when we arrived as southern Victoria welcomed us with misty rain and bitingly cold wind. Another winter revisit. Brrrrr! Gigantic RSL dinners kept up our energy. Girls have never been served so much ice-cream in their lives. 'Kids' size means XXL there I think! We asked the girls to carefully choose between finishing or having sore, sick tummies. Thank goodness they saw reason.

Up early and on to the Prom by 2pm Thursday afternoon. There was a line up for reception (camping peak hr). Meanwhile G and the girls were spotted in the car park by a desperate camper who had spent the last two hrs asking everyone else in the joint for jumper leads. He was so relieved when they were produced after only a little ferreting (everything has its place). Apparently his tent had been chewed thru by hungry wombats the night before (the old food in the tent pitfall). In the confusion, he had left the lights on in his car. G felt very sorry 4 the guy, said he was 'at the end'. His little girls were terrified and would not stay in the tent any longer. And the weather had been awful. G got him started, gave him some chocolate 4 his trouble!! 

So, no need to hunt for wombats here. The place is crawling with them. Here's one down near Whisky Beach. 

We also saw emu on another walk. And there were plenty of Echidnas around too.

It warmed up a little for our last day and we walked over to 'Squeaky Beach'. Girls enjoyed the walk, so that was a bonus. Here's us on our lunch stop! Great scenery. 

I have been to the Prom before to do the Waterloo Bay/ Sealers Cove thru walk. I would recommend that over Tidal River as Tidal River is a bit 'loved to death' for our liking (over 400 camp sites!!). And I think it's more protected on the western side from the weather. But the hot showers at TR were awesome (especially compared with none for the thru walks!). 

We packed up Sunday for our trip into Melbourne to get the ferry to Tasi. Girls were super excited about getting on the boat...and we were too.