Head out on a wildlife cruise between September and November to spot majestic humpback and southern right whales motor past Wilsons Prom on their southerly migration. Visitors to Wilsons Prom will delight in seeing the typically reclusive wombat in the wild, and in fact, the portly marsupial can be quite bold and cheeky in its foraging for food at popular camping spot Tidal River Parks Victoria advises storing food in your vehicle at night so as not to be woken by a furry intruder. Wilsons Promontory is a refuge for native wildlife and a top whale-watching spot to boot. Spend time exploring but keep an eye on where you’ve come from – it can be easy to get lost here.Ī typical Wilsons Prom view of turquoise waters and golden sands. Near the park’s entrance yet off the beaten track, to get there it’s a two-kilometre walk from Stockyards Camp along a path that winds through bushland, paddocks and over hills until presenting you with the otherworldly sight. One of the most unusual features of Wilsons Prom is rather poetically called the Big Drift: a landscape of vast and ever-shifting sand dunes. Watch as sky, sand and sea turn all the shades of a Manhattan, and islands cast perfect silhouettes on the horizon. A secluded beach with colourful rock outcrops, its position on the western coast of the peninsula provides the rare opportunity on the east coast of Australia to see the sun go down over the ocean.
Views from the summit of Mt Oberon Whisky Bayįollow the coastal walk that connects some of Wilsons Prom’s pristine beaches from Squeaky Beach round to Whisky Bay – preferably in time for sunset (also accessible via its own car park). Visit for the day, it’s three hours’ drive from Melbourne in South Gippsland, or stay awhile: the Prom’s main hub is the family-friendly Tidal River (named for the tea tree-stained waterway that curls lazily around it), which offers family-friendly campsites and huts (book ahead, especially in peak season) or hike to a secluded campsite or the historic cottages at the Wilsons Promontory Lightstation. It is an Aboriginal cultural landscape that remains of major spiritual significance to Victorian Koorie communities today.
Wilsons Promontory is a 50,000-hectare coastal wilderness of sandy beaches, granite tors, fern gullies, mountain peaks and native wildlife (think emus, wombats and vividly plumed rosellas), and even harbours a vast inland sand dune system. Located at the southern tip of Australia’s mainland, Wilsons Promontory is a coastal wilderness of golden beaches and bushland trails which serves as one of Victoria’s favourite parks for good reason.Īt the southernmost point of mainland Australia lies Victoria’s oldest and one of its most-loved national parks. 100 Things To Do In Australia You’ve Never Heard Of.
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