We found an information
centre en-route and stopped in to enquire about Wilsons Prom. After
talking to the guide at the office who had lived at Swiss Cottage in
London, he could not get through to the office in the ''Proms'' to
make a booking for us. As the Proms is extremely popular and given it
was Friday, the start of the weekend it was a very slim chance that
there would be a spot available. He did tell us that we should still
just go and state we are from overseas and they might just have a
spot! Upon arrival at the National Park gates, the signs were
flashing '' Accomodation FULL''. Our hearts sank a bit but it seemed
we were in luck and the girl at the entrance gate had an unpowered
site available for us. She was super helpful explaining about the
Wombats and not to leave anything lying around as they WILL eat it!
Below:You can see the parks take the Aboriginal heritage to heart and some of the signs say we respect the original owners of this land as well.
Below:You can see the parks take the Aboriginal heritage to heart and some of the signs say we respect the original owners of this land as well.
After 2min of driving
through the gate and feeling like we had won the lottery as we had
almost expected to be turned away, we had a pedestrian in front of
us, an Echidna was scurrying across the road. These are the only
creatures I have seen with their back feet pointing the wrong way so
that they look like the could run backwards just as fast as forwards.
If anyone knows why they are genetically modified this way please let
us know.
See the link here for more info, did you know that this animal is named after a Greek mythology monster?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna
See the link here for more info, did you know that this animal is named after a Greek mythology monster?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna
The scenery was
absolutely beautiful – rolling mountains, thick ozzie bush, breath
taking views from look out points on the road to secluded blue
beaches. Plenty of road signs for kangaroos, wombats and emus. We
stopped and Dave had a quick surf at Whiskey beach.
Our campsite, Tidal River was every bit commercialised but what was nice is that they kept the surroundings of bush and it felt you still had your own piece of quiet space. The campsite was situated along the beach and on the one side there was a tidal river meandering into the ocean.
There was something there for everyone. Beach if you want the beach, river if you want the river, mountains and bush if that is what you prefer. It simply was wonderful. It was great showering without feeding the meter 20c!
Our campsite, Tidal River was every bit commercialised but what was nice is that they kept the surroundings of bush and it felt you still had your own piece of quiet space. The campsite was situated along the beach and on the one side there was a tidal river meandering into the ocean.
There was something there for everyone. Beach if you want the beach, river if you want the river, mountains and bush if that is what you prefer. It simply was wonderful. It was great showering without feeding the meter 20c!
Below: David after a run in the morning.
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