So on Saturday we headed off to Wilson's Promontory, one of Victoria's best kept secrets. It seems like so much happened that I'm only going to be able to give you the abridged version:
Saturday: We arrived in the evening, quickly set up tents before heading off to the beach to go fishing. But these Aussies don't use a rod like any normal person! They prefer a barbed spear! Seriously. Those of us without wetsuits decided to observe from the rocks seeing as it was getting pretty cold. No fish caught this time.
Sunday: One of the girls had been telling us about a cave that we should all go sleep in one night. We decided to go scope it out (see pics). Unfortunately I don't have any pics from inside, but the rock I'm climbing into was almost completely hollow!
Monday: Spent a rainy day at the beach while the guys tried to catch more fish with their spears. This day was even more cold so there was no way I was going into the water. The rain didn't stop and kept falling into the night. At 1:30am I realised that the floor of the tent felt a little like a water bed. We jumped up, realising that we were in the middle of a flash flood- we had about a foot of rainfall in a matter of hours. The water camp up and over the zip of our tents! Everything had to be evacuated and moved to the one tent that was high enough up the hill to stay out of 'the lake'. Some people slept in cars, others piled in together to stay dry. It was quite an adventure!
Tuesday: Thankfully most of the water had drained away by the morning and it was sunny enough to dry EVERYTHING. The tents were full of water and all had to be drained and dried. As the sun kept shining we headed off on a 20k round hike to Sealer's Cove, a beautiful beach at the other end of the park. Got plenty of pics of this beautiful place. That evening it was time to try spear fishing- wetsuit or no wetsuit. To cut a long story short I didn't see a single fish!
Wednesday: This was our last day and there was one sight I had to see. We were camped beside Mount Oberon and the views from the top were supposed to be stunning. So after breakfast we set off. It's only a 7k round hike but it's steep enough that the view from the tops is spectacular. I took a 360degree panoramic from the top that I'm yet to upload. There was time for a quick swim and a game of beach cricket before we had to pack up and get going.
It was a great week. All extremes of weather in a few short days. I had a great time and made more new friends. Good times!
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