Lakes Entrance via Ninety Mile Beach to Foster, Wilsons Promontory

Today, we left Lakes Entrance on Australia’s Princes Highway (A1) until we reached Sale. There we took a turn southeast towards Paradise Beach, which is located on Ninety Mile Beach. We had a break nearby the beach, which is almost hard to believe to stretch for ninety miles, then followed the beach until we reached the tiny town of Seaspray. There we followed the A440 to Foster, which is one of the gateway towns to Wilsons Promontory.

Driving down the A440 was really enjoyable. The road was in a much better condition as the principal A1 Highway, there was close to nil traffic and the speed limit was same as on the A1. So bottom line, it was a much more pleasant drive and almost as quick as on the main road. Since then, we changed our routing strategy to include more of the secondary roads.

When we arrived in Foster late afternoon, we dumped our luggage in a simple, but affordable motel, where we’d stay for two nights. Then we headed right into Wilsons Prom, to do the Prom Wildlife Walk. It crosses an old airfield, which seems no longer in use. This walk is known as premier spot for roos, emus, wallabies and wombats. Late afternoon is also perfect time of the day. So we should see something at least in the distance.

When we entered the car park, it was just us and a second couple, who just finished their walk and appeared to be locals. As we chatted with them, they said: “go that way, keep towards this side – pointing us in the right directions and you’ll see them. Joeys. Loads of them. And a wombat. And, ya mates, we also saw a fat gecko, about this size.” That might get interesting for us. “No worries! See ya’!” With that we were the only people left on the car park. We put our little one into the baby carrier, and started to explore Wilsons Promontory.