The lighthouse at South East Point on Wilson's Promontory offers overnight accommodation in some of the old lighthouse
keepers' cottages. It's a 20km walk to get there (and another 20km to get back!), but at least you don't have to carry a tent!
Lush green bush near the Roaring Meg campsite. This area was burnt badly by bushfires |
View of Tasmania: Rodondo Island, 10km or so offshore, is actually part of Tasmania; of course the rest of Tassie is much further south ... like, over 150km away. |
Silhouetted kangaroo near the lighthouse buildings. |
The South-East Point Lighthouse. |
ˆ South-eastern coast of the Prom in the late afternoon light. |
Lighthouse keepers' house at dusk. |
Burnt tree illuminated by camera flash (the 2005 fire got very close to the lighthouse) |
Sunrise on Australia Day, from the lighthouse. |
Leaf and moss on a granite boulder. |
Looking back to the lighthouse from the east coast track. Many container ships head along this section of coastline, and there are at least 8 navigation lights to warn of the coast and islands. |
Sky, sea and sunlit granite boulder. |
Waterloo Bay. |
Little shell on the coarse granite sand of Waterloo Bay. |
Burnt tea-tree (or melaleuca?) skeletons on the Waterloo Bay walking track. |
Photos taken by Helen Chick.