This morning we were up early and packed ready to begin the trek towards home, going south via the unique town of Foster. It was a windy but very pretty drive through Mirboo North and Stony Creek to Foster, was so scenic that I found it was very difficult to drive and focus on the road! But focus on the road I did and we arrived at our accommodation at Foster, Prom Central Caravan Park around lunch time and found ourselves with a great, roomy site right next to the facilities and the camp kitchen. After setting up we took a drive out to Port Welshpool stopping first at the amazing lookout at Silcock Road, Toora that provides an expansive view out across the coastal farmland across to the very popular Wilsons Promontory, the southern most tip of mainland Australia. |
We then headed back to Foster which is a unique and pretty small town in the heart of what is known as Prom Country. Wilsons Promontory is a 50 000 hectare coastal wilderness area, known as The Prom. It is a National Park and known for its rugged mountains and numerous walking trails though natural bushland teeming with all manner of Australian wildlife including kangaroos and wombats Whilst Foster is a great base for exploring The Prom, the town itself is very pretty serviced by not many, but some great little shops and has a gold mining history dating back to the 1870's.
But the main reason for us stopping over at Foster was to catch up with some of our friends whom Roo had grown up with from childhood days. So we capped off an amazing day with an outdoor BBQ around the campfire for dinner, catching up and reminiscing over old times.
Such a great night!