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Melbourne & Victoria PDF Melbourne & Victoria Wilsons Promontory & Gippsland (PDF Chapter) COVERAGE INCLUDES: Edition 10th Edition, Nov 2017 Pages 26 • South Gippsland Page Range 253–278 • Wilsons Promontory National Park Useful Links • West Gippsland Want more guides? • Lakes District Head to our shop • Lakes Entrance Trouble with your PDF? • East Gippsland & Trouble shoot here The Wilderness Coast Need more help? Head to our FAQs Stay in touch Contact us here © Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd. To make it easier for you to use, access to this PDF chapter is not digitally restricted. In return, we think it’s fair to ask you to use it for personal, non-commercial purposes only. In other words, please don’t upload this chapter to a peer-to-peer site, mass email it to everyone you know, or resell it. See the terms and conditions on our site for a longer way of saying the above – ‘Do the right thing with our content’. ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Wilsons Promontory & Gippsland Includes ¨ Why Go? South Gippsland .... 256 The Great Ocean Road may get the crowds, but Gippsland Wilsons Promontory hides all the secrets. Gippsland is one region where it pays National Park ...... 258 to avoid the cities – the towns along the Princes Hwy are West Gippsland ..... 263 barely worth a traveller’s glance. But beyond the highway Lakes District ...... 265 are some of the state’s most absorbing, unspoiled and beau- tiful wilderness areas and beaches. Lakes Entrance ..... 268 Along the coast there’s Wilsons Promontory National East Gippsland & The Park, a fabulous destination for hikers and sightseers alike. Wilderness Coast ....270 This is only the start when it comes to stirring beaches. Epic Ninety Mile Beach yields to Cape Conran Coastal Park and Croajingolong National Park. Put them together and it’s one of the wildest, most beautiful coastlines on Earth. Best Places to Eat Inland, the Buchan Caves are a must-see attraction, while the national parks at Snowy River and Errinundra are as ¨ Koonwarra Store (p257) deeply forested, remote and pristine as any in the country. ¨ Nautica (p268) ¨ Pier 70 (p267) ¨ Lucy’s (p277) ¨ Wildfish (p263) When to Go ¨ Tinamba Hotel (p266) Point Hicks °C/°F Temp Rainfall inches/mm 40/104 12/300 Best Places to 30/86 8/200 Sleep 20/68 ¨ Lighthouse Keepers’ 10/50 Cottages (p261) 4/100 0/32 ¨ Wilderness Retreat – Tidal River (p261) -10/14 0 J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨ Limosa Rise (p262) ¨ Adobe Abodes (p276) Feb–Mar Revel in Sep–Nov Spring Dec–Jan It gets long days of sun- is the time for busy, but there’s ¨ Tin Chalet (p273) shine without the wild flowers and no better time ¨ Rodondo (p263) holiday crowds. wildlife, as well as to hit the oceans bushwalking. and lakes than summer! 66666 254 254 #\ Falls Creek Harrietville#\ #\666666 Merton #\ Dinner #\ Mansfield Plain WILSONS PROMONTORY & GI & & PROMONTORY WILSONS Omeo #\ Mt Buller #\ GI & & PROMONTORY WILSONS Village #÷ #\ Yea Eildon #\ Alpine 666666National 6#\ Alpine M Park National itch n g e Park ell g R a Ri d i n #÷ ve i v i r t D R e a #\ G r Castle Hill Dargo #\ Marysville (1446m) 6666666Mitchell River 6 pp Mt Donna National Park #\ Licola Healesville Buang #÷ SLAND SLAND #\ (1250m) Upper Yarra R r pp pp e Reservoir Lake Riv ra Thomson SLAND Yar #\ SLAND SLAND Mt St Gwinear Warburton Mt Baw Baw pp G (1510m) (1566m)R R Bairnsdale #] ippsl #\ Baw Baw Lake SLAND Mt Baw Baw #÷ Fernbank #\ 666Alpine6 Village N6ational Park Glenm6aggie 6G 6 Paynesvilippsl le Glenmaggie #\ #\ S #\ A #\Cockatoo #\ Timanba Rawson #\ Lake Raymond nd Walhalla #\ Maffra Heyfield#\ 4444Victoria Island Bunyip : : S A & W & State Park Loch Sport #\ #÷ : : nd D #\ Lake Lakes ils :#] : W:elling:ton W & Melbourne Nar Nar Drouin Sale National #\ 4: : 4: :44Park Moe O Goon #\ (35km) Warragul Golden Beach#\ #] Traralgon ils 66ns 666#] 6: : 6: : 6 #\ Koo Wee Rup #\ #\ Holey Plains #\ : : : : Paradise Yarragon O P Trafalgar #] State Park Beach ns R Morwell OMO 44Gippsland4 Lakes 4 Coastal Park P French #\ Loch #\ R Island Tarra-Bulga Seaspray OMO nt Ninety Mile National Park #3 #\ Korumburra #÷ Beach O 4444 #\ #\ nt R Bass #\ Leongatha Darriman 66 H Y 666666 Koonwarra #\ Woodside Beach O #\ #\ #\ R ighlights Yarram #\Wonthaggi #\ Kilcunda Meeniyan Agnes Ù# Reeves Beach H Y Inverloch Falls Ù# #\ Foster #\ #Y ighlights Buffalo#\ #\ McLoughlins #÷ #\ #\ Port Albert Beach Bunurong Marine Venus Fish Creek & Coastal Park Bay Snake 666Waratah6 Bay Yanakie 6Island Cape Liptrap #÷ #\ #\ Coastal Park Corner Waratah #÷ Inlet Wilsons Promontory Cape Liptrap Bay #÷ #õ National Park Cape Shallow Inlet #1 Wilsons Promontory Liptrap Marine & Coastal Park RMt Latrobe 66Tidal River #\ (7556m) #÷ Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park Gippsland6 & Wilsons6 Promontory6 Highlights 1 Wilsons Promontory Trail (p274) Saddling up for 4 Snowy River National (p258) Hiking from Tidal River Gippsland’s longest cycle path. Park (p271) Hiking deep into to Sealers Cove, past remote 3 Ninety Mile Beach the forest or driving remote lighthouses, in this national (p266) Camping in the dunes tracks in this beautiful region. park. and fishing from the beach at 5 Buchan (p271) Exploring 2 East Gippsland Rail this legendary beach. 66666 66 255 255 Alpine NEW National SOUTH Merimbula Park WALES #\ #\ 666#÷ 66 Bombala 66 Cobberas Wilderness Little River Area #Y Falls Delegate #\ Delegate #\ #\ GI & & PROMONTORY WILSONS #\ Wulgulmerang #\ McKillops River Bridge #\ Eden WILSONS PROMONTORY & GI & & PROMONTORY WILSONS #\ Bonang #\ Bendoc Gelantipy#\ r Snowy River e Errinundra Swifts v National Park #\ i National Park 666R 66666 Creek #4 #÷ #\ n Chandlers r #\ e a Creek Coopracambra v h Goongerah ÷# i c National Park #\ Ensay Murrindal u #\ R R ö# B y Mt Ellery #\ Errinundra w (1291m) Ocean o Alfred n View S Genoa National Park #\ #\ Gipsy Point Buchan ##\5 Lookout Lind #÷ National #÷ Karbeethong #\ Cape 6666Park #\66#\ 6 Cann Howe Cabbage Mallacoota pp River East Gippsland Tree #\ Bellbird # SLAND pp #\ Bruthen Rail Trail Orbost Creek Creek Croajingolong #\ Shipwreck pp 2 #\ National SLAND SLAND #\ # Bemm #÷7 Creek Gabo Island Swan Nowa #\ Park SLAND pp Cape Conran River Lightstation Marlo #\ G #] Lake #\ Reach Nowa Coastal Park #õ Reserve ippsl K SLAND ing Pt Hicks G #\ Lakes #\ #6666666 8 ippsl # Wingan Inlet & #\ #9 Entrance the Skerries S Raymond A Metung nd 44Island S A #÷ W & nd ils 44 W & O ils 66 66666ns O P ns R OMO P R OMO BASS STRAIT nt O nt R Y H Y O R ighlights Y H Y ighlights 0 50 km e# 0 25 miles ancient limestone caves at the 7 Croajingolong National District from this tranquil foot of the Snowy Mountains. Park (p277) Finding your quiet marina village. 6 Lakes Entrance (p268) corner of the world in this 9 Raymond Island (p267) Taking an afternoon winery humbling wilderness area. Looking for koalas in this little- cruise then feasting on a 8 Metung (p267) Cruising known spot. seafood dinner. the waters of the Lakes 256 SOUTH GIPPSLAND tryside, famed for its dairy products, and pay a visit to this family-run farm producing South Gippsland has plenty of gems along award-winning soft cheeses. Grab a tasting the coast between Melbourne and Wilsons plate ($10) to sample eight of its cheeses, or Promontory – Venus Bay, Cape Liptrap the ploughman’s platter that showcases local Coastal Park and Waratah Bay are all worth produce. Here you can watch the cheesemak- exploring. Inland among the farming com- ers at work, or head out and play with the munities are some great drives through the lambs. WILSONS PROMONTORY & GI & PROMONTORY WILSONS Strzelecki Ranges and trendy villages such as Koonwarra. 6 Drinking & Nightlife o 1 Sights & Activities Loch Brewery & Distillery BREWERY, DISTILLERY Great Southern Rail Trail OUTDOORS (%0423 812 172, 0414 590 474; www.lochbrewery. (www.railtrails.org.au) This 74km cycling and com.au; 44 Victoria Road, Loch; half/pint $6/10, gin walking path follows the old rail line from Le- & tonic $10; h11am-4pm Fri-Sun) A shining ex- ongatha to Port Welshpool, passing through ample of regional Victoria’s rise as a epicure- the villages of Koonwarra, Meeniyan, Buf- an destination is this brewery and distillery falo, Fish Creek, Toora and Welshpool. The inside an old 19th-century bank. Set up by a trail meanders through farmland with a few husband-and-wife team in 2014, Loch pro- gentle hills, trestle bridges and occasional duces traditional UK real cask ales on-site, views of the coast and Wilsons Prom. pp as well as London dry gins using 12 hand- The first section from Leongatha to Koon- SLAND SLAND ground botanicals, and, its primary focus, a warra is through the rolling open country of single malt whisky – due for release in 2018. the region’s dairy farms. The middle section You can grab a pint (or half) of ale poured from Koonwarra to Meeniyan and on to Fos- using a wooden hand pump from the week- SOUS I ter is the most scenic section of the route, N ights ly rotating cask, or grab a tasting paddle of V with plenty of bridges, eucalyptus forest and erl three ales for $10. th fine views. The final few stages of the trail G O & & were completed in late 2016, extending from 8 Getting There & Away ch ippsl Foster through to Toora and Welshpool, Acti Car The South Gippsland Hwy (A440) links the finishing at Port Welshpool, taking in land- region to Melbourne; it takes 2½ hours to drive scapes of rolling hills, bushland, dairy farms A V to Foster (174km) before continuing on to Wil- nd ities and coastal outlooks. sons Prom. Alternatively if driving from Phillip Island you’ll head along the Bass Hwy (B460) T Tours through Kilcunda, Wonthaggi and Inverloch Gippsland Food Adventures FOOD & DRINK before winding your way inland to link up with (%03-5663 2386, 0419 153 377; www.gippsland- the South Gippsland Hwy.
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