Lighthouse

You may take a short drive to golf course, potters, art galleries, wineries, Cape Liptrap, Lighthouse, Walkerville Lime Kilns and spend a day at Wilson Promontory National Park.
For the keen photographer we also recommend a drive to Bunrong Marine Park, it situated between Inverloch and Cape Paterson. Spectacular rock formation, Eagles nest, Shack Bay and the Caves.

 

 

 

 

 

  Wilson Promontory National Park

Wilsons Promontory National Park, or The Prom' as it's affectionately know, was one of the first national parks in Victoria. Reserved as the site for a national park in 1898 (before Australia was a nation), its protection came about after a long campaign by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria and support from the tourist industry.
This outstanding national park should not be missed. You can visit the Prom in a day from Melbourne and enjoy the beached, or try the delightful nature walks to Millers Landing, Lilly, Mt Oberon or Squeaky Beach, but it's much better to stay for several days.
In one full day you can walk from Tidal River to Sealers Cove and back, or try the scenic Darby Saddle-Tongue Point track. Two days allows you to walk comfortably to Lighthouse and back.
Take two or three days for the Sealers-Refuge-Waterloo-Oberon circuit with its dazzling beaches, and more for walks in the Wilderness Area in the north of the Prom.
Note that a permit is needed for all overnight walks.

Marine Parks

The cool waters of Bass Strait are richer in oxygen than the warm tropical waters of the north. This produces a nutrient-rich environment supporting a spectacular and colourful array of the marine life.
The marine and coastal parks of Gippsland are among the fruits of recent expansion of Victoria's park system in an endeavor to protect examples of all ecosystems in the State. The sheltered waters of these reserves, from sea-grass beds to granite boulder caves, are important breeding grounds for many ocean-dwelling fish.
The reserves are also important for the preservation of a great range are also important for the preservation of a great range of coast-dwelling marine plants and animals.

Eaglenest

  

Walkerville Lime Kilns
Location: Aprox. 16-18 Km. from Venus Bay
Population: 120
On the shore of glorious Waratah Bay, the Walkervilles(North and South) overlook the Cape Liptrap Coastal Park and Wilson's Promontory. Late last century South Walkerville was the site of a thriving limestone industry and remains of the kilns and the pioneer cemetery can still be seen.

 

Tarwin's Long Table

Early Trade - The Ripple at Tarwin Lower

Settlement quickly followed the discovery and surveying of Anderson inlet but as access through the dense forests to the north was limited most supplies arrival by sea.
The Ripple, a small coastal Trade was a regular caller at Tarwin Lower in the early part of the 20th Century. She left Little Dock in the Yarra regular carrying 30 tons of groceries, bricks, hardware, building materials, stock fee, chemical fertilizer, other supplies and a few passengers for Inverloch, Mars Landing, Pound Creek and the Tarwin. The fare for the overnight passage was 5 shillings with all meals included. On her return journey she would take with her a variety of locally produced farm produce for the Melbourne market.
The Ripple was 57.6 feet in length but drew only 4 feet fully laden, and as such was suited to negotiating the bar and shallows near the mount of the Tarwin river. She carried sail but sometimes had to be bauled through the teams of men pulling on hawsers. In later she was equipped with a 30 horsepower oil engine.
The present site of Tarwin's Long Table at Ripple Landing is just a few metres from the site of the old Whart building, where Ripple used to tie up.