It is not often that we get to spend time on the Western side of Wilsons Promontory, so in the gorgeous easterly weather we have been having, we decided to linger here for a few days. From Oberon Bay, we explored the neighbouring beaches further north: Norman Bay, Leonards Bay, Tidal River and our favourite: Whisky Bay.
The colour and clarity of the water at these ocean beaches are simply breathtaking. These are the clearest we have ever seen – though not the warmest, but you can’t have everything.
Anchored just beyond the breakers at Whisky Bay
And then there are the sunsets! Do we feel lucky? You bet!
Another sunset! Norman Island in silhouette
So although it has only been a couple of days since we last posted, we could not leave this magic place without showing you around. Here are some of our favourite pictures taken over the past two days. We have surfed (in chest height waves, Craig) walked, swam, even done a bit of maintenance, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. In fact we will come back during another summer because this place is so stunning!
We are now on our way to Cleeland Bight at Phillip Island.
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Sv-Anui 
Great photos! Benji is so gorgeous!
She is – We are a bit besotted… BTW We spell her name Bengie ( short for Bengal).
Looks stunning!
It’s a fantastic place no matter what season, but obviously best in these conditions!
Nice to see some wave shots, amongst all your other whale, bird & cat masterpieces!
When will you get to Cleeland? I am doing the Great Vic bike ride with Murray et al – leaving from Wilsons Prom this Sunday. There’s a possibility of heading down to PI to catch up for a wave this week if you can suggest a time.
Unfortunately we had a major flood in the house and there’s mould everywhere – waiting for insurance co to decide what they will cover so I can only offer an uncomfortable visit if you were interested?
Craigo
Hi Craig – we will at PI only tonight, continuing onto Port Phillip. Surf sounds good but not too sure how to work out the logistics of it! Will call you after the weekend.
It looks beautiful. So no regrets about retiring?
None at all 😊
Looks beautiful. What a great place. Isn’t retirement splendid
It is great to feel very unhurried. These last few days have been particularly nice.
I think we may have shared an anchorage at low head and behind Waterhouse Island 9 years ago. We headed to Hobart on Futura and you north to the lakes. A previous catamaran I think and Benji was a kitten. We had our 3 kids on board.
Hi Mic and Mary, we remember you well! So nice to hear from you! What are you up to now?
Well been doing a bit of travelling, Futura is still with us and I’m preparing a bit of a refit. We have had her 26 years now. Would be great to catch up and share stories of adventures when your back in Melbourne
Fantastic – will be back in Port Phillip Bay somewhere in a couple of days! Would love to catch up. Will contact you!
Great
Wow! This place is gorgeous! I can only dream of places like that…hmmm. 🙂
It is wild and beautiful, HJ. We have seen it in all its different moods over the years and it never fails to impress us.
Wade, your body surf style reminds me of father Phil. Good to see. All the best buddy. 🙂
Ok! We’ll catch soon when we get to Melbourne.
Yeah, dead ringer for Phil Bishop body surf style. No wetsuit in November!! Just beautiful photos!
Cheers,
Craig.
It was a lot of fun. We’ll go back there! I am sure we all body surf the same way!
Looks like the perfect spot 🙂
It was superb, Lindy!
Hi there, loved your gorgeous boat at the prom, had to look it up and follow your adventures! You asked me about the walk to squeaky beach! By the way, as a Prom fanatic, you were anchored at Picnic Bay our favourite beach at the prom, Whisky is the next smaller one around the corner on the way West. (But you can walk both along the beach at a very low tide) I should have taken some pics of you anchored from the top on our way home as the boat looked amazing in the gorgeous waters of Picnic Bay from the top near the car park…
Thanks very much Chris for the kind words and clarification on the Beach name. We did the walk to Squeaky Beach and Pillar Point – amazing views!
That’s wonderful! I was wondering if you will soon post any pics from your Refuge Cove stay? We did a three day hike around Sealers Cove, Refuge Cove and Waterloo Bay….just beautiful beaches….Sealers and Refuge on Westerlies are so protected and beautiful. Boats do enter shallow Inlet too from around the prom waters but the entrance is small and dangerous….most enter only in slack water….will follow your amazing adventures…thanks for replying! 🙂
We arrived at last light at Refuge so no pics from this time but plenty from previous trips. Sealers and Waterloo are our favourites although Picnic is now added to the preferred list! We used to keep a swing mooring at Port Albert and used it to get to the Prom easily. If you do a search on Wilsons Prom on our website, you will see a few posts and photos. Happy reading!