25 March 2007

Wilsons Prom Hike






On the 24th of March, Lachlan, Callum, Gareth, Scott, Max, Angus and myself went hiking at Wilsons Prom. We were accompanied by Colin and Jo.

We started hiking at Telegraph Saddle and headed towards our sleeping point, Sealers Cove.

We stopped at a cave that a group of Venturers told us about and decided that we would explore the cave on the next day, because it was raining. We stopped again at the start of the board walk, which is about 2 km long, and put our coats on. When we were about a ¼ of the way along the board walk, a small tree almost fell on Jo.

It continued to rain only easing down when we got to Sealers Cove. It was another 700 metres along the beach to get to the campsite. Getting to the campsite included crossing a river. Luckily it was low tide and we didn’t get much wetter than we already were from the rain.


By the time we had arrived at the campsite the rain had stopped and the sun was coming out.

Once we had our tents up and we had all changed into dry clothes we climbed up to the top of a big rock and put our wet clothes there to dry.

The next morning half of the group crossed the river and went on the beach while we waited for the remaining people to finish packing up. We set off at about 11: 00 am. We stopped every now and again for breaks.

Along the way we met up with Matt and Bryce who walked out from Telegraph Saddle to meet us.

We stopped at the cave for lunch and explored the cave once everyone had finished their lunch. To get into the main part of the cave we had to get though a tunnel that was on a 45˚ angle. In the cave there were these strange 6 legged insects that looked like spiders.

As soon as everyone had finished exploring, we set off hiking again. We stopped to fill up our drink bottles at Fern Tree Gully.

We arrived back at Telegraph Saddle at about 2: 45 pm and arrived back in Boolarra at about 5: 30 pm.

By Caitlin


if you like to know more about the Wilsons Prom see: http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=217