Melbourne Westwards
Just before we hit Melbourne we visited Wilson Promontory, the most southerly point of the mainland and an amazing national park. The surf was not anywhere near as good as the previous stops but we still had some fun. What was amazing was the surrounding scenery and landscape that was a cross between a sci-fi film and Eyre’s Rock meeting the sea. The prices the national park charged were mind blowing; no power, no water, no nothing, but they still wanted $69 a night. I’m glad we didn’t let the price put us off as to see this place was worth the outlay, and as with a lot of places on this trip we will more than likely only ever be passing through once in a lifetime owing to their vast distances from anywhere else.
We then hit Phillip Island and we scored the first official ‘best waves of the trip’ at Woolami Beach with perfect lefts and rights right in front of the carpark. We met up with a fellow surfing ‘lapper’ and had a fantastic week of scoring waves, a surprise hit as I knew very little about Philip Island. I was even more surprised to hear its only 130kms form Melbourne considering it’s so uncrowded.
Next, we hit the surf coast of Victoria with the world famous Bells Beach and Torquay, the birth place of Ripcurl and Quicksilver. I surfed Bells not on my SUP but on our 8’ mal and got absolutely hammered by a set wave that had cleaned up the rest of the pack when I was the only one wide enough to get on it. I took off, free fell down the face of it, sank to the bottom and then got cleaned up by the next two waves. Bells is an amazing wave, it’s just a shame I’m not an amazing surfer.
