Point Wilson

Love this spot. A grassy clearing (frequented by many roos) with good clean BBQ facilities and toilets. Access to some small sandy beaches and a small jetty where small boats can moor. Lots of places for children to play and explore. There is also some short undemanding walks close by. Great place for a sunny day.

Gravel road for around 16 kms to visit the place from Loch Sport but a beauty in secluded place.

As I get older, time goes faster and that became clear on a warm summer day as I explored a stunning part of my home state of Victoria. I reminisced how 12 months ago I was in the bowels of the catacombs in Lima and now in the seaside rural community of Loch Sport.As someone who has travelled across the globe, I know that many of the best places are in fact, on our back door and although these two destinations are thousands of kilometres apart, each is unique for different Located approximately 270kms east of Melbourne, the flat and somewhat straight road to Loch Sport from Sale is flanked by tea tree and banksias. At dawn or dusk, the kangaroos, wallabies and even wild hog deer flank the way into town.Beyond the township at the most easterly point, I journeyed to the heritage listed, Lakes National Park and in particular Point Wilson which is a mere 16kms from the park entrance. This also encompasses Sperm Whale Head Peninsula which I could only appreciate how it was named after viewing an aerial map.Traditional owners, the Gunaikurnai people, still have a strong connection with the area as well as other parks and reserves in this region and jointly manage the Park in conjunction with the State Well signposted, the dirt road with few corrugations in early summer, meandered to the Point with glimpses of the lake teasing me along the way. The road is fringed with large coastal and silver banksia, tea-trees, manna gums, peppermint gums, wattle and heath. I’m sure if I’d visited a few months earlier during spring when the wildflowers are at their best, the array of colour would’ve been stunning and may have even spied some of the well-known native At the head of the point where Lake Victoria and Lake Reeve join is a sweet little picnic site known as Point Wilson Day Visitor Area with the Point Wilson Jetty nearby. Surrounded by salt water, the opportunity to fish and potentially catch bream, flathead, tailor, whiting, perch, eels and much more would be enticing to the most amateur angler. From this vantage point, I could see Paynesville, Raymond Island and the Banksia Peninsula along with expansive views across the entire lakes region. No doubt during busy periods the waterways would be abundant with jet skis, boats and sailing. I took to the water for a swim with an audience of black swans, pelicans, cormorants and seagulls watching me cautiously.You can read more on my blog at Debi slinger dot com . Titled from Lima to loch Sport.

A nice place but the roads are a bit rough

Nice place to visit, very serene.Has toilets and electric BBQs so you can have a hot lunch and then throw in a line from the jetty.

Great place to visit good for a fish

Great little spot for day picnic, day lounge-about or sun tanning (weather permitted!) Jetty here too for kayak fishing and boat tie up. Composting toilets with wheel chair access and BBQ's both electric and wood fire (bring kinderling, fire wood wont fit in gap).

A beautiful secluded reserve, right on the tip of The Lakes National Park in East Gippsland, on Lake Victoria. There's a jetty, gas BBQs, toilets as well as twig BBQs. There are toilets inside the day visitor area just past the jetty, and there are plenty of tables and chairs. Find a little bit of beach, and it will most likely be yours for the day. Stop a line in if you can be bothered, this is as good as it gets.

A lovely peaceful place to have a bbq. Gas or stick.