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Great Southern Land.
You walk alone.<\/em><\/p>\nIcehouse.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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\"Sealers
Sealers Cove<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Why am I sleeping on the kitchen floor?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

5am and it’s dark. An early start to a long day. A restless sleep on the kitchen floor of my elder son’s apartment in Coburg. My younger son sleeps nearby in the lounge room next to the fish bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breakfasted, packed and on the road by 7am. A three hour drive to Wilsons Promontory on Victoria\u2019s southern coast, listening to audiobooks and podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check in at the visitors’ centre at Tidal River and a short drive to Telegraph Saddle where my walk begins. My target: Sealers Cove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sealers Cove – the long way<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The direct route to Sealers Cove is closed due to storm damage, so I need to walk 26kms via Waterloo Bay. It\u2019s all on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first 6.1 km is on a fire trail and all down hill (you pay the price on exit). Then a 4.7 km bush track to Waterloo Bay, where you first get to walk on the coast. White sand, blue water, clear skies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Waterloo
Waterloo Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I follow the coast north for the rest of the day, past Refuge Cove and around Kersop Peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Refuge
Refuge Cove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Local dinner guest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At first I think I am alone at Sealers Cove. The long walk put people off, and they stopped at Little Waterloo Bay or Refuge Cove. Later, one other hiker arrives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a local dinner guest. A resident possum, rotund, cock-sure and in no particular hurry. I first notice his presence after returning from the toilets, finding my empty cup knocked over. He (or is it she?) stares at me nonchalantly from a distance of a few metres, and is not perturbed when I shoo it away. Eventually it makes a meal of a large mushroom growing nearby. I stow my food bag in my tent for the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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