Big Drift - VIC

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DEG: -38.869204 146.235623
DMS: 38º 52' 9.14" S 146º 14' 8.25" E
UTM: 55 H 5697460mN 433689mE
Altitude: 47.22m

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The Drift Track
Wilsons Promontory VIC 3960
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This is a massive sand dune close to the entrance to Wilsons Promontory National Park.
The walk starts quite easy, meandering along the park boundary on reasonably flat grassed track. Then you turn left and head UP into the sand dunes (and down the sand dune, and up the next sand dune, and down and up and down and up). Eventually, you come across an AMAZING view of the dunes. Scramble down the steep sand and head into the dunes and to the inland lake/dam. It is such a surreal place, feeling like you are on another planet or in the middle of the desert.
The walk is about 4.5km return (plus however far you choose to walk onto the dunes). It is a lesser known walk in Wilsons Prom, but it is certainly spectacular and worth the hike if you have a couple of spare hours. The start of this walk is just past the Stockyard Camp in the National Park.
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Closest Weather Station

Wilsons Promontory at 01/11:30pm EST
Distance from Big Drift 33.22km SE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
13.0°C10.6°C68%7.2°C1032.4hPa0.0mmNNE9km/hr
5knots
11km/hr
6knots

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Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse
Distance from Big Drift 33.22km SE
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C20.320.519.417.314.913.012.212.814.215.817.218.8
Mean Min. °C14.014.814.112.711.19.38.48.39.010.011.212.6
Mean Rain mm50.546.869.684.8112.8120.1121.6121.099.191.771.463.8

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