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There is no settlement on the Promontory excepting the Hght- 

 house quarters at the south-eastern corner, and around a sawmill, 

 which is cutting into the fine gullies on the eastern side at Sealers' 

 Cove ; the township site of Seaforth, excluded from the Park, 

 surveyed at the northern end of the Promontory, never having 

 been utilized. 



The only good track in the reserve at present is that of the 

 Post and Telegraph Department. This connects Foster by way 

 of the isthmus with the lighthouse, passing through Yanakie, 

 across the Derby River, over timbered hills and heathy sand 

 dunes, across the Tidal River and morass, over the Oberon ridge 

 by the easterly of the two " bad saddles," skirting the summit of 

 Mt. Oberon on the way, then hugging the low saddle to the east 

 of the Oberon-Norgate Valley, and escaping the morass except 

 a portion which is " logged," it ascends a ridge near Martin's 

 Hill, and descends on the southern side to cross Roaring Meg 

 Creek and trend south-easterly to South-east Point. 



Along this route are at least two suitable camping grounds. 

 One is on the south bank of the Derby River, reached by crossing 

 the river by the footbridge, and dropping down behind the sand 

 hummocks, where the telegraph line repairers' hut is enclosed in 

 a small horse paddock. The other is behind the sand hummocks 

 of Oberon Bay, on Eraser's Creek. At both places good water 

 and grass for pack horses is plentiful. Other camping grounds 

 exist, but for want of cut tracks are not accessible. Such are 

 the mountain-locked enclosures at Sealers' Cove, Refuge Cove, 

 &c., which can be reached more conveniendy by boat from 

 Welshpool or Port Albert, but are otherwise isolated from the 

 rest of the Park. 



Our party commenced the journey from Foster, on the South- 

 Eastern railway line, distant 107 miles from Melbourne, where 

 supplies of fresh bread and meat were obtained, and sent by 

 pack horse vid the Yanakie isthmus. We walked to " Foster 

 Landing " on Stockyard Creek, a distance of about two and a 

 half miles. This landing was once of greater importance than at 

 present, the railway extension to Welshpool and Port Albert 

 having left it in the lurch. There we boarded Mr. Taylor's well- 

 equipped yacht Albatross, and passed between the mangrove- 

 covered mud banks out into Corner Basin, which we crossed, 

 and cast anchor at the unimproved " landing," as near the dry 

 land as the gradually sloping mud flat would allow. By wading 

 we removed our baggage, &c., to a place of safety, and were soon 

 joined by Mr. W. Barker, who, with his assistant, Mr. Bena 

 Claverino, brought our five pack horses round from Foster vid 

 Yanakie. Crossing a low sandhill, vegetated with eucalyptus, 

 honeysuckle, grass-tree, &c., at the foot of the Vereker Range, we 

 struck across the open heathy country and swamp lands to the 



