No matter how often you’ve driven the three-hour run from the city of Melbourne, the first sight of this southernmost protrusion of the Australian continent can take your breath away, when the rolling dairy paddocks cut out abruptly at Corner Inlet and granite ranges march across the horizon.

‘The Prom’ is one of Australia’s best-loved national parks, its 50,000 hectares conserving the habitat of more than 700 native plant species, thirty kinds of mammal and 180 different native birds.

November 2021 - a return visit became possible at last. We treated ourselves to 2 nights 'glamping' (safari-style tent accommodation) in one of the so-called Wilderness Retreats at the Tidal River park headquarters.