“Why do I feel so good here?” I asked Kate, our guide on the amphibious boat I was stepping off, after an exhilarating “Wilderness Cruise” around the coastline of Wilson’s Promontory. I’d just spent two-and-a-half hours jumping over waves, searching for sea eagles, rounding the most southerly tip of mainland Australia and watching young seal pups play in the sea like rowdy toddlers in a ball pit. It is a landscape of smooth intractable granite boulders plunging into the cobalt blue ocean, punctuated by pristine white sandy beaches, all overlooked by the densely forested Mount Oberon, standing like a benevolent guardian over The Prom.
“It’s simple” Kate replied. “It’s the granite, it’s packed full of quartz.” I must have looked a little blank as she went on to explain how Wilson’s Prom (and indeed, much of Gippsland) is formed from granite, and the quartz within it is said to promote mental clarity, emotional balance, and spiritual connection. I couldn’t disagree, I hadn’t felt so peaceful for years.
