Farewell Spit

Farewell Spit is a wildlife sanctuary and access to the spit itself it restricted to organised tours, however the first few kilometres are free access. Because it is so large it is difficult to grasp the true scale of the spit. Walking on the 'outside' you only see a couple of kilometres or so, because of it's curve. Walking on the inside is better and more sheltered.



The best place to actually see Farewell Spit is from the small hill just behind the visitor's centre, which is high enough to see the full length. Most of the area around here is a farm park, - whilst we were there it was lambing season and there were loads of delightful baby lambs about. We stayed at a camping ground in Puponga which is only a few minutes away and has a beautiful beach in it's own right.


Cute lamb at Farewell Spit Farm Park.


The inside beach at Farewell Spit.


And the outside beach.


Battling the wind near Fossil Point.


Battling the wind near Fossil Point.


Farewell Spit Farm Park.


More lambs at the Farm Park.

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The Spit from above the visitor's centre.