Tower Hill

After exchanging our tickets for wrist bands in Port Fairy, we drove to Tower Hill Nature Reserve not far from Killarney. This is an (hopefully) extinct volcano. I walked to the peak for this view. Emus were wandering around but we didn't see any other wildlife.

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