Foster

Foster, a rural town, is 150 km south-east of Melbourne. It is on the South Gippsland Highway and 45 km north of Tidal River, Wilson’s Promontory.

The town is on Stockyard Creek, about 5 km upstream of the creek’s mouth on Corner Inlet. The creek was used to transport and spell livestock being taken from east Gippsland to the Western Port district.