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The following day, the visitors explored the peninsula's unique flora, fauna and stunning topography. On horseback, they meandered across beaches of fine white 'squeaky' sand before pushing up the scrubby slopes of Little Oberon. From there, looking out toward Waratah Bay, Ashby photographed three points along the Prom's west coast: Pillar, Leonard, and Tongue (image 1). 
After a picnic lunch on Oberon Beach, the group began the long ride back to the hut. When they reached the saddle of Mt. Oberon, Ashby took the photograph in image 2 which frames five topographical features - all with Oberon in their names. Thus: 

•    in the foreground are the converging slopes of Little Oberon (right) and Mt. Oberon (left), 
•    in the middle ground are the scalloped shoreline of Little Oberon and Oberon bays, and 
•    in the background, Oberon Point is draped in sea mist. 

Ashby was completely enhanted by the Prom. Interestingly, the weekend's activities were reported by various newspapers, including the Gippsland Mercury, which described how the group of six were:  

crossing a steep and very rough saddle on Mount Oberon … [when] one half of the party lost the track. After a vain search … the remainder of the party pushed on, and after lunch sent the ranger back to find the missing men. He came across them … emerging from an impassable portion of the range     

From the saddle, Ashby attempted to capture the scene in image 2 twice. Suggesting, he may have been lost for a time that day.

All photographs by Thomas Ashby, BSR, Thomas Ashby Collection
View of Three Points: Pillar, Leonard and Tongue, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, TA-XLVI.071
The Five Oberons, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, TA-XLVI.081
Article: 'The British Association: Visit to National Park, Scientists Off the Track', The Gippsland Mercury (25 August 1914). 4.