Phillip Island is located southeast of Melbourne. It is connected to the mailand by a bridge. Western Port Bay is located to its North and Bass Strait to its South. There are several things to do and see on the island, but we chose to visit the Koala Conservation Centre, Churchill Island Heritage Farm, the Nobbies Centre and the infamous Penguin Parade.
We started our day at the Koala Conservation Centre. Here we got to see many koalas in their natural habitat. We walked along an elevated boardwalk that put us close to the tree tops so we would have a better view of the koalas. We walked through the bush on a nature trail where we saw koalas, birds and wallabies. We were even warned of a possible encounter with a “shy” snake. This so called “shy” snake is a copperhead, the only snake that is found on Phillip Island. Coming from the States, we are quite familiar with such creature and feel that the word “shy” is not an adjective we would use to describe it. Fortunately, we did not have an encounter with it.
Our next stop was the Churchill Island Heritage Farm. It is designed to show you how a traditional Australian farm would function. There are cow milking, blacksmithing, working animal, sheep shearing, whip cracking and boomerang throwing demonstrations daily. We happen to be there when they were doing the whip cracking and boomerang throwing demos. We left the whip cracking to others for fear of being hit in the face or other body parts by the whip. Gary and the kids did however, participate in the boomerang throwing.
We were off to the Nobbies Centre next. The Nobbies are two rock islands located off the southern coast of Phillip Island. Here we walked along the boardwalk that overlooked the waters of Bass Strait. We saw a ton of sea gulls, amazing scenery, little penguins in their burrow holes and Seal Island. Unfortunately, we were not able to walk the entire boardwalk because it was nesting season for the sea gulls.
Our final stop of the day was the infamous Penguin Parade. This was such an amazing experience that it deserves a post of its own.
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