Phillip+Island

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Phillip Island attractions

The Maze’N Things, on Phillip Island road-Cowes. This facility has 4 very impressive activities to use such as- the Maze, the maxigolf, the illusion rooms and the puzzle island. The Maze: Over two kilometres of passageways and an average time of 45 minutes. The Maxigolf: The course is set on artificial turf with constantly changing landscaping and paving. The illusion rooms: An amazing series of rooms, purpose built to confuse the eye and the mind. The puzzle island: An interactive world of illusions, puzzles and challenges.  Australian Garden - Royal Botanical Gardens, Corner of Ballato road and botanic drive- Cranbourne. ﻿ The Australian garden has approximately 100,000 plants in it, with 15 different landscape displays and exhibition gardens. The visitors will enjoy learning about how to use Australian plants at home, by talking to one of our volunteer master gardeners, or by joining a tour with one of our knowledgeable guides.

 Maru Koala and Animal Park, Bass Hwy- Grantville. This park has many animals in it from koalas-albino wallabies. With a large number of exhibits, Maru’s animal park aims to give guests the opportunity to get close up with its animals. The animals there include three species of kangaroo, two species of wallaby, wombats, dingoes, Tasmanian devils, emus, parrots, native Australian birds, a pony, a donkey, an alpaca, sheep, a goat, a crocodile, blue tong lizard and turtles and many more. You are welcome to talk (between 10am and 3pm) to the park keepers and helpers, about the animals. You are allowed to feed, pat and photograph the creatures. They have special tours of the koala enclosure and the visitors can view the koalas at any time from their raised boardwalks and platforms. As an extra activity they have their own mini golf called 'Pirate Pete's mini-golf'. There are 18 holes on board Pirate Pete's ship.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Phillip Island Chocolate Factory, Phillip Island Tourist Rd- Newhaven.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Phillip Island chocolate factory is amazing with lots things to do, all about chocolate. ‘Panny’s Amazing World of Chocolate’ has all things chocolate, with interactive machines to play on, fascinating facts and the ability to make your own chocolate on the spot. Then after you’ve experienced this amazing chocolate wonderland, Panny’s chocolate cafe offers a huge selection of chocolaty treats.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Phillip Island Nature Park - Penguin Parade, 1019 Ventnor Road- Ventnor.

The penguin parade is Australia’s most popular wildlife attraction and home to the largest little penguin colony in the world. Every sunset, the hundreds to over a thousand wild penguins emerge from the sea and waddle up the beach to their sand dune holes. The little penguin is the world’s smallest penguin and the penguin parade is the best place to experience this natural happening.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Phillip Island and camp Location

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Phillip Island- It is south-south-east from Melbourne, approximately 140km, and it takes approximately 2 hours to get to there by car. Phillip island is located in the mid south of Victoria.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Camp- It is located on YCW Beach at the township of Smiths Beach, Phillip Island. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The Weather

The temperatures for the next few days in Phillip Island are: Min | max Monday – 9|13 Tuesday- 8 |14 Wednesday- 8 |16 Thursday- 10 |17 Friday- 9 |13 Saturday- 10 |13 Sunday- 10 | 13

The total rain fall so far this month in Phillip Island is- 33.6mm The normal rain fall this month in Phillip Island is- 16.8mm

The total rain fall this year in Phillip Island is- 551.8mm The normal rain fall so far this year in Phillip Island is- 510.5mm

Phillip Island's towns. <span style="color: #000033; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Cowes <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This town has many facilities. You can relax in their seaside cafes and restaurants, then shop for souvenirs at the Cowes Cultural Centre. At the local museum you can learn about more about Phillip Island, you can stay in the grand seafront guesthouses and explore the island on horseback. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Rhyll <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Sail around Phillip Island in a hired boat from Rhyll, with its all-tide boat ramp, two jetties, yacht club, angling club and sailing school. It’s an amazing selection of sailing opportunities. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">

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Newhaven’s jetty, boat ramp and dock are popular with fishermen and water sport enthusiasts, so there’s plenty to see as you wander the beaches or picnic in the park in the shadow of the bridge to the mainland. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">

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Attempt the six-kilometre (one way) George Bass coastal walk to Kilcunda. Spot the historic coal bore at bore beach, then wander on Shelley Beach, Griffiths Point and Quarry rocks, where stone was quarried to build Melbourne business chambers. Cross the bridge over to the island for amazing views.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Little penguins

The little penguin is the smallest of the 17 penguin species and is the only one that nests along Australia’s mainland coast. These flightless seabirds are terrifically modified to the marine environment. Their wings have developed into flippers, using these they can drive forward and ‘fly’ underwater. On land they can walk/waddle upright, awkwardly on their hind legs. Little penguins can averagely live for 6 or 7 years, but some can survive up to 20 years.

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Fur seals

Fur seals have large eyes, a pointed nose with whiskers and sharp teeth. Their average weights are: Males 218 kg – 360. Females - 41 kg - 113 kg. Their average bodylengths are: 134 cm – 227 cm. the Australian fur seals are closely related to the South African fur seal, its populations worldwide are reasonably safe although it’s occasionally hunted in South Africa. In Australia it is fully protected although its numbers are probably still only half of what they were in the times before we hunted them. Australian fur seals live in coastal waters and oceans. Their preferred habitat, especially for breeding is rocky islands, which include boulder or pebble beaches. .

Koalas The koala’s nickname is a native bear. Koalas a mammal and are warm-blooded. The koala’s babies are called cubs and they are born alive. Koalas drink milk from their mother. The koala might nice and gentle but they have very sharp teeth and claws. The koalas have white on the underside and grey on the rest of its body.

Birds At Cape Woolamai’s main car park you can witness over a million short-tailed shearwaters (mutton birds) returning to their colony all together at sunset. The birds fly around 8,000 km annually from the Alaskan Aleutian islands to Phillip Island, and between 25 September and late April you can see them return home after a day of fishing.

The history of Phillip Island <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For thousands of years Phillip Island has been part of the lands roamed by the Bunurong people, the coastal to inland indigenous people of Australia. The Bunurong called the island "Beang Gurt" and are thought to have come to the area about 40,000 years ago. At this time, Phillip Island would have still been attached to the mainland, as the sea levels were much lower then than they are today. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For European purposes, [|Phillip Island] was discovered by George Bass in January, 1798. Bass he entered Westernport Bay on a journey south from Sydney in a nine metre flat-bottomed whale boat, to determine existence of a strait between mainland and Tasmania. That strait is today named after him <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">.

Phillip Island's accommodation Phillip Island offers over 2000 beds and over 100 accommodation businesses to choose from. There is a range of Star rated and official businesses to stay in all over the Island from the main town of Cowes to the seaside villages such as Rhyll, Smiths Beach and San Remo. You can enjoy the atmosphere of hotels and motels, resorts or a modern apartment.

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