Phillip Island Nature Park is located on the island of the same name, 1.5 hours south of Melbourne. Covering an area of 1800 hectares, the park was established in 1996 to protect the amazing diversity of animals and natural ecosystems. The island was named in honour of the first Governor of New South Wales Arthur Phillip.
About 80 species of plants and 12 species of seabirds can be seen on the island, including the Australian gannet, red-tailed phaeton, petrel and others. But the main attraction that draws thousands of tourists here is the famous "penguin parade". Every day at sunset, hundreds of unique little penguins emerge from the ocean penguins clumsily waddle from side to side and hurry to their nests in the coastal bushes in the coastal bushes of Summerland Beach. This exhilarating procession makes the island one of Victoria's a major attraction not only in Victoria, but in Australia.
In addition to penguins, Phillip Island is home to some of Australia's other amusing Australian animals such as koalas, wallabies, wombats and kangaroos. Seal Rocks is home to Australia's largest colony of Cape fur seals - around 20,000 individuals! You can watch them through a telescope at the Nobbys Centre. Tourists are also attracted by the breathtaking landscapes of the park - Rock Pyramid Rock, Rill Bay, Cape Woolamai, wild coastlines, estuaries and vast mangroves. The only freshwater lake on the island, Swan Lake, is home to swans and a variety of wading birds. The lake is also a cultural monument for the aboriginal Bunurong tribe.
