Native wildlife – Mornington Peninsula

For those more interested in furry mammals, kangaroos and wallabies are a common sight throughout the national parks of the Mornington Peninsula. Greens Bush is a particularly good spot for sighting them.

To get there travel along Boneo Road to the signposted turn-off into the gravel Long Point Road (opposite the turn-off to Cape Schanck). Nearby Highfield is another good viewing spot.

French Island, just off the Peninsula is home to a large colony of 1,500 koalas - Australia’s largest disease-free population. Access to the island is by ferry from Stony Point. 

You can also see animals such as the Eastern Quoll, the Red-bellied Pademelon and the Eastern Bettong, all of which have become extinct on the mainland of Australia, at the Moonlit Sanctuary.