Nature and wildlife – Phillip Island

Every day at dusk Phillip Island hosts Australia’s most popular wildlife event – a parade of little penguins that emerge from the sea and make their way to their burrows in the sand dunes. The island is also home to a large number of koalas, and a colony of up to 16,000 fur seals that take up residence at Seal Rocks at the western tip of the island from October to December. There is also abundant bird life, including shearwaters, which can be seen flying to and from their nests on Cape Woolamai, and many different species of waterbirds at Rhyll Inlet.

Surrounded by some of the best surf and swimming beaches in Victoria, Phillip Island also has a reputation for beautiful coastal scenery, with rugged ocean beaches lining the coastline that faces Bass Strait, and sheltered bay beaches suitable for swimming and fishing to the north of the island.