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Phillip Island is the top natural attraction in Australia. The wide range of accommodation, restaurants and man made attractions are first class, and the natural attractions are internationally renowned.
San Remo is the last town before leaving the mainland and is the gateway to Phillip Island. The first town on the island is the small fishing town of Newhaven where you can fish from the pier, surf one of the best surf beaches in Victoria, walk along picturesque Cape Woolamai or explore nearby historic Churchill Island.
On the south-east tip of the island is the quiet town of Rhyll. Walk through the nearby Koala Conservation Centre and Woodland to see koalas up close or view birds as you walk through the famous wetlands at Rhyll Inlet. Visit the Maritime museum with local artifacts and a large shell collection.
The main commercial centre on Phillip Island is Cowes, where you can visit the Clock Museum. Take a wildlife cruise to the large fur seal colony on Seal Rocks or enjoy watching hundreds of Little Penguins returning to their burrows at the nightly Penguin Parade at nearby Summerland Beach. The Penguin Parade, Australia's second most visited natural attraction.
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| The Continental Phillip Island |
 5 The Esplanade, Cowes
The Continental Phillip Island a multi-award winning, four-star hotel superbly located on the Esplanade only ten minutes from the Penguin Parade. Guests can dine by the sea in one of two restaurants, catch a luxury catamaran from in front of the hotel to Seal Rocks or simply relax on the beach just outside their door.
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| The Tropicana Motor Inn |
 22 Osbourne Avenue, Cowes
Tropicana offers a quite central location where you are minutes walk to the beach, shops and restaurants of Cowes. Our great facilities include solar heated swimming pool, BBQs, guest laundry, off-street parking including coach boat and trailer parking.
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| Quest Phillip Island |
 Corner Bass Avenue & Chapel Street, Cowes
Located in the vibrant holiday township of Cowes, Quest Phillip Island is a short stroll to local shops, restaurants and recreational beaches as well as within easy travelling distance to Phillip Island's many attractions including the Penguin Parade, Seal Rock Sea Life Centre, surf beaches and the Grand Prix Circuit.
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| The Waves Apartments |
 1 The Esplanade, Cowes
Perfectly located beachside on the Esplanade at Cowes, Phillip Island which is well known for the famous Penguin Parade, magnificent coastline, bird sanctuaries and only two hours drive from Melbourne.
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| Woodbyne Cottages |
 2185 Phillip Island Road, Cowes
Woodbyne cottages offer our guests a rural setting just minutes from Cowes, town centre and within walking distance to the beach.
The spacious fully self-contained cottages provide private facilities and under cover parking. All cottages have well equipped full sized kitchens, open plan lounge and dining room, separate laundry, toilet and bathroom. All linen and towels are supplied.
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This area offers spectacular coastal scenery, viewing of the offshore seal colony at Seal Rocks and the opportunity to walk amongst nesting seabird colonies. It is a truly amazing natural experience!
Named because of its unique rock formations, The Nobbies lies off Point Grant at the western tip of Phillip Island. The area has high conservation significance including penguins and seabirds and, just off the coast, is Seal Rocks - home to Australia's second largest colony of Australian Fur Seals.
Things to do:
* View the thousands of seals at Seal Rocks through telescopes.
* Stroll along the Nobbies Boardwalk and enjoy spectacular views along Phillip Island's rugged south coast.
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See the awesome blowhole, a spectacular sea cave that thunders into the cliffs and explodes back with sea spray - a sight not to be missed!
* Be amazed by the nesting seabirds during spring and summer.
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Look for Little Penguins which nest around the boardwalk area
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You may be lucky enough to spot a whale on its migration in Bass Strait or some dolphins moving in and out of the bay. |
 
The ancient pink Granite of Cape Woolamai, Phillip Island's highest point, rises out of the ocean with majestic beauty. Golden beaches link the Cape to Phillip Island’s volcanic past make this a perfect place for a beach walk at any time of the year.
The series of walking tracks and viewing platforms take the more adventurous to breathtaking areas such as the Pinnacles, the Woolamai Light and the old Granite Quarry.
Cape Woolamai is home to the largest colony of Short-tailed Shearwaters on Phillip Island and is one of the most popular surfing beaches in Australia. This beach is patrolled by the Cape Woolamai Surf Life Saving Club in season.
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Come face to face with a koala at Phillip Island’s Koala Conservation Centre. Wander along treetop boardwalks from which it is easy to spot koalas high in the crooks of trees, a favoured position that makes them hard to see in the wild. Look out for mother koalas with their babies – koalas give birth between December to February and young joeys emerge from their mother’s pouch to cling to her back. For people who don’t like heights, follow a one-kilometre track around the centre and stop at points where rangers have placed signs pointing to koalas in trees. And everything there is to know about koalas is explained in the Visitor Centre.
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Not far from the Penguin Parade at the far south-western tip of Phillip Island is Seal Rocks – home of a colony of up to 16,000 fur seals. Close to the Nobbies rock formation, Seal Rocks displays Australia’s largest fur seal colony, with the number peaking during breeding from October to December.
Watch the seals sunning themselves on the rocks, feeding their young, wrestling, or flopping into the cool water. From the boardwalks at The Nobbies you can watch their transformation from ungainly land creatures to swift, sleek marine dwellers twisting and rolling in the clear waters. There are charter operators based in Cowes that will cruise to the rocks for a closer look.
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