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QUICK GETAWAYS MADE EASY Autumn 2014
Phillip Island.... Home of the World’s Smallest Penguin
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PHILLIP ISLAND, AU
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ildlife is part of the main attraction at Phillip Island.
You’ll be able see the Penguin
Parade from the viewing stands and boardwalks at sunset as they return to their sand dune burrows after a day of fishing. If you haven’t yet witnessed these flightless, aquatic birds waddle from the sea you wouldn’t realize just what an incredible sight it is.
Located just ten minutes drive from the Penguin Parade is the delightful Ramada Resort Phillip Island. Ramada Resort Phillip Island is helping the Penguin Foundation in its quest
to protect and preserve the only remaining little penguin colony at Phillip Island.
Managed by the Wyndham Holiday Resorts Asia Pacific Group, The nature retreat resort is sponsoring the Penguin Foundation by adopting a little penguin and funding research and conservation work. Funds raised will go towards monitoring penguin burrows and sponsoring a university Honors’ student to research penguins for 12 months.
The Island’s extensive boardwalks provide visitors access to the most picturesque vantage points.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE THAT’S RUGGED, ALLURING, HAS UNIqUE WILDLIFE AND IS NO MORE THAN TWO HOURS DRIvE FROM MELBOURNE, THEN WHY NOT CONSIDER TAKING A WELL EARNED BREAK AT PHILLIP ISLAND. AT 26KMS LONG AND 9KMS WIDE, PHILLIP ISLAND IS HOME TO UNIqUE WILDLIFE, SUCH AS THE WORLD FAMOUS LITTLE PENGUIN, THE WORLD’S SMALLEST PENGUIN. AN ICONIC DESTINATION PHILLIP ISLAND ATTRACTS MORE THAN HALF A MILLION vISITORS ANNUALLY.
Phillip Island is a place of incredible natural beauty and is named after the
first governor of NSW, Arthur Phillip. Besides watching hundreds of little
penguins returning to their burrows in the famous Penguin Parade in the
evening, the island offers an abundance of wildlife experiences for all ages.
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