Are there any do-it-yourself penguin sighting tours on Phillip Island, Australia?
score:5
No, there aren't. While branded the "Penguin Parade", the entire penguin colony site is actually operated by Phillip Island Nature Parks, a non-profit organization, and the basic "General Viewing" option only buys you entry to the trails and seating area to watch the penguins waddle ashore. Actual guided tours cost more.
There are other penguin colonies in Victoria, but they're all some combination of inconveniently located and/or access restricted. The one exception that's both free and convenient to visit is the one right off St. Kilda, only a stone's throw from central Melbourne, but there are only a few dozen penguins living there with very limited viewing options, compared with the thousands easily seen from the purpose-built amphitheatres at Phillip Island. To be honest, given the selfie stick touting hordes they face every night, the real wonder of nature is why the penguins don't all bugger off to somewhere else...
Upvote:0
There might be one way around paying for the entrance fee to the Penguin Parade. There is a public road (St Helens Road) overlooking the bay to which the penguins come at night, just above the actual Parade. One might actually be able to see the birds from there, if one brings a good pair of binoculars. Below is a screenshot of the map, whose detailed link is here:
The best way to do this would be to get there once the sun sets, so as to avoid being spotted by the Rangers, who might come and ask you to leave.
It is worthy to note that watching penguins from up there doesn't even begin to compare with seeing them close-up at the parade. IMHO it was money well spent.
More post
- 📝 What would Brexit mean for my immediate Europe travel plans from the UK?
- 📝 Does a UK residence card count as an Article 10 residence card?
- 📝 Photographers in Latvia, Riga and Tallinn
- 📝 Is there a website in which you can find flight tickets by filtering to certain durations of flights?
- 📝 Why aren't micro Swiss Army multitools allowed on the plane but small scissors are allowed?
- 📝 South African and EU dual citizenship travelling to the UK
- 📝 How to get to Old Trafford from Piccadilly station?
- 📝 Applying for standard visitor visa with wife to attend a wedding in London
- 📝 is 35 minutes enough time for a legal layover in Brussels airport
- 📝 Can you pick up a Sixt rental car after the start time?
- 📝 I've arrived in Paris without ID, nobody checked my passport through whole process
- 📝 Filipino citizen married to US citizen, Filipino has US Green Card, traveling to UK- is UK visa needed?
- 📝 Can one cancel the return flight with Qatar Airways and if so, what is the fee?
- 📝 Is NOC required from current employer for business Schengen visa to Sweden for interview
- 📝 Does Ryanair strictly obey luggage size policies?
- 📝 Does my UK visit - business (academic) - 6 months refusal will affect the Student general visa for UK?
- 📝 Do I need a transit visa for waiting 23 hours in Dubai airport?
- 📝 Can I travel with 10 days to Expire EU resident permit to Sweden
- 📝 Is it possible to buy a 24-hour ticket at Copenhagen airport in advance?
- 📝 Precautions to take to not be stranded by an airline?
- 📝 Do I need my own bank account to apply for a United Kingdom visa?
- 📝 Surname too long for airline ticket
- 📝 I am coming from Uganda and traveling to Swaziland but will take a bus from Johannesburg to Swaziland. Do I need a transit visa?
- 📝 Travel to Canada by car. Vaccine requirements for 13 and under?
- 📝 Boarding passes and online check-in
- 📝 Travelling to Switzerland with covid-19 restrictions
- 📝 Safety in Bangkok
- 📝 Do I need a visa to enter Belarus if I have a visa from Russia?
- 📝 Planning to travel from US to Dominican for 4 days and return on ESTA visa
- 📝 Do I need visa for Ireland if I have a Spanish Blue Card?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Are there any do-it-yourself penguin sighting tours on Phillip Island, Australia?
- 📝 Are there any boat tours for Lake Baikal?
- 📝 Are there any package tours that run from Singapore via Malaysia to Siem Riep/Angkor Wat?
- 📝 Are there any other airlines besides LATAM going to Easter Island from Chile?
- 📝 Are there any guide books that give details of walks that are accessible to a wheelchair user in the Peak District (UK)
- 📝 Are there budget repositioning cruises from anywhere in East or Southeast Asia to Australia later in 2017?
- 📝 Are there any baggage lockers at Amsterdam Zuid Station?
- 📝 Are there any museums or sites in Ireland honouring Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)?
- 📝 Are there any tiger sanctuaries in Thailand that prioritize animal welfare?
- 📝 Are there any airline companies in Europe that make discounts if you buy flights in batch?
- 📝 I would like to travel to (the smallest) island where there are squirrels
- 📝 Are there still any ATMs in Japan that don't charge fees for withdrawing with a foreign card?
- 📝 Are there at present any passenger rail services between Poland and Belarus?
- 📝 Are there any museums in Stockholm for children? (not Junibacken)
- 📝 Are there any non-stop flights from Asia to Brazil?
- 📝 Are there self-guided tours in Boston/Harvard?
- 📝 Are there any specific documents to carry when travelling from Bangalore to Hong Kong via Bangkok without visa?
- 📝 Are there any good radiation measurement devices to recommend when traveling to places with high radiation?
- 📝 Are there any ferry tickets /passes in Japan that cover multiple ferries between multiple islands?
- 📝 Are there multi-day tours from Alice Springs that take infants?
- 📝 Are there any ships that go from Australia/New Zealand to Kiribati?
- 📝 Are there any places to snorkel in Auckland?
- 📝 Are there any buses to Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada?
- 📝 Are there any places to sleep in Helsinki Vantaa airport the night before an early flight?
- 📝 Are there any InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) properties in Sri Lanka?
- 📝 Are there any submarine group trips originating from the UK?
- 📝 Are there any pre-check-in shops at Mumbai Airport?
- 📝 Are there any documents one needs to provide at the UK Border? (Standard Visitor)
- 📝 Are there any buses from Liege or Vise to Maastricht?
- 📝 Are there any museums or sites in England or Scotland honouring James Watt?
