Phillip+Island

Phillip Island
 **Map/Location:** now and then the wind will blow of the ocean coursing a freezing breeze. **Attractions:** // Beaches // Phillip Island offers some of the best beaches in Victoria, including Smith's Beach. The coastline that faces Bass Strait is best for surfing, boarding and sailing, while the beaches to the north are best for fishing, swimming and boating. // Penguin Parade // The Penguin Parade is Australia’s most popular wildlife attraction and home to the largest Little Penguin colony in the world. Every sunset, the hundreds to over a thousand wild Little Penguins emerge from the sea and march across the beach to their sand dune burrows. They enter their burrows, while the toriest (that have come to watch) watch in wonder. The Little Penguins (also known as Fairy Penguins) is the world’s smallest (and cutest) penguin. The Penguin Parade is the best place to experience this completely natural phenomenon. // Chocolate Factory // There are games of skill where the reward is chocolate, fancy that!, there are machines with buttons and gadgets to push, levers to pull, it’s a good family time. There is a unigue hands-on chocolate making device where your own creation travels along a conveyor belt, after going throw that it get delivered to you ready to eat.
 * Climate:** Phillip Island has mild climates, between 12 - 35 degrees. The ocean is also a part of the climate,

**History:** Phillip Island was not always called Phillip Island; George Bass discovered the island in 1798 and first named it Snapper Island. This was then changed to Grant Island and then finally to its current name after the first Governor of Australia, Arthur Phillip. (Phillip Island)

Bibliography: [|**http://www.travelmate.com.au**] [|**http://www.penguins.org.au**]

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