Wednesday, May 11, 2011

phillip island


Along with the long holiday week-end Australia Day January 26 yesterday me and my family managed to escape from the hot summer weather sting in Melbourne. The purpose of this breakout is Phillip Island, an island in the southeastern city of Melbourne. This island is quite complete and is full of entertainment. That is not any kind of entertainment available on the island which is about 2 hours overland journey from Melbourne. Nothing wrong, if the local government referred to it as Phillip Island Nature Park & ​​Real Entertainment in official tourist brochures are available free at information centers.

To go to Phillip Island is much faster when the main road through highway lines M1 (City-Dandenong), after that take the route Gippsland Freeway Road, Bass Freeway Road before finally arriving at the magnificent bridge linking the mainland (state of Victoria) with Phillip Island. Waow ... from the bridge aja already seen the phenomenal beauty of Phillip Island penguins parade will show her that.

Penguins at Phillip IslandTak knew it was love! Let's eat our first acquaintance at the island area of ​​+ - 1805 hectares. The island is now developed into a tourist nature of this park consists of part-2 like the beach (coastline), Hinterland (plantations), swamps (wetlands), woodlands, and of course walking tracks (to the rower bicycle and pedestrian). Historically Phillip Island was formed from the volcano eruption about 65 million years ago. Slowly-2 island grow and become attractive tourist spots with the landscape as mentioned above.

What is available in super large playground this? If you have a lot of time was able to visit all the attractions / sights are printed in the brochure or the Internet. But if not, we can follow a variety of tour options available or create their own tour according to ability and interest in our pockets. So that tour we planned, it is better to visit the official website or www.penguins.org.au www.visitphillipisland.com Phillip Island and make reservations at the same time booking a ticket. Usually when we booked tickets several tourist attractions as well as the costs will be cheaper than buying a ticket on the day of his.

Well because I carry a small child so I chose a place about two matches with him that basically all happy, like a park, a playground and educate (there is an element edukasinya). So the choice fell to third place following, Churchill Island, Koala Conservation and Penguin Parade. Though there are many places to be visited, such as visiting various beaches, indoor and out door games, walking tracks along the valley and the coast, vineyards (vineyard), swim in the Aquatic Centre and visit the chocolate factory! What this section is well suited for fans of chocolate because in addition to knowing how to manufacture chocolate can also be icip-icip free!

Penguins at Phillip IslandSeperti listed in the brochure, Churchill Island is a fun place for family picnics (which is also courting many of hell hi hi). The small island covering about 55 hectares of this is on the north Phillip Island and can be taken about 15 minutes by car. Many visitors who picnic here. As he held a mat and eat dishes from homes that had been prepared, indeed mingle comfortably once there, under the shady trees. If lazy picnic, available restaurant with delicious food and souvenir shops that sell souvenirs typical Phillip Island (various dolls, wall hangings, magnetic souvenirs, knitting, book-2, postcard, etc.).

After having lunch with the family, as well as to reduce the fat in the body engga no harm in choosing the activity-2 pulled down the object that is on this island. While that is like walking around the island can track along the 5 km for 1.5 hours, looking at monuments, studying the fauna / flora of local and visiting observation deck.

Penguins at Phillip IslandLalu for choosing to visit Churchill Island Heritage Farm, can start their adventure with meyinggahi home / cottage of John Rogers and Samuel Amess (the first European settlers arrived in this island.) Rogers mansion complex and Amess are complete for its time. Victorian stone-walled house is indeed stately and ancient though impressed Antic. We can learn and know the history of social / community life was simple with all the technology in everyday life.

Almost in every room laid out as closely as possible with the current era (1880s). How is the trend at that time, presented in the way they dress, food and furnishings and decorations stored in glass cabinets / hanging on the wall. We also know how they preserve food / beverages stay cold / fresh after a view of the basement to store food / drink that era now referred to as a refrigerator / freezer. Guides are also trained at Churchill Island, also demonstrates how they meet their daily needs-2 by way of gardening, make a variety of simple furniture to raising chickens, sheep, beri-2, cows (Scotland) and horses.

Penguins at Phillip IslandPetualangan history that afternoon ended with a show dog shows, how a dog guard the wily help farmers drive their animals to eat or go back to the stable. Really interesting things that should be known by us all.

Following from Churchill Island, Koala Conservation we head which is about 10 km. Like other conservation place, here visitors can adjacent to the famous animal imutnya it and like to sleep! It is said that for 24 hours, koalas spent about 20 hours to sleep, remember they have to conserve energy because of affairs 'diet'. Yup, the koala is a marsupial species that only eat the leaves-2an (type of eucalyptus). No wonder arrival there, I can only capture a variety of styles / positions they sleep very meggemaskan!


Finally, even before the afternoon, we arrived at last and at the same time favorites, penguins parade. Location of penguins parade at the southwestern tip of Phillip Island. At this location was built luxury building where ticket sales, restaurant, souvenir shop and mini museum to know penguins. Just felt in the small mall deh.

Penguins at Phillip IslandKami arrived around 8 pm (somewhat earlier), as suggested reservation clerk at the information center. Probably because a lot of vacation time will eat Visitors should arrive earlier than the hour show (when the penguins start the action). And sure enough, got there, 've a lot of people coming. According to information I read, penguins-2 that will bring themselves in groups after the sun sets on the western horizon at about 8.30-9 pm). Cute little creature and was rushing-2 emerged from the cold ocean after a day looking for fish to return to the nest (to meet their child-2) in the vicinity of the beach.

Unfortunately for reasons of public order and conservation of penguins, visitors are not allowed to perpetuate the penguins when they appeared on the beach. Visitors must also be willing to cold (due to a gust of wind from the ocean, although longer summer) and patiently waited for the arrival of funny animals-2 terebut.

Penguins at Phillip IslandDan my patience finally paid off, too, when sunset came, around at 9:30 tonight, one by one penguins come to shore with the street style and sound that is not foreign. The audience was stunned, crying-2 with joy because finally able to see first hand the extraordinary natural phenomenon that. Boisterous voice of the child's great-great-cuit penguins and birds also Seagull give special nuance that will be remembered for all time by the visitors.

Here I attach a photo-2 from their official site (photo penguins) and photo-2 results 'colongan' me to record the beautiful moments (the photo on the penguins parade atmosphere), before ya sorry!

source : liburan.info

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