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THE PENGUINS ARE COUNTING DOWN TO LAUNCH PHILLIP ISLAND, A POPULAR DAY TRIP FROM MELBOURNE, LIES JUST OFF AUSTRALIA’S SOUTHERN COAST. AT SUMMERLAND BEACH, SPECTATORS GATHER DAILY AT SUNSET TO WATCH THE PENGUIN PARADE, WHEN LITTLE PENGUINS COME ASHORE IN GROUPS.
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hillip Island’s iconic Penguin Parade, one of Victoria’s most popular tourist attractions, is now just four short weeks away from opening the doors to its exciting and visually breathtaking new visitor centre. “We feel both proud and honoured to have developed this modern, environmentally sustainable visitor centre, which will replace the existing ageing facilities and provide a world class asset that better meets visitor expectations,” said Catherine
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Basterfield, Phillip Island Nature Parks’ CEO. “One of the primary drivers of this development has always been the benefit the new centre will provide to Phillip Island’s colony of Little penguins, with the restoration of over 6 hectares of prime penguin habitat on the site of the old building and coach parking areas. It is exciting to know that up to 1400 breeding penguins will soon be able to reclaim this area as their own, and we will be able to continue our world-leading penguin research.”
