Phillip+Island

 Phillip Island Map     This is a map of Phillip Island, as you can see in the bottom right corner there is a bridge, which connects Phillip Island to Australia. Phillip Island is 10,00 hectares and 27km long and 9km at it’s widest.  Weather Forecast The weather at the moment is a cloudy, breezy 22c Celsius. Very windy the next few days with cloudy and raining over the next three days. Top 5 Attractions Penguin Parade is one of the top five attractions at Phillip Island and is one of the most exciting. As you see the penguins come up the beach and into the grass there is also restaurants and shops for tourists to shop and enjoy some great food.    The Nobbies are also one of the many attractions at Phillip Island. Many people go to this boardwalk and walk to see the blowhole. This place also has a restaurant and shops for tourists. It also has an exhibition room where students and also tourists can learn many things about populations of certain fish. The Phillip Island Race Track is probably in the top two attractions at Phillip Island. When a race is on at the track the population on the Island rockets very high from what it is when no major race is on. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Woolooami Beach is another great attraction. This is not a go and see this is a go and do. This beach is great for surfing and great for tourists and locals. The waves are massive and if your not keen on having a go many local surfing competition are held there regularly. <span style="height: 140.25pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 219.95pt; margin-top: -5.8pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; text-align: left; visibility: visible; width: 187.5pt; z-index: 4;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Fishing is the last of the five and is very popular among locals and surprisingly tourists. Fishing along the beaches and rock fishing are very common in Phillip Island. Salmon, Taylor and Gummy Sharks are some of the most caught and the most targeted. Before ruled illegal locals fished for sharks at the Nobbies and caught a world record breaking Great white shark. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">Top Five Wildlife <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Penguins are in a top five again. The small penguin or fairy penguin is a major tourist attraction and also very important to Phillip Island. Without the penguin parade a lot of Phillip Islands tourists will not be there. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="height: 148.5pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 252.2pt; margin-top: 8.1pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; text-align: left; visibility: visible; width: 210.8pt; z-index: 5;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Seals are in the top five and are very common around the Nobbies and out at beaches. Seals also bring in a lot of tourists, which also attract sharks around Phillip Island <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Wallabies are in Phillip Islands top five Wildlife. They are seen very often in bushy areas. They are closely related to Kangaroo’s but are different in c <span style="height: 225pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 315.2pt; margin-top: 52pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; text-align: left; visibility: visible; width: 187.5pt; z-index: 6;">   <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">olour and size. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Sea Gulls may seem to be everywhere but at Phillip Island the numbers rocket very high, the Sea Gulls are very well noticed at the Nobbies catching the wind and floating in the <span style="color: blue; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">  <span style="color: blue; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">air. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Native birds all together are greatly populated in Phillip Island. They are found in the bushy areas and are great for tourists. They have been known for photos because of tourists taking hundreds of photos of them everyday. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">History <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Phillip Island was discovered in 1798 by George Bass. The Island was named after Captain Arthur Phillip who was the first Governor. In it’s early years it was used for whaling, sealing and sheep farming. It was even used for a military defence so that the French could not claim this land. In 1920 a track was built to the penguin colony and that’s when the Penguin Parade begun. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">Bibliography <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">[|www.visitphillipisland.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">[|www.wikipedia.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">[|www.google.com] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">