Where is it?

The Penguin Parade is located on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia, only 140 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. It is part of Phillip Island Nature Park. The area is a reserve designed to protect and promote awareness of Little Penguins (previously called Fairy Penguins).

Travel from Melbourne on the South Eastern Freeway (toll way) for appoximately 45 minutes. After you pass signs indicating Dandenong just keep going, a few kilometres straight on and you will see large green freeway signs clearly indicating a turn off from the left lane to Phillip Island. You are now on the start of the South Gippsland Highway which will take you all the way (another hour appoximately) to a large roundabout with very clear signs indicating "turn right at roundabout" to Phillip Island. From then on its straight ahead, through San Remo fishing village, over the bridge and you are on Phillip Island.

About a kilometre (appoximately 5 mins drive) onto the island, the Phillip Island Information Centre will appear on your left, just past a roundabout. Here you can buy tickets to the Penguin Parade, and the place is open till late in the evening, saving you the possibility of having to queue up at the actual Penguin Parade.

Get back on the road (its the only one!) and keep going straight, the way you were heading before. This is the Phillip Island Tourist Road, and you stay on it till you hit a 100km speed sign, not long after which a very obvious fork in the road appears. You want to turn left here, the signs clearly state to go left for the Penguin Parade. Now you're on Back Beach Road, follow it all the way to the end.

Ticket Prices and details

Phillip Island Nature Park is the semi-government body that manages on behalf of the community our world famous Penguin Parade, Koala Conservation Centre, Seal Rocks and Churchill Island.

Tickets to any of these locations do not need to be pre-purchased except in busy holiday periods such as over Christmas and New Year. Tickets are available for purchase from Phillip Island Information Centre which is about a kilometre (5 minute drive) on your left just after you cross over the bridge from San Remo onto Phillip Island.

Tickets can be also bought at each attraction. If you wish to pre-book a ticket by credit card, you can call the Penguin Parade, the central organising body for the Nature Park, on (03) 5951 2800 within Australia, or +613 5951 2800 from outside Australia. All enquiries are welcome!