Tranquil Churchill Island Heritage Farm is one of Victoria and Phillip Island's hidden secrets. After Penguin Parade and Koala Conservation Centre, this is the third and final activity managed by Phillip Island Nature Parks that we visited. The farm is located on Churchill Island easily accessible by car from Phillip Island. The natural beauty of the place is worth the visit. Once at the farm, you can not miss the impressive Highland cattle and Clydesdale horses. Do not tell anyone, but when we wandered through the kitchen garden of the farm, the temptation of the strawberry patch and tamarillo tree was too hard to resist!

iPhoneography Oz was a guest of Phillip Island Nature Parks.

The Koala Conservation Centre is, along with Penguin Parade and Churchill Island Heritage Farm, one of the three attractions managed by Phillip Island Nature Parks. The experience is different from traditional zoos since the animals are not confined in pens. This allows visitors to get closer to them in their natural habitat. The centre is also home to a host of Australian wildlife such as possums and wallabies, the latter having lost all sense of fear, to the delight of photographers!

iPhoneography Oz was a guest of Phillip Island Nature Parks.

Phillip Island Nature Parks is a not-for-profit organisation that manages four tourist activities on Phillip Island: Penguin Parade, Koala Conservation Centre, Churchill Island Heritage Farm and The Nobbies Centre. We experienced the first three. Moreover, it is cheaper to buy a 3 Parks Pass (The Nobbies Centre is free).
The Penguin Parade is an amazing natural phenomenon that occurs every night at sunset. On this occasion more than a thousand wild little penguins emerge from the ocean, march across the beach to reach their sand dune burrows. Penguin Parade is obviously the best place in the world to experience this event. A must see! As for the Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, note that it is possible to adopt a penguin from the Penguin Foundation Phillip Island supported by none other than Kylie Minogue, David Suzuki and Michael Klim.

Photo: Phillip Island Nature Parks

iPhoneography Oz was a guest of Phillip Island Nature Parks.

Phillip Island is an island located south of Melbourne where nature has preserved its rights. There is not much to do and that is why we love it! This is a great place to admire the local wildlife, such as little penguins (as cute as seen in March of the Penguins), wallabies, sea lions and... Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner and friends. In fact the Island is also home to Phillip Island Circuit, host of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.