Phillip+Island

Phillip Island, is located in Western Port, is a place of natural beauty with sandy beaches, wetlands and unique wildlife.  Some main attractions are the Penguin parade, Maze ‘N’ Things, Phillip Island chocolate ** Factory, Philip Island Grand Prix circuit, Phillip Island Fish pipe. ** ** //Penny’s Amazing World of Chocolate // **** is a series of experiences, each dedicated to another facet of the story of chocolate. Visitors embark on a self guided exploration of the wonders that come from the humble cocoa bean. **   ** Philip Island Grand Prix circuit: **** Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a versatile venue. From grassy knolls, and idyllic vistas, to rolling hills and rugged coastline. All this is offered from Australia’s heart of action and racing. **  ** Phillip Island Fish pipe: Island Fish pipe - Australia's newest aqua attraction - surf, slide or run inside the world's first rotating barrel ride  **  ** 1805 Phillip Island Road, Cowes Vic 3922 is where A Maze ‘N’ Tings are located. ** **  The chocolate factory is located at 930 Phillip Island Tourist Rd Newhaven, Vic 3925. ** ** The penguin parade is at 1019 Ventnor road, Ventnor Vic 3922. ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Cowes Vic 3922 is where you can go flying around the Grand Prix circuit. ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You can find Australia’s newest water attraction at 83 Thompson Ave, Cowes, Vic. ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Weather from the 10/09/10 to the 16/09/10:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Penguin parade: Experience one of Australia's most popular attractions. Each night at sunset you'll be amazed by Little Penguins returning ashore after a day's fishing.  **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Maze ‘N’ Things: No visit to Phillip Island is complete without a magical trip to A Maze’N Things. It is a whole world of optical illusions, mazes and puzzles that will entertain intrigue and amuse adults and children for hours. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Phillip Island chocolate Factory: Here you will find educational, interactive, artistic & imaginative exhibits all based around the wonders of chocolate. **

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 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Friday ** ||   || ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Rain Showers. Morning Clouds. Cool. Breezy.  ** ||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10  **  ||||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">13  **  ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Saturday ** ||   || ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Morning Clouds. Cool. Breezy.  ** ||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9  **  ||||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">15  **  ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Sunday ** ||   || ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Morning Clouds. Mild. Breezy.  ** ||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9  **  ||||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">17  **  ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Monday ** ||   || ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Numerous Showers. Mostly Cloudy. Cool. Gusty.  ** ||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7  **  ||||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">15  **  ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Tuesday ** ||   || ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Showers Early. Morning Clouds. Cool. Gusty.  ** ||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7  **  ||||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">12  **  ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Wednesday ** ||   || ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Morning Clouds. Cool. Windy.  ** ||||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">13  **  ||   ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Thursday ** ||   || ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Mostly Sunny. Cool. Breezy.  ** ||||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1  **  ||   ||

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">History. For thousands of years Phillip Island has been roamed by the Bunurong people. The Bunurong people called the island “Beang Gurt” and are thought to have been there for over 40,000 years ago. This is when Phillip Island was still connected to Australia. ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">At one time known as Grant Island, after Captain James Grant, the island was eventually renamed after Sir Arthur Phillip, Governor of the First Fleet which sailed from England to Australia in 1788. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The area was visited soon after by the British ship the Lady Nelson under Lt. Grant & Lt. Murray (1801), and in 1802, Westernport bay was visited by a French scientific expedition commanded by Captain Nicholas Baudin in Le Geographe. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The French were again undertaking exploration in the area in 1826, and in response to this perceived threat, Governor Sir Arthur Phillip sent a small group of soldiers and convicts to Western Port to secure formal possession of Western Port for England. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The settlement was abandoned in 1828 and sealers periodically used the area until the 1840s when most of the hunters left the area having reduced the seal numbers to uneconomic levels. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">It wasn't until 1842 that two enterprising Scottish brothers, William and John McHaffie, the first permanent settlers, took up residence with a pastoral lease that covered the entire island. For ten pounds they took out a Pre-emptive Right Lease to occupy "Waste Lands of the Crown known as Phillip Island". <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Gradually farmers returned to the island and by the 1870's more than a one hundred <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The local roads became the home of the first Australian Grand Prix for cars in 1928 and later the place where the Armstrong 500, the forerunner to today's famous **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Bathurst 1000 ** was held. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Today the island's economy is largely based on the tourism industry. Some 72% of all dwellings are holiday homes and about 60% of island's area is farmland, largely devoted to the grazing of sheep & cattle. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">With 97km of coastline and a population of around 7,500, the island receives approximately 3.5 million visitors annually, about half of which come to see the nightly spectacle of the [|Penguin Parade], which is many Little Penguins crossing the sand at Summerland Beach. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">To protect the Island's natural wonders and wildlife, the **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Phillip Island Nature Park ** was formed in the late 1990's. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Animals.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> Phillip Island was discovered by George Bass, in January 1798. He entered Westernport Bay on a journey south from Sydney in a nine metre flat bottomed whale boat. **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> He later returned with Matthew Flinders, landing at Rhyll, and named the island "Snapper Island". A memorial to this landing is maintained near the pier at Rhyll.

** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Penguins profile:  ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Height: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> 16 inches tall, this is 41 cm.  ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Weight: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> 2.2 pounds which is 1 kg.  ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Food: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">fish, squid, krill and small crustaceans. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Fact: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> The fairy penguin is the smallest kind of penguin. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Habitat: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> They dig burrows as nests. ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Pelican’s profile: Type: Bird. ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Diet: Carnivores. ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> Average Life Span: 10-25 years. ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Size: Body, 5.8 foot (1.8M), Wingspan, 10 foot (3M). ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Weight: 30LB’s (13KG). ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Owl’s profile: ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Type: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Bird  ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Diet: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Carnivore ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Average life span in the wild: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 9.5 years ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Size: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Body, 20 to 28 in (52 to 71 cm); wingspan, 4.2 to 4.8 ft (1.3m) ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Weight: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 3.5 to 6.5 lbs (1.6 to 3KG) ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Bats profile:  ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Type: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Mammal ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Diet: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Carnivore ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Average life span in the wild: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> About 9 years ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Size: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Body, 3.5 in (9 cm); wingspan, 7 in (18 cm) ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Weight: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 2 oz (57 g) (Varies; can double in one feeding.) ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Group name: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Colony ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Kangaroo’s profile: ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Type: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Mammal ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Diet: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Herbivore ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Average life span in the wild: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Up to 23 years ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Size: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Head and body, 3.25 to 5.25 ft (1 to 1.6 m); tail, 35.5 to 43.5 in (90 to 110 cm) ** **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Weight: **** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> 200 lbs (90 kg) ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * > 1. || Head **southwest** on **McIvor Hwy** toward **Mundy St** ||> 1.5 km ||
 * > 2. || Continue onto **Calder Hwy** ||> 22.0 km ||
 * > 3. || Slight **left** to stay on **Calder Hwy** ||> 11.5 km ||
 * > 4. || Turn **left** to stay on **Calder Hwy** ||> 8.1 km ||
 * > 5. || Sharp **right** onto the ramp to **Pyrenees Hwy** ||> 180 m ||
 * > 6. || Turn **right** at **Pyrenees Hwy** ||> 850 m ||
 * > 7. || Turn **right** to merge onto **Calder Fwy** ||> 95.9 km ||
 * > 8. || Merge onto **Tullamarine Fwy** ||> 1.9 km ||
 * > 9. || Continue onto **Citylink**Partial toll road ||> 10.8 km ||
 * > 10. || Take the exit onto **West Gate Fwy** ||> 3.1 km ||
 * > 11. || Continue onto **Burnley Tunl** ||> 3.7 km ||
 * > 12. || Slight **right** at **Citylink**Partial toll road ||> 3.7 km ||
 * > 13. || Continue onto **Monash Fwy** ||> 34.3 km ||
 * > 14. || Continue onto **Princes Fwy** ||> 16.7 km ||
 * > 15. || Take the exit ||> 600 m ||
 * > 16. || At the roundabout, take the **3rd** exit onto **Koo Wee Rup Rd**Go through 1 roundabout ||> 12.4 km ||
 * > 17. || Continue onto **Healesville Koo Wee Rup Rd/ Station Rd**Continue to follow Station Rd ||> 1.1 km ||
 * > 18. || Turn **right** at **Rossiter Rd** ||> 270 m ||
 * > 19. || Take the 2nd **left** onto **Sybella Ave** ||> 1.8 km ||
 * > 20. || Take the 3rd **left** onto **South Gippsland Hwy** ||> 10.7 km ||
 * > 21. || Continue onto **Bass Hwy** ||> 30.7 km ||
 * > 22. || At the roundabout, take the **3rd** exit onto **Phillip Island Rd** ||> 16.4 km ||
 * > 23. || Continue onto **Back Beach Rd** ||> 6.4 km ||
 * > 24. || Turn **right** at **Berrys Beach Rd** ||> 800 m ||
 * > 25. || Take the 1st **right** onto **Troutman Rd**Destination will be on the right ||

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Night Time Activities
Campout Adventure Our secluded campout area is situated in the tea, only 100 meters from the main camp. Students learn how to set up tents, best environmental practises for camping, and campfire safety. Possum Prowl Campers are given an opportunity to discover the Ringtail Possums and other nocturnal animals that reside in the Tea-Tree scrub surrounding the camp. The 30-minute walk is marked with numbered reflectors on certain trees and teachers/leaders are provided with a correlating information sheet and shown the track in daylight hours. Night Vision Activity Students learn about the function of their eyes at night. Each student is given colour sample cards. Students must try and work out the colour of their cards. This is a great activity to follow on from the Possum Prowl, or perhaps as a lead up to an astronomy session. Trivia Night/Quiz This trivia night is set up to run for approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. It consists of eight rounds, each containing eight questions. In between rounds teams compete in fun interactive games to earn more points for their team. Campfire A campfire may be lit in the designated campfire area. Campfire activities include: sing-a-longs, toasting marshmallows, telling stories, and stargasing. Concert The Recreation Hall can be set up for the very popular camp concert on the last night. Disco/Dancing The Recreation Hall is an ideal venue for a camp disco/dance. Phillip Island Nature Parks At an additional cost, students can visit the Phillip Island Penguin Parade, Koala Conservation Park or Churchill Island. Ranger guided tours and talks are available upon request. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Bibliography: ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> []  ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> [|http://www.visitphillipisland.com.au]  ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> [|http://animals.nationalgeographic.com.au]  ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">[|http://www.weather.com.au] ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">http://www.gowest.com.au  **