Head out of Melbourne for the day and experience life on a real, working Australian farm. Experience a taste of the 'true-blue' Australian farming lifestyle at Warrook, a 300 acre working cattle farm situated one hour from Melbourne. See the historic homestead with its antique furniture, take a hayride, watch sheep dogs in action or try milking a cow. Afterwards, top off your day on the farm with an evening visit to Phillip Island to see the ever-popular Penguin Parade.
Highlights
- Spend time on a working cattle farm and see the little penguins on Phillip Island on this full-day tour from Melbourne
- Learn about life on a cattle station, help milk the cows and feed the baby farm animals
- See the little penguins emerge from the ocean to their dune burrows during the evening Penguin Parade
- Plenty of photo opportunities
- Informative and friendly guide
- Includes hotel pickup and drop off from centrally located Melbourne hotels
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Warrook Cattle and Sheep Farm, Koalas and Penguin Parade Day Tour from Melbourne
Useful Information
Warrook Cattle and Sheep Farm, Koalas and Penguin Parade Day Tour from Melbourne
Your of your Warrook Farm and Phillip Island Penguin Parade tour include:
During the summer months between October to March, the tour will stop in Cowes for dinner (at your own expense), followed by a drive to Nobbies and Seal Rock before heading to Penguin Parade.
Please click on "View Additional Info" for the hotel pickup list
- Experience genuine Australian country hospitality at Warrook Farm, a 'fair dinkum' cattle and sheep property " Feed the kangaroos, wombats and baby farm animals
- Watch the sheep dogs run through their paces as they muster sheep
- 'Click go the shears' during the interesting sheep shearing demonstration out in the shed or barn
- Lunch includes Red-gum smoked roast beef or marinated chicken with fresh seasonal local produce loaded with lots of secret Australian bush herbs...Yum
- Visit the Koala Conservation Centre and learn about these cuddly creatures
- Stroll along the elevated boardwalks to view koalas in their natural habitats
- View spectacular coastal scenery at Nobbies (summer only), two rocky outcrops abundant in marine life. From the walkway, you may catch a glimpse of Australia's largest population of fur seals
- Browse through the educational Phillip Island Visitors Information Centre
- Consider some optional up-close penguin packages
- Take your place in special viewing stands to watch the daily evening ritual of the wild Little Penguins
- Watch the Little Penguin parade at dusk, as they exit the surf and waddle to their nests
During the summer months between October to March, the tour will stop in Cowes for dinner (at your own expense), followed by a drive to Nobbies and Seal Rock before heading to Penguin Parade.
Please click on "View Additional Info" for the hotel pickup list
Recent Reviews of this Tour
Reviewed by Edmond Leung, Hong Kong, January 2009
Funny! We can experience to feed milk with Cattle and experience, how smart of 2 dogs to push sheep to come over. Excellent! For Penguin show, we can see how Penguin swimming back from the sea to their home. Wonderful!!
Reviewed by Anonymous, August 2008
My family members had a fantastic time on this tour. It is a good educational tour. Lots of hands-on experience. I would like to credit the bus tour guide, playing double roles and making the bus ride a pleasant one for the passengers. Thank you, we had a great time.
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