Warrook Cattle Farm, Koalas and Penguin Parade Day Tour from Melbourne
Price: From 119.2 US$, per person
Duration: 12.5 - 13.5 hours
A must-do tour from Melbourne for animal lovers. 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 try milking a cow! Then it's off to the famous Penguin Parade to see the little penguins of Philip Island come home after a hard day out!

Head out of Melbourne for the day to experience life on a real, working Australian farm. Cattle, lambs, kangaroos and homestead country cooking plus; Warrook is a classic family-owned station property running over 150 head of cattle and over 900 lambs. You'll enjoy an insider's look at typical station life and all the daily action. Top this outdoor day from Melbourne with an evening visit to Phillip Island to see the ever-popular Penguin Parade.

Your of your Warrook Farm and Phillip Island Penguin Parade tour include:

• 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