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Phillip Island Cruise Port

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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

In port at Phillip Island, the bucket-list move is Penguin Parade: Underground Viewing — Front-Row at Dusk. Below: 4 bucket-list things to do on a Phillip Island port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Penguin Parade: Underground Viewing — Front-Row at Dusk
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Penguin Parade: Underground Viewing — Front-Row at Dusk

Descend into Phillip Island's exclusive underground bunker and watch hundreds of Little Penguins waddle ashore at eye level, just metres away. This is the island's most intimate, limited-capacity wildlife encounter — utterly bucket-list.

Book it From Phillip Island: Wine and Wildlife Tour with Penguin Parade AUD 170 per person (about $123)
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Posh Penguins: Exclusive Private Full-Day Island Tour
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Posh Penguins: Exclusive Private Full-Day Island Tour

Phillip Island's only dedicated private-tour specialist whisks your group — and nobody else — through the island's greatest hits: wildlife, coastal drama, and the Penguin Parade. Completely bespoke, completely yours.

Book it Phillip Island Surfing, Go Karting, Wildlife & Penguins… AUD 400 per person (about $290)
Run by Posh Penguins · 5.00 from 5 reviews
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Wildlife Coast Cruises: Seal Rocks Colony Expedition
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Wildlife Coast Cruises: Seal Rocks Colony Expedition

Board a purpose-built vessel and come face-to-face with one of the largest fur seal colonies in the Southern Hemisphere — over 20,000 animals basking on Seal Rocks. Raw, wild, utterly spectacular.

Book it Philip Island: Seal Watching Cruise $83 per person
Run by Wildlife Coast Cruises - Cowes · 4.70 from 1,100 reviews
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Pioneer Kayaking: Cape Woolamai Sea Kayak Expedition
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Pioneer Kayaking: Cape Woolamai Sea Kayak Expedition

Paddle sea caves, pink granite cliffs, and hidden coves at Cape Woolamai — Phillip Island's wildest, most photogenic headland — with Phillip Island's own expert kayaking outfitter. A genuinely off-the-beaten-track perspective.

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Island Helicopters: Panoramic Phillip Island Scenic Flight
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Island Helicopters: Panoramic Phillip Island Scenic Flight

Soar above Phillip Island's entire coastline — the Penguin Parade beach, Seal Rocks, Cape Woolamai, and the sweeping Bass Strait — in a private helicopter. The island from above is a revelation.

Book it Phillip Island Seal-Watching Cruise AUD 115 per person (about $83)
Run by Island Helicopters · 4.80 from 379 reviews
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Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit: Guided Insider Track Tour
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Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit: Guided Insider Track Tour

Walk the pit lane, stand on the start-finish straight, and explore the home of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix with an expert guide at one of the world's great racing venues. A must for motorsport devotees.

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