We took a quick trip down to Phillip island on Friday, it's about a one and a half hour drive from Melbourne. Years ago it was THE best place to see Koalas in the wild close to Melbourne but sadly numbers have really been depleted in the last decade due to dogs, cats and increased numbers of cars on the roads. Now you have to go to the Conservation park to see them. Which in a way is a shame but still its good to support the work of the Park (entry fee $10) and we saw about 4 females with quite large joeys. One female jumped to another tree over a mtere away with her big joey on her back - wow, that looked dangerous, but she made it. Another female placed her joey on a branch and shoo'ed it away, encouraging it to eat leaves on its own.
So VERDICT for Koala spotting - if you are going in that direction to see Penguins then by all means drop in, but for an experience where you can see so many more Koalas, in the wild, for free, the Great Ocean Road, the Otways Coast is definitely better.
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