[Melbourne train penguin day tour] Steam train + Koala Zoo + Penguin Homecoming

10:30

Depart from the city to Mount Dandenong, travel through the verdant Dandenong Mountains, experience Australia's natural ecology, and head to the century-old steam train (delayed by about 2 hours during summer time)

12:45

The first stop of the trip is the Puffin Billy Steam Train. The Puffin Billy Steam Train is one of the oldest steam trains in Australia, located 42 kilometers east of Melbourne.

14:00

Drive to Maru Wildlife Park to see kangaroos, koalas, emus and other Australian animals. Here, you can feed kangaroos and parrots, watch koalas in real life, and see the endangered Tasmanian devil to truly understand Australian animals. (About 40 minutes)

15:30

Then head to the center of Nobbies Point, where you will have the opportunity to see the seal colony. (About 30 minutes)

17:10

The last stop of the trip is watching the penguins returning to their nests. Penguin Island is famous for its fairy penguins. On the Summerland Beach in the southwest of the island, there live many of the world's smallest fairy penguins, about 30 cm tall. There are now more than 30,000 penguins living on Phillip Island. Every year, many tourists from all over the world come to the viewing platform and observation path of Phillip Island Nature Park to watch the penguin parade. In order to protect the penguin habitat, the nature park can only accommodate 500,000 visitors each year. Penguin Island Nature Reserve is currently the world's largest wild penguin protection base. Here, a large number of wildlife experts are engaged in penguin research and protection. (About 45 minutes)

21:30

Return to Melbourne city (around 23:30 DST)