{"id":4107,"date":"2008-12-01T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlife-travel.com\/phillip-island-in-australien-ein-ort-nicht-nur-fuer-pinguinbeobachter\/"},"modified":"2020-04-16T13:14:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:14:58","slug":"phillip-island-in-australia-a-place-not-only-for-penguin-observers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlife-travel.com\/en\/phillip-island-in-australia-a-place-not-only-for-penguin-observers\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillip Island in Australia – A place not only for penguin-observers"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a nice but also kind of exhausting week in the city of Melbourne, my next stop was Phillip Island in Australia. Why? I wanted to observe wild penguins. When I told about my intentions in a Melbourne hostel travelling 3 days to Phillip Island all travelers just shook their heads and commented on my plan: \u201cWhat do you want on Phillip Island for such a long time?\u201d and \u201cThere is nothing to see, except the penguins!\u201d. However, I was convinced that Phillip Island is a very special place on earth. In retrospect I can say that I was right – at least it was right for me. I was just not interested joining a one-day-tour from Melbourne. Sometimes I participated on organized tours in Australia, but other times I just wanted to explore places on my own. I like both, but on Phillip Island I wanted to stay for more than just one day.<\/p>\n

On Phillip Island I was not only impressed by the fauna, but also by the hospitality of Australians. In the little bus to the peninsula I got into conversation with an elderly couple \u2013 Max and Mary. They were so delighted about my plan to visit their beautiful home on my own. Therefore, they invited me for the next day for dinner. Furthermore, Max wanted to show me the wallabies of Phillip Island. Their warm welcome was indeed very special to me.<\/p>\n

However, after arriving in Cowes, first I went to the hostel. And there again I experienced the sympathetic and honest hospitality of Australians. I actually booked a bed in a dorm. However, as the people from the hostel didn\u2019t want to put me in the same room together with a group of Italians who came to Australia for the World Youth Day, the staff of the hostel gave me a small wood cottage for me alone. Wow. Only on the third day a nice American shared the cottage with me.<\/p>\n

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