Puffing Billy with Penguin Parade Tour
Departs from Melbourne Daily - Minimum Numbers are needed to run this tour
For urgent bookings during the weekend or within 24 hours, call us on +61 8 9221 2400.
- Adult: AUD $237
- Child: AUD $118.50
- Departs: 8:10 am
- Returns: Melbourne at appx. 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm (depending on the season)
Rainforests, colourful birds, quaint villages in the hills and a ride on an old steam train affectionately called 'Puffing Billy' makes up your morning with Gray Line. Enjoy an Aussie style Bush Billy Tea with our compliments in the Dandenong Ranges National Park and spend time in beautiful Sassafras known for its local craft and antiques. In the afternoon, re-join the coach for your native wildlife experience of spotting koalas in their natural habitat at Koala Conservation Centre and seeing the Penguin Parade at sunset on Summerland Beach at Phillip Island.
Highlights of this tour
Morning - Tour 322
- Tour departs Federation Square at 8.10am
- Travel through the Dandenong Ranges National Park with its towering mountain ash forest, traditional gardens and home to the lyrebird
- Visit Sherbrooke Forest - heart of the Dandenongs; tall eucalypts, kookaburras and bellbirds
- See colourful Crimson Rosellas and King Parrots (opportunity to hand feed) at Grant's Picnic Ground
- Enjoy morning tea Aussie style with a Bush Billy tea and the chance to sample some Aussie food favourites - lamingtons, Vegemite and crackers
- Ride through the forest from Belgrave to Menzies Creek, the most scenic section of the original steam locomotive's journey
- Pass numerous quaint villages noted for their cafes, craft shops and beautiful gardens
- Stop and explore Sassafras, home to a range of local crafts and antiques
- Tour returns to Federation Square at 1.00pm approx.
Afternoon - Tour 384
- Tour departs Federation Square at 1.15pm
- Visit Warrook Homestead for afternoon tea (own expense)
- Get up close to kangaroos with the opportunity to feed (own expense)
- Admire the resident koalas
- Panoramic views of Western Port and French Island
- San Remo - maritime fishing village
- Look for birdlife at the island wetlands (seasonal)
- Phillip Island Nature Park - a natural home for koalas, seals, shearwaters and Little Penguins
- Koala Conservation Centre - look for koalas in their natural habitat from tree top boardwalks
- The Nobbies - a rugged rocky outcrop with an excellent boardwalk where you may spot Little Penguins' homes (shoulder/summer months)
- Witness the Penguin Parade on floodlit Summerland Beach from the general viewing area
- See penguin rookeries from an elevated boardwalk
- Inspect the Visitors Centre - an opportunity to learn about the life of the Little Penguin
- A dinner stop will be made before or after the Penguin Parade (dependent on season and at own expense)