Warrook Cattle and Sheep Farm, Koalas and Penguin Parade Day Tour from Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

Head out of Melbourne for the day and experience life on a real, working Australian farm. Experience a taste of the 'true-blue' Australian farming lifestyle at Warrook, a 300 acre working cattle farm situated one hour from Melbourne. See the historic homestead with its antique furniture, take a hayride, watch sheep dogs in action or try milking a cow. Afterwards, top off your day on the farm with an evening visit to Phillip Island to see the ever-popular Penguin Parade.

Your of your Warrook Farm and Phillip Island Penguin Parade tour include:

• Experience genuine Australian country hospitality at Warrook Farm, a 'fair dinkum' cattle and sheep property " Feed the kangaroos, wombats and baby farm animals
• Watch the sheep dogs run through their paces as they muster sheep
• 'Click go the shears' during the interesting sheep shearing demonstration out in the shed or barn
• Lunch includes Red-gum smoked roast beef or marinated chicken with fresh seasonal local produce loaded with lots of secret Australian bush herbs...Yum
• Visit the Koala Conservation Centre and learn about these cuddly creatures
• Stroll along the elevated boardwalks to view koalas in their natural habitats
• View spectacular coastal scenery at Nobbies (summer only), two rocky outcrops abundant in marine life. From the walkway, you may catch a glimpse of Australia's largest population of fur seals
• Browse through the educational Phillip Island Visitors Information Centre
• Consider some optional up-close penguin packages
• Take your place in special viewing stands to watch the daily evening ritual of the wild Little Penguins
• Watch the Little Penguin parade at dusk, as they exit the surf and waddle to their nests

Please note:
During the summer months between October to March, the tour will stop in Cowes for dinner (at your own expense), followed by a drive to Nobbies and Seal Rock before heading to Penguin Parade.

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USD $158.23

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Diane C, Australia	January 2010
Great door. The farm visit was excellent - we had three and a half hours there which was just a bit too long - three hours would have been perfect. The milking and shearing demonstrations were good. Another bus took us to Phillip Island and this part of the trip was a little rushed. We enjoyed the day.

Review by: Anonymous, Thailand	November 2009
The highlight of this tour is to see Penguin Parade, the rest is just "ok."

Review by: Connie L, United States of America	June 2009
This was a great trip for the short amount of time that we had.

Review by: Anonymous, Malaysia	March 2009
If you want to cram everything in one day, this is a tour for you.

Review by: Leung Y, Hong Kong	January 2009
Funny! We can experience to feed milk with Cattle and experience, how smart of 2 dogs to push sheep to come over. Excellent! For Penguin show, we can see how Penguin swimming back from the sea to their home. Wonderful!!

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	November 2008
Everything was fantastic but a bit disappointed in the Koalas as no guided tour. Loved Warrook and the penguins.

Review by: Thomas R, United States of America	November 2008
The lunch was inedible. I would recommend you not offering that option and telling people to bring a Subway sandwich or something else. Absolutely awful. Also too long a trip.

Review by: Selina S, Singapore	October 2008
Loved everything about the whole trip. Get to see lots of things within a day. Impressive tour guide/driver.

Review by: Jek Leng T	October 2008
Loved everything about the whole trip. Get to see lots of things within a day. Impressive tour guide/driver.

Review by: Anonymous, Singapore	July 2008
My family members had a fantastic time on this tour. It is a good educational tour. Lots of hands-on experience. I would like to credit the bus tour guide, playing double roles and making the bus ride a pleasant one for the passengers. Thank you, we had a great time.

Review by: Derek S, Australia	May 2007
The trip was well worth the time. The bus drivers were very informative and made the journey there a lot less boring. We had a fabulous time and our daughter enjoyed it greatly. Definitely one of the highlights of our trip to Melbourne!