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Cowes Visitor Information Centre - Cowes

Direct Phone Number : (03) 5951 3396
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Centrally located in Cowes, the Information Centre can provide you with maps, tickets for all major attractions and itinerary planning.

We also offer a free accommodation booking service - we can arrange your stay in motels, hotels, self contained holiday units, apartments, bed and breakfasts, farm stays, caravan parks whatever you need!

Just some of the attractions:

* View the Penguin Parade at dusk every day - ask about the fabulous new close viewing options.

* See Australia's largest Fur Seal colony from Point Grant and the Nobbies centre (can be viewed through telescope)

* Seal watching cruises operate at certain times of the year.

* Visit the Koala Conservation Centre

* Amble around historic Churchill Island - take a self guided tour through the homestead, watch the working horses or take a self guided scenic walk.

* Hand feed wallabies at Phillip Island Wildlife Park - and view a large variety of native animals.

* Take in the Island's racing history at the Grand Prix Circuit - and maybe a race or two - walking tours operate daily (not on event weekends) or take a hotlap!

* Walk through natural flora and fauna reserves such as Cape Woolamai, Rhyll Inlet, and Swan Lake Surf world class waves

* Watch the Pelican Feeding - San Remo Fisherman's Co-Op at 12 noon daily

* Take a ferry ride and tour to French Island

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