Phillip Island Koala Conservation Centre

The Phillip Island Koala Conservation Centre and Woodland is a place for the preservation and the enjoyable company, of the koala. Koalas are those lovable fuzzy animals that are like real life teddy bears.

The Koala Conservation Centre can be found on Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia, just 140 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. The Centre is a part of Phillip Island Nature Park. It is a place that presents visitors the opportunity to get up close and personal with wild koalas, and at the same time, it is a reserve that promotes awareness of and protects these popular and cute Australian mascots.

Visitors can stroll along the paths through the natural bush land to get a first hand experience of the koalas in their natural habitat. The place is a quiet and serene environment especially designed for and dedicated to the enjoyment of the koalas. People can even be on top of the treetop boardwalks, these are elevated wooden structures, so that they can get real close to koalas right in their homes, on top of trees.

The Phillip Island Nature Park Koala Conservation Centre provides an excellent chance to observe the cuddly lovable creatures. Visitors can enjoy a relaxed pace as the koalas also indulge in their slacker and seemingly lazy worry-free lifestyle. People can watch them at close range while they pick and nibble on leaves and sleep on branches of trees. People can observe them hassle free as koalas do these two main activities of their existence hour after hour and all day and all night long.

Koalas are extremely slow and passive that when they are caught in full view, very clear opportunities and poses for photographs are up for viewers' grabs. Yes, even a technologically-challenged primitive camera can get decent animal shots.

The Koala Conservation Centre is open daily all year round from 10am to 5pm. A specially designed enclosure that is environmentally and koala friendly complete with boardwalks crossing among the tree tops will allow visitors to view koalas in their domain. Koalas are asleep for almost 21 hours a day so any time of the day is just right for a close up and personal experience with these wild yet gentle Eucalyptus-loving creatures.

The Koala Conservation Centre also provides a good chance to enjoy the colorful and fantastic birdlife and an authentic Australian atmosphere aside from the experience of being with koalas.

The Centre is religiously devoted to koala research, survey, care and conservation that every visit to the park is a great help to continuing the camaraderie with the koalas.

Aside from experiencing getting close to these creatures that look so huggable, visitors can also learn more about the fascinating life of a koala in the Visitor Centre. They can also take a ride or walk to Oswin Roberts Woodland or Rhyll Inlet. For souvenir items and koala themed gift ideas, the Koala Shop sells various merchandise.

If visitors want even more animals, they can extend their visit to the nearby Phillip Island Wildlife Park. This place looks like a free-range zoo with kangaroos, wombats, emus, deer and other animals that are popular and can be found in Australia.