Australia

The western end of Phillip Island holds two of the island's top attractions, the Nobbies and the Penguin Parade, which can be connected by an oceanfront stroll through a scenic reserve on the southern coast of Phillip Island. This walk is not actually along a trail, but on a gravel road that can be used by hikers, bikers, and drivers. Why go for a hike on a road you could drive on? ...Read more.

In the morning and early afternoon, Summerlands Beach is a low-key place to visit, with a surf break and lots of sand for building castles or having a picnic. In the evening, the beach transforms as visitors gather to watch the Penguin Parade, a nightly return of thousands of little penguins that commute up the beach to burrows in the surrounding bluffs. ...Read more.

Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia has a lot to offer its visitors, like beautiful coastlines and the internationally-heralded Penguin Parade. Point Grant, the western tip of Phillip Island is just a few kilometers past the Penguin Parade facilities at Summerlands Beach and home to a seal colony, dramatic sea bluffs, and panoramic ocean views. Point Grant is better known as the Nobbies, a name that comes either from the domes at the end of the point or from areas of cobblestone rocks that can poke out of the water like knobs when the tide is at the right level. ...Read more.

Pyramid Rock is a triangle-shaped rock island just off the southern coast of Phillip Island, a popular destination in Victoria, Australia made famous by the Penguin Parade. A short 800 meter (0.5 miles) round trip return walk travels out onto a grassy point approaching Pyramid Rock. Overlooks at the midway point and the end of this short trail allow hikers to take in coastal views that extend to both ends of the 26-kilometer long island, from Cape Woolamai to the east to Point Grant to the west. ...Read more.

Wilsons Promontory is the southernmost point on Mainland Australia and it stands out in other ways too, with coastal beauty that's hard to beat. See what the Prom has to offer on this day hike across a boulder-strewn point between bays of clear turquoise water with pale sand beaches. There are ocean and mountain views to enjoy at every turn of this walk as it takes you from the park's main hub at Tidal River to the south end of Norman Beach and then across Norman Point to Little Oberon Bay. ...Read more.