Phillip Island
An island about 125 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, named after Governor Arthur Phillip by the explorer George Bass in 1798. At dusk little penguins come ashore in their hundreds at Summerland Beach, and the island also has a motorcycle Grand Prix circuit.
- Where
- Cowes, Victoria, Australia
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -38.4908, 145.2409
Get the Phillip Island stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Phillip Island. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Victoria volume with your photos and a note.
Near Phillip Island
Puffing Billy Railway 66 km
A narrow gauge steam railway through the forested foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, one of the Victorian Railways' early 20th century lines. Passengers famously sit with their legs dangling out of the open carriage windows as it climbs over a timber trestle bridge.
St Kilda Pier 74 km
A 300 metre pier reaching into Port Phillip Bay from the St Kilda foreshore, joined to a stone breakwater. A colony of little penguins lives among the breakwater rocks, and the walk to the old pavilion kiosk at the end looks back to the city towers.
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne 77 km
Botanic gardens beside the Yarra, just south of the city centre, with sweeping lawns, lakes and plant collections from around the world. They are the Melbourne half of Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, whose second site at Cranbourne is devoted to Australian plants.
Dandenong Ranges National Park 77 km
Tall mountain ash forest and fern gullies about 35 kilometres east of Melbourne. Its best known track is the 1000 Steps walk from Ferntree Gully, a steep climb on stone stairs that also serves as a memorial to the Kokoda Track.
Shrine of Remembrance 77 km
A war memorial in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road, built to honour Victorians who served in the First World War and now remembering all Australians who have served. At 11 o'clock on 11 November a ray of sunlight falls through the roof onto the word Love on the Stone of Remembrance.
Melbourne Cricket Ground 78 km
The largest stadium in Australia, in Yarra Park, established by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 1853. It is the home of Test cricket's Boxing Day match and the AFL Grand Final, and it was the main stadium of the 1956 Olympics.
National Gallery of Victoria 78 km
Australia's oldest and most visited art museum, founded in 1861 and housed on St Kilda Road behind a wall of running water. Inside, the Great Hall has a ceiling of stained glass that visitors lie on the floor to look up at.
Eureka Tower 78 km
A 297 metre residential tower in Southbank, completed in 2006, its top floors capped with gold-plated glass. The Skydeck near the summit looks out over the whole city, and a glass box slides out from the building over the street below.
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Questions
Where is Phillip Island?
Phillip Island is in Cowes, Victoria, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Puffing Billy Railway (66 km), St Kilda Pier (74 km), Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (77 km).
How do I get the Phillip Island stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Phillip Island and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Victoria volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Phillip Island before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Victoria volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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