{"id":4453,"date":"2013-04-15T13:43:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T04:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/?p=4453"},"modified":"2013-04-15T13:43:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T04:43:53","slug":"phillip-island-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/?p=4453","title":{"rendered":"Phillip Island (Part 1.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phillip Island is a popular tourist destination in Victoria and for good reason too! Located about a 90minute drive southeast of Melbourne; the island is famous for it&#8217;s breathtaking sights and native wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Phillip Island is most famous for its penguin parade but few people realize that it&#8217;s also home to the largest fur seal colony in Australia. The island also houses koala reserves and bird habitats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2472.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4454\" alt=\"IMG_2472\" src=\"http:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2472-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The scenery on the drive to Phillip Island.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4455\" alt=\"IMG_2480\" src=\"http:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2480-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another scenic shot.<\/p>\n<p>For sea lovers, the most magnificent sight would have to be the island&#8217;s coastline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2502.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4456\" alt=\"IMG_2502\" src=\"http:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2502-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My\u00a0family with the vivid blue sea behind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2496.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4457\" alt=\"IMG_2496\" src=\"http:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_2496-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a beautiful boardwalk from which you can view the dramatic coastline.<\/p>\n<p>Phillip Island is an inhabited island, in fact there are 10,000 permanent residents. It is also a popular place to have a holiday house (second home). There is also a chocolate factory on the island which runs tours for about $15 pp and has a wonderful adjoining cafe. The cafe serves the most delicious scones with jam and cream. I thoroughly recommend them \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phillip Island is a popular tourist destination in Victoria and for good reason too! Located about a 90minute  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4458,"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4453\/revisions\/4458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotokangaroo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}