Melbourne: Puffing Billy Railway & Penguin Parade Day Tour

Great trip out, a lot of driving but plenty of stops to break it up and Daniel kept us to time so we didn’t miss the amazing sunset. Puffing Billy was great, get on the platform side if you can for best views. Penguins were little disappointing as not many came ashore when we were there. One thing not on the itinerary was a stop at a wildlife park, cost a little extra but got to get up close to lots of animals and well worth it.

Recommend this tour a 100%, Daniel our guide was very good he was guiding us and giving us interesting facts about each fact and about Melbourne. Definitely should book through them.

The tour was called for 10am, but my immediate notification from the tour operator Vast told me, due to the time of year (and the penguins) pick up would be at noon. Fabulous communication right off the bat! Daniel, our guide, showed up promptly and gave us a run down of the schedule of the day. He also gave us some interesting history. We arrived at the Puffing Billy train in plenty of time to absorb the ambiance. So much fun on the train. The scenery was amazing, and dangling your legs out of the train made me feel like a kid! Daniel awaited us at the end of the line and off we went to the (optional) koala park was perfect timing for refreshments (we had been to the Australia Zoo earlier, so we opted out), Off to the town of Cowes where we ate dinner then on to Nobbies, filled with tons of wild wallabies, then to Phillip Island and the penguin parade. What a perfect day, that was made even better with a small group and our amazing guide and driver Daniel. You MUST do this tour!