Penguin Island is located just a 5 minute ferry ride off the coast of Rockingham, 45 minutes south of Perth. Visitors can enjoy activities like penguin and sea lion cruises, dolphin spotting tours, swimming, picnicking, and relaxing on the beautiful white sand beaches. The brochure provides facts about the native wildlife including bottlenose dolphins that can swim 35 km/hr, little penguins that are the smallest penguin species and nest along the Australian coast, and the impact of introduced predators on penguin colonies.
2. Location
âą Located just a 5 minute ferry ride off
the coast of Rockingham (45
minutes south of Perth), you will feel
miles away as you enjoy perfect
white sandy beaches and the crystal
clear waters of the Shoalwater
Islands Marine Park.
3. Activities
âą Penguin Feeding at the Discovery Centre
The Penguin & Sea Lion Cruise
See the dolphins on the Shoalwater Safari Cruise
âą
Explore!
Take a swim
âą Bird watching
Have a picnic!
Water sports
Take in a bit of history!
âą Just relax and enjoy the rides!
4. BIG HUGE FACTS!!!!!!!
âą Bottlenose dolphins are sleek and streamlined and
can travel at speeds of up to 35 kilometres per
hour. They have a prominent dorsal fin, which can
be seen slicing through the water.
âą Natural predators include killer whales and sharks
such as tiger sharks and dusky sharks.
âą Bottlenose dolphins eat around 15 kilograms of
food per day consisting of a wide variety of fish,
squid and octopuses.
5. BIG HUGE FACTS 2 !!!!
âą The little penguin is the smallest of the 17 penguin
species and is the only one that nests along
Australia's mainland coast.
âą Little penguins are a bluish-grey colour, with a
white underside and throat. They have a black bill,
pale pink feet and silvery-grey eyes. The males are
slightly bigger than the females, and have a deeper
bill and a larger head.
âą Predation by introduced animals such as foxes, dogs and cats
has had a severe impact on birds nesting on the mainland and
colonies are now largely confined to offshore islands.
