Penguin Island is a magnet for nature lovers and is home to the largest colony of Little Penguins (also known as Fairy Penguins). The trail starts at the Penguin Experience Island Discovery Centre and allows walkers to experience close encounters with the flora and fauna.

Take the booklet Discovering Penguin Island and the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park on your walk with you.  It features a mud map and other information to help you discover and learn about the plants and animals of the island.  It’s available from the Discovery Centre and proceeds go back into management of the island.

Commentaries and feeding of the little penguins in the Discovery Center occurs at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm.  A wheelchair accessible boardwalk provides access between the jetty, picnic area, toilets, the Discovery Centre and to the northern lookout.

Whilst on the island, you can snorkel, surf, swim, windsurf and have a picnic – however, it’s important to stick to the walk trails and demarcated beaches only as the island is a bird sanctuary.

The island is only open during the day and the the ferry operates from mid-September to early June departing hourly between 9.00am and 3.00pm and returning at your leisure, hourly between 10.00am and 4.00pm.

To access Penguin Island, drive or take the train to Rockingham.  Rockingham Wild Encounters operate the only ferry that leaves from here for the five minute ferry ride to the island. Phone +61 (0)8 9591 1333 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).