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Island Hopper, Issue #075,, Winter on Phillip Island June 18, 2025 |
June 2025: Issue #075 Hello, Welcome to Island Hopper! I hope you will discover lots about Phillip Island and the surrounding area.
Island Whale FestivalThe Island Whale Festival returns to celebrate the annual whale migration from the Antarctic.Running from Friday July 11 until Sunday July 13, the festival hub is at Berninneit, 91-97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes. There are some events at other Phillip Island locations so check the program for details. Included in the festival are inter-active activities, workshops, talks, film, and art and craft shows. An amazing Immersive Room features footage of marine creatures found in Phillip Island waters. And go snorkelling via virtual reality! Discover how to spot whales from the shore and how scientists track and identify individual dolphins. Buy an Experience Hub Pass which covers most hub events. Some events require a separate ticket purchase.
For up-to-date whale spotting information, an option is to join Facebook’s Phillip Island Whale Watchers. In this group, members notify sightings of whales and dolphins around the Phillip Island coast. Good whale spotting!
Whale Watching at Pyramid RockPhillip Island Festival of StoriesThe Phillip Island Festival of Stories will be held at Berninneit, Thompson Avenue, from July 25 to 27.The festival starts on Friday night with a screening of The Correspondent, with Richard Roxburgh starring as Australian journalist Peter Greste. Working in Egypt as a journalist with Al Jazeera English, Peter was arrested and charged with terrorism. On Saturday, he continues his story with a conversation about his experience. Over the weekend hear authors such as Gideon Haigh, Alice Zaslvasky, Jane Caro, Paul Bangay, Judy Horacek among others. Topics cover the natural world, food, gardens, the Olympics, and children’s books and more. On Saturday evening, join Sammy J as he hilariously takes us through stories and music at the piano. Click the link below for the full program.
Winter on Phillip IslandWhy are sunsets in winter on Phillip Island more spectacular than those in summer? We get different cloud patterns in autumn and winter when the angle of the Earth tilts a little bit further away from the Sun. And cold fronts that cross the Australian continent can penetrate a little bit further north than in the summer. These cold fronts give us the mid to high-level cloud - so it's the combination of cloud, the cold and the tilt of the Earth. The most spectacular sunsets are from the altostratus clouds – a mid-level layered cloud. It looks like a thick layer of white cloud during the day, but it's thick enough to give us rich red and pink colours once the sun starts setting. Higher in the atmosphere, there can be wispy cirrus clouds, and they can give quite stunning sunsets as well, but the colour is usually not quite as rich as from the lower-level cloud. (Source: ABC News) I find one of the best spots to see great sunsets on Phillip Island is Cape Woolamai – see the photo below!
To discover all that is happening in nature in winter on Phillip Island, click on the link to Phillip Island Nature Parks Winter Update.
June 22 & 29 – Cowes Sunday Market June 21 – Newhaven Market June 28 – Market on Church July 5 – Churchill Island Farmers Market July 6, 13, 20 & 27 – Cowes Sunday Market July 11/13 – Island Whale Festival July 12 – Island Craft Market July 19 – Newhaven Market July 20 – Phillip Island Jazz Club July 25/27 – Phillip Island Festival of Stories July 26 – Market on Church
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See you next time!
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