The weekends would be the most busy of the week. You are best to go as early as possible to the centre to avoid the daily tourist buses. Grand Prix motor racing on this weekend so don't even go - traffic to get on and off the island will be horrendous

You can see penguins every night at the Penguin Parade, Phillip Island.

This is easily achievable, My 2 suggestions would be - 1, Visit the koalas In the morning, have lunch somewhere and then visit nobbies early evening, before the penguin parade. 2, Nobbies is busiest before the penguin parade so you could also visit nobbies in the morning, then the koalas and return early evening to the penguin parade. Make sure you check what time you need to be at the parade for, then arrive a bit earlier to get a good seat

We tend to go late morning or early afternoon to avoid the traffic headed for the Penguin Parade towards dusk. The scenery is spectacular so every time of Day has its own reward. There really is no bad time to visit the Nobbies.

Hello guys, I am a bit confused about the answers I see here. I'm flying to Australia next week and not exactly sure about the time I will visit the Philip Island, but on their website it seems like the tickets are limited and should be booked in advance. Do I really need to do this? Or can I just drive to the island and walk around and if needed buy ticket on the spot? Thanks!

Penguin parade starts at sunset.. Be thr one hr before that. We did Board walk around late noon then went to near by town for dinner around 6.30 or so then came back for penguin ride. You need to keep post noon till late evening time for all of three together.,