Phillip Island Nature Park, nature park on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia

Phillip Island Nature Park is a conservation park on Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia, created in 1996 and covering 1,805 hectares across separate areas including Pyramid Rock, Rhyll Inlet, Seal Rocks and Cape Woolamai. Its visitor sites are the Penguin Parade, the Nobbies Centre, the Koala Conservation Centre and Churchill Island Heritage Farm.

The park was created in 1996 and is owned by the Victorian State Government, though it operates as a self-funding commercial attraction for conservation and research. In January 2000, an oil spill off Phillip Island threatened the little penguins' habitat, prompting a worldwide appeal for hand-knitted penguin sweaters.

The park's name comes from Phillip Island, named after Governor Arthur Phillip. Its best-known tradition is the Penguin Parade at Summerland Beach, where rangers and visitors wait at dusk for little penguins to come ashore. After a January 2000 oil spill, supporters worldwide knitted small sweaters for the affected birds.

The park sits about 90 minutes by car from Melbourne and is easily accessible by road. Visitors should bring weather-appropriate clothing since the coastal location can be windy, and warmer months offer the most comfortable visiting conditions.

Each evening at sunset, hundreds of little penguins emerge from the ocean and waddle across the beach to their burrows in the dunes. This daily happening offers a rare look at the nighttime behavior of these seabirds in their home habitat.