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3 days ago

Please see post below from Phillip Island Nature Parks for an important announcement about visiting Churchill Island, Penguin Parade, Nobbies Centre and Koala Centre during the current Melbourne and Mitchell Shire's lockdown period.Following yesterday’s announcement of changes to restrictions, we are taking the following steps to help keep our communities safe:⠀
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- From Thursday 9 July, all visitors will be required to provide ID on arrival, which shows they do not currently live in metropolitan Melbourne or the Mitchell Shire, in order to be eligible to enter any Nature Parks’ attractions.⠀

- We are contacting everyone with existing bookings to advise that people living in metropolitan Melbourne or Mitchell Shire are being offered a full refund without penalty, and we are auto-cancelling these bookings.⠀

- Effective from today, we will not be accepting any new bookings to any of our attractions until Wednesday 15 July at the earliest, at which time we will provide an update on the opening status of all Nature Parks’ attractions and applicable booking processes.⠀
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For up-to-date health information, visit www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au⠀
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2 weeks ago

Do you have a favorite view of or on
Churchill Island you would like to share with our followers? Here is a beautiful photo of CI Moonahs in silhouette by Friends of Churchill Island Society member Rebecca Sanders. Feel free to share here or email image to ... See MoreSee Less

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Beautiful photo!!

2 weeks ago

Did you know that the Friends of Churchill Island Society have tax deductibility for donations to our Heritage Fund? That's because we are listed on the Australian Register of Cultural Organisations. FOCIS can use Heritage Fund donations towards projects involving Churchill Island's "moveable cultural heritage", such as preservation and display of collection items. We have recently contributed over $2,000 from the fund towards the cost of high quality information signs soon to be placed with the historic farm machinery display. It is not too late to donate online ,for this financial year. You will automatically receive your receipt to the email address you supply when you pay online by Paypal, direct funds transfer or credit card. It's easy! Go to our website here: focis.org.au/donations/ ... See MoreSee Less

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3 weeks ago

Although visitor numbers to Churchill Island are restricted at present, you can book on the penguins.org.au website to visit. In 'normal' times the island is visited by over 100,000 people per year. Back in the Amess era (1872-1929) the island also had many visitors. The original Samuel Amess to own the island was very sociable and well connected in business, church and municipal circles and purchased the island as a 'get away' from the pollution and business of his Melbourne life. The island collection includes a photocopy of the Amess Visitors' Book from the late 1880s - into the 1900s. Here is an interesting extract, the first one signed by Charles Nettleton, a well-known Melbourne photographer of the time. Did he actually take the photos of Samuel and others, the house and farm animals that were made available to the CI collection and are so valuable for our knowledge of the era? Photo shows the entry in the Visitors' Book, and one of the photos. ... See MoreSee Less

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