Phillip Island, Victoria

Phillip Island offers backpackers a chance to walk on the wide side, with impressive surf beaches and rare wildlife. Its famous Fairy Penguins come waddling onto the shore at dusk every day – the parade is the second most popular tourist attraction in Australia, after Uluru in the Northern Territory. You can also catch a ferry to Seal Rocks, home to Australia’s largest fur seal population, with more than 16,000 seals swimming, diving and barking for your attention.