Hear about the whales of Victoria and how to spot them from local researchers in our 50-minute presentation, followed by a 30-minute guided whale-spotting experience, kids' activities featuring real whale bones, sounds, and games, and an opportunity to talk all things marine with our team.

When: 10am - 12pm; 2pm - 4pm

Where: Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club

Cost: $15 per adult, $10 per child (under 15)

Bookings Required

A welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony will be provided by the Traditional Owners of the land, the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.

When: 10am - 10.30am

Where: Festival Hub - Grounds

Join local artist Karen Morton for crafty hands-on fun! Create your very own whale themed calico bag with ocean themed block printing.

Where: Festival Hub - Activities Room

When: When: 10am - 12:15pm

Cost: $20pp

Drop-in

Children from 7-14 will engage in Whale tales to connect with the gentle energy of these majestic, loving beings guided by Letina Russell

When: 10am - 11am

Where: Phillip Island Library

Cost: Free - Bookings required

Come on a journey to uncover the largest sharks that ever existed!

When: 10.30 - 11.15am

Where: Festival Hub - Theatre

Cost: Included in Festival Experience Pass

Come along and join Ranger Sue for some fun, learning, and conservation at the winter whale festival! Let's make a difference together and show our support for the majestic whales that call our oceans home

When: 11.30am, 12pm, 1pm and 1.30pm

Where: Cowes Foreshore Beach

Cost: $15 A - $10 C

Bookings Required

Join the team at the Phillip Island Library to celebrate the whale festival with a fun whale hat to construct.

When: 11.00am - 1.00pm

Where: Phillip Island Library

Cost: Free - bookings recommended

Hear the tale of how a small, hooved animal in what are today's himalayas gave rise to the most spectacular lineage there is & what weird & wacky forms it's descendants took along the way to becoming the whales we know & love today.

When: 11.30am - 12.15pm

Where: Festival Hub - Theatre

Cost: Included in Festival Experience Pass

Hear how the Conservation Regulators are working tirelessly to safeguard our beloved Hooded Plovers and the crucial role we all play in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our beautiful marine mammals.

When: 12.30pm - 1.15pm

Where: Festival Hub - Theatre

Cost: Included in Festival Experience Pass

Join local illustrator & artist Zev Landes (the creator of our whale mascots) in a fun workshop learning how to draw whales. No drawing experience necessary.

When: 1.00pm - 1:45pm

Where: Festival Hub - Activities Room

Cost: $10 per child (must be accompanied by an adult - no charge for parents attending with child)

Bookings Required

Join us at Phillip Island Library this Whale Festival for some folding fun making your own pod of whales.

When: 2pm - 4pm

Where: Phillip Island Library

Cost: Free - Drop in

Be guided by the amazing artist Jenny Cook from Clay & Co Studio to create your very own ocean inspired canvas while sipping on bubbles!

When: 5pm - 7pm

Where: Clay & Co Studio, 4 Shorland Way Cowes

Cost: $75pp inc all materials and glass of bubbles

Join in a Listening Circle with YAWA - an Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander think tank.

When: 6.30pm - 8pm

Where: Phillip Island Boardriders Club, 76 Veterans Drive, Newhaven

Drop in - no bookings required