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Home to the magical little penguins and the majestic southern right whale this island is characterised by huge granite boulders tinged with orange lichen.
A shore based bay whaling station operated at granite island in the 1830s 2 although there are no permanent residents there are buildings and shelters.
Twilight tours are conducted for guests to the island to spot the little penguins as they return from the ocean at sunset.
While in years gone by the number of wild little penguins living off granite island had dropped significantly after successful management of their predators and revegetation of their habitat they are making a comeback albeit a slow one.
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Granite island also known by the ramindjeri people as nulcoowarra 1 is a small island next to victor harbor south australia about 80 km south of south australia s capital city adelaide.
The little penguins and hearing about the efforts to protect them will warm your heart.
Whilst in south australia it s worth it to go to victor harbor and walk out to granite island.
This year 10 little penguins have been born on granite island so far adding to the 44 adults on the island.
The granite island penguin tour is must when you visit victor harbor.
Granite island is home to a small colony of wild little penguins who return home from their day in the ocean at dusk.
Granite island nature tours are the best way to see little penguins in their natural habitat.
Granite island is home to a small colony of rare wild little penguins.
There you will find a rescue center or centre devoted to fairy penguins.
Experts are calling for south australia s nature reserve and tourist attraction granite island to be closed to the public at night to protect little penguins which are bouncing back from the brink of extinction.
But it s not only little penguins you will see with all the islands natural wildlife to discover after dark.