Rhyll

The sheltered port of Rhyll on the north-east tip of Phillip Island offered safe moorings to early explorers. George Bass landed there in 1798 and stayed for 10 days while repairing his boat. In December 1826 the site was established as a temporary British settlement called Flagstaff and eventually settled in 1856.

Rhyll is named after a holiday resort in North Wales. The town has an excellent all-tide boat ramp, slipway, two jetties, yacht club, angling club and sailing school. Other services available include boat hire, a general store, restaurants and cafés, winery and trout fishing farm. There is a full range of accommodation including bed and breakfasts, holiday units and a caravan park.

Explore the Rhyll Inlet and Conservation Hill on the Cowes-Rhyll Road to see migratory wading birds that have flown thousands of kilometres to feed. At the Koala Conservation Centre, on the Phillip Island Tourist Road, you can view koalas from raised boardwalks. Oswin Roberts Reserve is a large bushland area not far from the Koala Conservation Centre that preserves an expanse of the Island's forests as they used to be.

Barbeques, public toilets and tennis courts are located in Rhyll Park behind the Rhyll Mechanics Hall in Lock Road. There are barbeques and toilets on the foreshore on Beach Road, near the jetty.