Visiting Philip Island Chocolate Factory

THINGS TO DO, VICTORIA Updated : Jul 23, 2015, 04.26 PM IST

Anita Rao Kashi

Anita Rao Kashi is a freelance travel and food writer based in Bangalore. After nearly 12 years with The Times of India in Bangalore,she went freelance in Jan 2006 to write about travel and food. Her stories have appeared in such publications as Lonely Planet Magazine India, National Geographic Magazine India, Economic Times, Jetwings, Femina, Tiger Tales, Silkwinds, Bangalore Mirror, The Star of Malaysia etc. Apart from writing for various national and international magazines, newspapers and websites, as well blogging on travel and food, she has worked on travel and food guides.

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Among the first things that greet visitors after entering Phillip Island is the Phillip Island Chocolate Factory. A bit nondescript from outside, it is a chocolate-lover’s dreamland. Inside, a path takes visitors through the process of chocolate making and provides them information about everything from the beans and their harvesting to the finished product. You can also watch the process of chocolate making from behind the glass walls. There is a host of interactive games all involving buttons, levers and skills, and chocolates as prizes. Visitors can also try their hand at creating designs. But the most intriguing and jaw-dropping aspect is the chocolate waterfall through which tumbles 400 kg of liquid chocolate every three minutes! It certainly is a chocolate lover’s dream come true.
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