We decided that our first day trip will be to Phillip Island. Roughly two hours south west of Moe. About a hour from Melbourne. Phillip Island is a small island measuring 26 km by 9 km. It is the only island in the whole world were you will see the smallest penguin in the world, the Fairy Penguins swim out of the ocean and parade to their burrows.
We took off down the coast heading for Koala's and Penguins!
Here we stopped at The Eagle's Nest Lookout. Check out the gorgeous view from the top of the look out.
Here's Natalie overlooking the beach.
Both of us on the beach at The Eagles Nest Lookout.
A view on route to Phillip Island.
The first part of the journey was a visit to the Koala Conservation. The Koala Conservation, offers the unique ability to see Koala's in their natural habitat by simply walking across boardwalks to view them amongst the trees. It was quite spectacular.
Above was the first Koala that Greg had ever seen. Too bad we couldn't get a closer look. But she was up there pretty high.
Above was the first Koala that Greg had ever seen. Too bad we couldn't get a closer look. But she was up there pretty high.
Just hanging around. Koala's sleep at least 20 hrs a day.
Soooooo cute. Good night little Koala.
If you look closely and enlarge the image you can see a Koala over Greg's right shoulder. Also check out the logo on my Jumper (sweater). It is Collingwood Magpies. They are the footy team (Aussie Rules Football) that I have chosen to cheer for. Go Magpies! ... Go Sens!
In the winter or when the Koala's feel cold they curl up in a ball such as this to keep warm.
Quick camera work caught us a wallabie on film.
Caught on film Wallabies Gone Wild!
So cute is Natalie
Easy Mrs. Koala! Where are those hands going?
On the way to the Penguin Parade we had a brief rain shower which left us with this beautiful rainbow.
The "Little Penguins" as they are known came in roughly 5:40pm, coming in with the tide after swimming what can be up to weeks in the ocean catching fish. They need to catch up to half their body weight each day to survive. Unfortunately we were unable to take any photos of the penguins coming in as flashes or other forms of light frighten the penguins. It was an amazing sight to see though. The penguins are no more than 12 inches tall. We also saw a huge seal come to land as well. Luckily for these penguins the local seals do not eat them like those in the anarctic.
Too many people walking in front of Greg. Cheer up Greg, you just saw a once in a life time spectical.
Natalie in front of the little penguin image. Check out the left hand side of the image. The size of those penguins is not far of from the actual size when compared to Natalie. These penguins are like Emperor Penguin mini-me's.
Beautiful day overall. We both felt luckly to have seen theses creatures in their nature habitat.
Tomorrow we are off to Ro's for tea (dinner)
2 comments:
Great pics. Looks like you are having fun. Keep at it!
Hello from 'cool' Canada. It was 30 deg c last week but frost warnings last night! Pictures are great, will keep checking. Have fun!
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