I can hear you saying....'there are no pictures of penguins' and you're not wrong!! Basically i went on another day tour to see the fairy penguins of Phillip Island. It is a place right at the southerly point of melbourne and is a nature reserve and place of outstanding beauty. We were taken to a nature reserve first where i had the pleasure of being introduced to a wombat!! (See the first photo) Basically these creatures are like giant guinea pigs!! They do absolutely nothing other than sleep and eat, but they are the most adorable things!! We were able to stroke them and they are really friendly. All of them had been rescued as their mothers had been hit by cars. We then went ad fed donkey's, sheep, wallaby's and kangaroo's!!!! They were so cute and cuddly. We were given a lovely lunch and then headed to some of the beaches on Phillip island (see photo 3). It is such a pretty place and really quiet. Just chilled out chatting on the beach and then Luke the tour guide took us to where the penguins come in from the sea. Basically the penguins aren't just a little bit small - they are proper dinky. About the size of a bottle of washing up liquid they emerge from the sea and attempt to make it up the shore. It is hilarious to watch as the waves sometimes knock them over. When one of them falls, they all fall!!! We all sat on a seating platform with hundreds of other tourists and spent about half an hour watching them coming in and then you can walk along the board walk and see them going into their little homes to meet up with their mates and little baby penguins!! Another wonderful day.
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