Fairy Penguins Phillip Island

Tonight we'll visit the penguins on Phillip Island. We let gravity guide us south out of the Dandenong range, into a gathering rain storm. The rains ease as we skirt the top of Western Port Bay and link up with the Bass Highway. By the time we descend to ...

... it was a good learning experience... for the other guys!! Next day, Monday, we went to The Nobbies - another tourist attraction for phillip island. it was pretty gorgeous, and a nice day to take a walk. there's some pictures so check those out. ...

... such an incredible thing to see. The pengunis are only about a foot tall, and weigh about a pound. They're called Little or Fairy Penguins. After spending $17, you can sit on stands on the beach and wait for them to appear around sunset. Tidha and I got ...

... I use here, it will never be enough). Nightly, at dusk – and this does occur in this part of Australia, it being so far south- Fairy Penguins come ashore and burrow in their thousands amongst the sand dunes.  After a hard day at sea, fishing, ...

Today was quite the experience. Gibby, myself, and Dylan drove to Phillip Island (the site of the infamous Penguin parade)...there was no parade but we did see five fairy penguins having a nap under some stairs as well as a million seagulls...we hung out ...

... at a place called Tooradin for smoko and arrived at Jan's Aunt & Uncle’s (Chris & Tom Jacobson's) place at Cowes on Phillip Island in time for lunch. Tom had some lunch waiting for us which was very nice. We set up the van in the driveway ...

... toured the local towns and enjoyed the beach in Cowes (a very scenic little place) and then headed to The Nobbies where we gained spectacular views at the end of the boardwalk of the rugged coastline and managed to spot two Fairy Penguins taking ...

... windiest day to go but still had a lovely time looking at the seals and the crashing sea all around. We also saw some very cute fairy penguins cosying up on the shore. After the cold in the tent the night before we decided to warm up and stay in a ...

... crossed the rest of the summer stays somewhere in the middle! Our second venture into the countryside was on a bus trip to Phillip Island, which sits just off the coast about two hours west of Melbourne.  The morning was spent at a nature reserve ...

... on penguins, and had little viewing holes for the baby penguin burrows. The species of penguin that has made Philip island its home are fairy penguins and these are the smallest penguins known to man - adults were about 30 cms tall. Tiny, especially ...