Penguin Parade Cowes

After our weekend in Lorne, Monday morning saw the Fitzgerald household at its busiest as their family went on about their day of heading out to school and work. I felt a bit lazy watching Fiona direct the masses to get dressed, eat breakfast, make their lunch and head out the door. I guess it doesn't matter what part of the world we live in, the …

It rained hard throughout the morning, but by the time I got up at 8AM the sun was periodically breaking through the clouds to reveal the Melbourne cityscape. My first thought upon seeing my surroundings was that it looked very much like England – the architecture was so similar and people were driving on the same side of the road as us. For …

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Now I finally feel like I am in Australia. We left the city of Melbourne at 2:00p.m. and made our way down to Phillip Island. Phillip Island is 20kms x 9kms, it is a holiday Island with about 40 000 holiday people during the Christmas season. So essentially like our Lake Properties back home

Our first stop was at this …

Arriving into Melbourne, our trip got off to a terrible start. We had tried so hard to book accommodation from Tasmania but didn't manage to get internet connection once whilst we were there. Mainly because we spent all of our time in beautiful countryside but also because Tasmania is nowhere near as well connected as mainland Australia.

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We headed to Phillip Island on a train from Flinders Street to Dandenong, from there we joined a bus service to Anderson followed by another bus to Newhaven where our accommodation was. It took near 4 hours to reach the island but by the time we did the sun had come out and the heavy rain was passing.

The island is connected to the …

So we headed to Philip Island on another day trip to watch the Penguin Parade, which doesn't start till the sun sets. So to fill the day we went to an Wildlife Conservation and fed the wallabies. Then we went to Churchill Island, which is a small bridge away from Phillip where we visited a farm. We watched them herd sheep with a border collie, …

We have made it as far as Phillip Island! Yeah! Thought we would be 'tourists' and feed the pelicans, eat fish and chips and go to the penguins like everyone else. Managed to miss the pelicans (time had changed since last visit!), didn't feel like fish and chips but managed to keep the girls awake for the penguins which they loved. Learnt that late …

This was so amazing! Every night at sunset the little penguins come waddling up out of the water to their beach burrows. There are boardwalks set up so that people can watch without disturbing them. Unfortunately this also means no picture taking, so I don't have actual pictures of the little penguins waddling. So you'll just have to take my word …

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... and so we were eating our rubbishy cornflakes while there was plenty of fruit and other goodies free for us. As well as the penguin parade our three park ticket gave us access to a koala sanctuary in which we had to test our animal spotting skills and ...

... over to get a better look and we were face to face. Well he let it all go.I didn't know I was so scary looking. The Penguin Parade is at night at 8:30 when the Penguins come out of the water after searching for food all day and return to their burrows. ...

... !). Today I'm leaving Phillip Island to return to Melbourne, but not until very late in the evening because I'm going to the Penguin Parade: the whole reason for coming down here in the first place. Then tomorrow in Melbourne and off to Canberra early ...

... . They seemed to have an idea, but I can't write it on the web. It worked, though! In the evening, we went to the penguin parade. Every night, the penguins come out from the sea to sleep and hide on the beach.. They are so funny. sometimes they try to ...

... of roast beef and things was provided. The rest of the group were going on to see Phillip Island's big tourist draw: the penguin parade, but I will be doing that on Saturday when I leave here. Until thenI just get to hang around in the youth hostel ...

... as the south side of the island. Beautiful views of stony point and the french island. The island is world famous for its "penguin parade". on the summerland beach, hundreds and thousands of penguins come out of the ocean and walk across the beach to ...

... the short bride and onto the Phillip Island tourist center.  There we got a list of campsites and purchased tickets for the Penguin Parade.  We paid $10 more and got the penguin plus package which allowed you to sit in a smaller seating ...

... in South Melbourne in spring you need a hot bath and a cup of tea and possibly minor surgery for the frostbite. Aside from the Penguin Parade and a few Big Things, the main things to do on the island are made up of Australia's favorite type of tourist ...

... to get to anything we had already pre paid for. Through the hostel/caravan park where we are staying we organise a group taxi to the penguin parade which ends up going to cost $15 each, which is more than it cost to get here from Melbourne, but we ...

... the pictures. The swap wallabys were everywhere and seemed quite curious about us as we hiked in the bush. We went to the penguin parade one evening. A ranger led 7 of us to a secluded beach and gave us night vision glasses. Just after dark the penguins ...