With Lindsey we ventured out to Philip Island for the first time to see if we could see the Penguins out there. Yes, there are penguins in Australia. They are mini penguins, Mostly found in the southern coastlines, the final frontier before the South Pole. Penguins come out at dusk, out of the water to settle into their nests for the night. It was a cold night, but totally worth it to see the little ones emerge from the waters and scuttle back an forth along the beach, making up their minds about whether to make the potentially dangerous trek across the beach into the sand dunes where they are vulnerable to bird predators. Picture taking was not allowed, so there is no evidence of this adventure. It was False mating season in May so there were a fair number of penguins to see. It was funny to watch them slowly emerge from the water, carefully approach the shore gathering as many of their friends to join them, only to decide, no - not ready yet and scoot back into the water. back and forth, back and forth until making the big leap to risk it. Back and forth with many different groups. Very cute.
Also on Philip Island is an Animal Park with every imaginable strange Australian marsupial available to feed - but don't try to pet the wombat, they can bite. There were so many kangaroos, I felt outnumbered and vulnerable. They would approach us and try to grab the food out of our hands with their scary clawed paws. It was pretty amazing though. Koalas, Cassowaries, Dingos, all kinds of birds, Cockatoos, wallabies, wombat, tasmanian devil, ....
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