Tues, 22nd Feb - Phillip Island

The morning was spent catching up on washing whilst in a park with water and power.  The Wrecker wanted to wash the Navara so he went into town to a car wash where he was greeted by a snarly woman who had obviously had a personality bi-pass.  She insisted that Rick was not allowed to take in and use his own white plastic scourer to get the bugs off and that he would scratch his car if he used it anyway.  We've only been using these scourers on cars for years ... but she knew best!!!

Anyway, once the chores were done we headed to a place called Nobbies Point.  There is a well thought out visitor's information area and a lot of man-made boardwalks around the cliff faces.  We were amazed to see small penguins under the boardwalks.  Apparently, they slowly make their way up the cliff faces to their nesting burrows.  It is moulting time, during which the penguins spend roughly three weeks on land before returning to the ocean.

We returned to Nobbies at 7:30pm to watch the famous Penguin Parade.  We sat for around 2 hours in the cold night air on a concrete seat to watch penguins come out of the ocean and make their way into the dunes around and behind us.  Again, because it is the moulting season, many of the penguins were already on land so the numbers waddling up the beach were down to around 200 each night.  Funny to watch and they were happy to wander around the boardwalks with lights and noise from people all around.   Unfortunately, videos and cameras are not allowed (sorry Lynne) but we managed to photograph a couple earlier in the day.

You can't see me ...

Beautiful views to the ocean