Phillip Island cont 12/12 to 13/12

We visited the Penguin Parade on Phillip Island. This involved sitting outside waiting for the sunset in freezing cold conditions (woolly hat and scarf recommended). At 9pm the penguins started to leave the sea and cross the beach to their nests. You needed good eyesight to see this part. Later we could see them from the boardwalks up close, although we must have appeared frightening to the little birds who were only about 20cm tall.



The following day we saw some penguins up close in their nests with their chicks, waiting for their partner to return with some food.



This is an enormous stingray in the harbour at San Remo. It was about 4ft wide. These are normally safe creatures but it was a Stingray's tail barb that killed Steve Irwin.





Everyday at 11.30am the Pelicans arrive at San Remo for their daily feed from the local fishery.



This is Churchill Island, a working heritage farm where Victoria's first crops were planted.





Next we went to the Nobbies which was populated largely by nesting seagulls and a few penguins.



On the island in the far distance you could see with binoculars thousands of seals.