We arrived in Sale, Victoria after 4 1/2 hours drive from Torquay. The drive was pretty relaxing as it was on a freeway all the way through. The scenery was quite pretty and I got to see lots of small towns on the way. We stopped at Maccas and I had the new "Name It" burger which was quite nice. They are running a competition for the public to name it.
We spent the afternoon and evening with Simon, Sanchia and their three beautiful kids in Sale. Next morning, we took the long coastal drive which took us to Yarram, Wilsons Promontory, Wonthaggi and Phillip Island. Wilsons Prom was beautiful but we didn't have enough time to explore as we had to get to Phillip Island before dusk to watch the march of the fairy penguins. Arrived at Phillip Island at 5pm and waited for an hour before the first batch of penguins appeared. They look so cute walking along the beach into their burrows. They are amazingly small and walk with great speed. Too bad there were only about 200-300 of them due to the cold climate. Summer and spring is the best time to go with estimate of about 1500-2000. No photography was allowed, thus no photos of the cute little things.
We spent the afternoon and evening with Simon, Sanchia and their three beautiful kids in Sale. Next morning, we took the long coastal drive which took us to Yarram, Wilsons Promontory, Wonthaggi and Phillip Island. Wilsons Prom was beautiful but we didn't have enough time to explore as we had to get to Phillip Island before dusk to watch the march of the fairy penguins. Arrived at Phillip Island at 5pm and waited for an hour before the first batch of penguins appeared. They look so cute walking along the beach into their burrows. They are amazingly small and walk with great speed. Too bad there were only about 200-300 of them due to the cold climate. Summer and spring is the best time to go with estimate of about 1500-2000. No photography was allowed, thus no photos of the cute little things.
3 comments:
hey, I went to Phillip Island when I was in Std 4...n I saw those penguins!!! Photography without flash was allowed at that time...i still have pictures of them in Malaysia.. :)
they now fence up the area so you can't actually touch or pet them. much stricter now.
we were not allowed to touch last time...just looked n took pictures without flash....din turn out very well..but still can see...dunno if there was any fence or not....cannot remember...
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