Fun on Phillip Island

As promised here are some photos of our stop at Port Albert (where we stayed on Sunday night 29th July 2012), it is very quiet there in winter.
The weather moves in quickly and then passes. We had raincoats on then off then back on again, but we did get to enjoy our fish'n'chips with the locals (check out the big grey albatross at the back).


We have been having some fun today on Phillip Island, we did have a little sleep in (as we arrived here yesterday arvo) and then made crumpets with peanut butter because we are at a Caravan park with the luxury of having a toaster in the camp kitchen...it's the little things in life! (sorry, no photos of these).

We went for a drive around the island to get our bearings and have some awesome photos of' The Nobbie's' (a rocky outcrop of land on the South Western tip of Phillip Island) there were no seals to be seen but it was still a stunning view, and we did see a little penguin in it's hutch.

We visited the Chocolate Factory on the Island, 'Yes' that is Liam eating a penguin (chocolate penguin).

Then we headed off to the Penguin Parade - which has been commercialised amazingly well. The little penguins arrive on dusk and there are hundreds of them. Everybody sits on steps waiting for them to arrive, then you can follow them along a series of timber boardwalks, (just like the ones at The Nobbies). You are not allowed to touch the penguins, but they are sometimes less than a metre away. It was a sight to see, but no photography allowed, which is understandable, there were about 300 people waiting to see these little creatures catch a wave into the beach and waddle their way up the grassy dunes to their burrows.

The boys are sound asleep and we are going to join them. You will not hear from us for a few days as we are heading into Melbourne. Kim is helping out Jocelyn and Joe at a trade show and Mal is going to spend some quality time with the boys - 2 against one, anything could happen.