Oh, what a beautiful morning! The sun is shining, and the
view is gorgeous! It looks so warm outside however, it is in the middle 40’s at
this point. By afternoon it will warm up
to the 60’s.
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| Our Friends House in Flinders |
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| View from Living Room |
Yesterday morning we
walked along the beach and local golf course that looks over the sea. The serenity was wonderful. In the afternoon, we drove to a Botanical
Gardens which has only Australian native plants. The Gardens design was
wonderful.
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| Flowers in the Garden |
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| View of the Beach during our Walk |
For it being wintertime, there are still many blooming
flowers, and many different species of birds..
But the highlight of the day was seeing the Penguin Parade on Phillip Island! At late dusk, these ‘little penguins’, 12-13 inches tall, come in from the sea where they have been fishing all day. It is a phenomenon of nature! It is actually too dark to take photos, when all of a sudden they beginning popping out of the sea onto the beach, usually in clusters of 12-15. From the beach they walk/crawl over rocks to the sandy dune above, where they have burrows. They mate and lay eggs in the burrows, and stay there overnight until before dawn they are out in the ocean fishing again. When they have young, they regurgitate the fish to feed them. The photo we will post is from a poster, as we were not allowed to take photos with a flash. If you want to see a video, go to You Tube – Phillip Island Penguin Parade. There is a huge colony of penguins on Phillip Island – 32,000! They were expecting 750 penguins to come on shore at our location last night. During the day, this area is closed to the public, but those that are sitting on the nest, and have young, remain near the burrows all day.
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| Flowering Eucalyptus Tree |
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| HoneyEater Bird in the Eucalyptus Tree |
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Australian Country Side |
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| Little Penguins coming ashore |
We are off for another day of adventure.
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| Phillip Island Penguin Parade |
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