Phillip Island

We left Wilsons Promontory on Friday morning, completely unaware of the huge cruise ship which broke down off shore. That would have been worth seeing, but we didn't :-). We stopped on the way out to do a nature walk which promised kangaroos, wombats, emus and wallabies. With no great hopes of seeing any of those, we set off anyway. It was very like being on a stroll through a paddock.  But we did see a couple of grey kangaroos with coloured collars and some ravens, and a wombat burrow, and some ants.

We stopped at Inverloch for lunch and saw four stingrays swimming around the jetty.  A lovely looking town, that would be lovely to explore further.

Phillip Island is way larger than we thought! Our park is nestled behind a sand dune on the land side of the island, with a lovely beach. It seems a popular weekend getaway for Melbournians and there are many international tourists on the island as well.

With bad weather heading for us, we decided to go on a cruise to seal rocks AND book in to see the penguins on our first full day.  The seal cruise was fabulous, with hundreds of seals on rocks and many swimming around the boat. There were small pups just learning to swim in the water as well.

No photos were permitted of the penguins, although they did give us a photo opportunity with a stuffed one.

The penguins were adorable and we had excellent views. But it was very crowded and there were some very pushy tourists who tried to elbow their way in front of us and talked loudly in their own language while the ranger was trying to give a talk. Others were taking photos even though we'd all been told not to, and there were signs up with lines through cameras, which should have been understandable in any language.  But it was still worth seeing the cute Little Penguins waddling up the beach to their nests.