Koalas and Penguins

Beau and I drove down to Phillip Island to check out the Koala Conservatory and the Penguin Parade.  The Koala Conservatory was different from the Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary because these Koalas were way up in the trees, just like they are out in nature.  It is really funny seeing this little blob animal so far up in a tree.  It is also kind of like playing Where's Waldo, because some of them are very hard to spot.  We enjoyed taking our time trying to find as many as possible.

Oh yeah-- forgot to remind you of the rules:

1. No touching the animals.

2. No yelling at the animals (someone forgot to mention that to EVERY Asian child there).

3. No shaking the trees.

4. No smoking.

After leaving the Koala Conservatory we had some time to kill before we had to be at the Penguin  Parade so we went to the Nobbies.  The place is called the Nobbies because of the two little island nobs out of the water.  It was beautiful and freezing.

After the Nobbies, our last stop was the Penguin Parade.  The Little Blue Penguins come out of the ocean at dusk and find their burrows.  Not every penguin goes out to the water everyday, some stay on land in their burrows.  Some penguins don't even come back to land every night, they can stay out and float on the water during the night.  Because the penguins parade is at dark, you are not allowed to take pictures because it will startle the penguins.  It is basically a reverse Zoo where we are intruding on the penguins territory, so we are behind the barriers to observe.  It was a really neat experience, you can follow the penguins on the deck while they find their way back to their burrows.