Penguin Parade

We were all excited to see the penguins come in at Phillip Island. All tickets were sold out except the general admission, so we were expecting to be jammed in with a million people and not be very close to the penguins!

Well, we lined up, got ahead of all the overseas tourists and got right up the front, as close to the rope as we could get. No-one even sat near us, I think they were all afraid of the sand.

The penguins we adorable, they came up the beach right next to where we were sitting. Some of the penguins were so fat from fishing for the last two weeks they could barley walk 🤣, then they would climb up the dunes to their nests.

The penguins would wait in the water until there was a group of them, then they would cautiously ease their way up the beach, then when they felt safe they would increase their speed until they reached the safety of the dunes, sometimes the seagulls would swoop them and they would all quickly waddle back to the water and dive in.

After viewing them on the beach, we walked along a board walk and viewed the penguins in their nesting area, they were so close we could reach out and touch them ( we didn’t, apparently they bite, hard!). The cutest ones were the babies, so fluffy!

To keep the penguins safe, we were unable to take photos, their eyes are very sensitive to any light. This was very disappointing, but they did provide us with some lovely professional photos.

While we were there, 2121 penguins came into find their nests.Read more