Phillip Island is home to the cute little Phillip a.k.a Fairy penguins. They're much smaller than the emperor penguins and are grey in colour. What's most exciting in Phillip Island is the penguin parade. Many tourists flock this place during sunset to watch the penguins make their way from the sea back to their little dune burrows. Joel decided we make a little road trip to watch the penguin parade. We left slightly late in the morning and made our trip down to Phillip Island.
On the way, we stopped at the Wildlife Wonderland. It's a little zoo like concept that was started off by this family. I found all these animals apparently native (or maybe not) to Australia. Koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, llamas, ostriches, weird birds, name it and they have it.
The highlight of my trip has got to be feeding the kangaroos, wallabies and petting a koala. I'll have you know the feeding a kangaroo was SCARY! I freaked out, was practically hiding behind Joel. I swear the kangaroo was out to get me, he was clawing at our clothes! NOT at all a pleasant feeling. The koala on the other hand was extremely adorable and let me pet it to my hearts content.
We then made our way to a little fish and chips shop, had lunch, lazed by the beach a little and made it to the penguin parade by sunset. It's very cold there so we were bundled up, all set to watch the penguins. Sadly, there weren't that many penguins that night. Nevertheless, it was fun watching those few penguins turn up and find their way back home.
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