We arrive at the Phillips Island Visitor and go for a walk on the boardwalk along the cliffs of Phillips Island looking for a Little Penguin.
We spot our first one! It is huddled under the boardwalk...
It is so amazing that these little guys can survive the crashing surf and navigate up these cliffs to where they have built their nests during their mating season.
BooBoo, what are you looking at???
BooBoo has spotted our first wallaby!
We travel by motor coach to the beach where we will watch the Little Penguin Parade.
Our day concludes with perhaps our greatest wildlife wonder, the sunset return of the world's smallest penguin, the Little Penguin, at the world famous Penguin Parade. No photography is allowed during the Penguin Parade. Observers are asked to remain seated and be very quiet during this natural phenomenon. How awe-inspiring it was to watch as hundreds of Little Penguins seemingly morphed out of the sand at the edge of the surf, then en masse they began their arduous journey over the rocks at the water's edge, then across the sandy beach, then up the grassy hillside to their nests for mating.
When no one was looking, we three sisters sneaked down to the beach so we could see the Little Penguins up close!
NOT! No not really! This was a "staged" photo that we had made inside the Visitor Center! However that is exactly how the Little Penguins looked as they made their way across the beach like a big family all together.
Back on Day 4 of this tour we visited the Kelly Tarlton Sea Life Aquarium in Auckland. There we had our photo taken with the large King Penguins......
...also while at the Sea Life Aquarium, we were surrounded by a bunch of sharks, which really frightened the "sisters", but not Jeanne!
Tomorrow is Day 13 on our N.Z./Aus. Tour. We will enjoy lunch in a moving Tramcar Restaurant as it travels along the tracks through the city of Melbourne!
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