Blogs from Philip Island, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 3

A lovely little island, where the world superbikes racing circuit is for Australia, there is also a penguin colony, which are approx 35 to 40cm in size, come off the beach at dusk each evening, to sleep on dry land.... we saw this happen, so amazing to watch hundreds of little things come in from the sea, and waddle up the beach... Also some fantastic scenery, the picture taken is of the Nobbies, which is the largest population of seals in Oz.....shame they were too far to make out of the picture.... read more

Well after about two months in Australia, I figured it was about time to see some real Aussie wildlife. The only animals and birds I had seen so far were small larakeets, while interesting and colorful, became very annoying. Cockatoos’, which were even louder than the parrots, flying fox, which are rather terrifying, and possums. One of the guys I had been hanging out with, Martin, from Tasmania, suggested we venture out to Philip Island. The trip by car would take about an Hour and a half. Philip Island was the place to go to see the famous penguin parade, the Koala reserve, and Kangaroo feeding. I couldn't wait. So we headed out for a day of adventure on the island. When we got there, we headed to check out the koala reserve. We just walked ... read more

La loi de la nature et l'ordre des choses etant ce qu'ils sont dans ce pays, les embouteillages que tu traverses a l'aller, tu peux etres sur de te les rechoper quand tu pars... c'est la vie,et c'etait donc ainsi en quittant Melbourne... Donc apres une heure pour faire les 20 premiers kilometres et une autre pour les 100 derniers, nous voila arrives a l'ile du titre (Phillip's Island, pour ceux qui n'auraient pas suivit). On tente de glaner quelques infos au visitor center, normal quoi ! Et c'est la que l'on verifie que le fonctionnaire, est une espece "mondialement" internationale qui entre en hibernation vers 17h. Dommage, il devait etre 17h01 lorsque nous sommes arrives, c'etait donc deja beaucoup trop tard pour quoi que ce soit! Restant sur notre faim (de savoir), mais point ... read more

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G'day everybody. Happy Friday! Finally off the tourist trail. For the past week all we've seen are tiny little goldmining hamlets, fishing villages and fields full of huge woolly cows. We've been to pubs that were built for the miners, where they still have a corner devoted to gambling on anything ranging from chariot races to crab races. Haven't met another pommy for some time and all the Bruces and Sheilas want to talk about is their fishing conquests and how many Great Whites they've caught. I asked one guy whether he had a knife handy for when he'd reeled the shark in and he just laughed and said "Nah, ya need a bloody gun!" Having said that everyone's been incredibly friendly and it's so nice to meet such patriotic people. Phillip Island is famous for ... read more