Penguin Parade Reconstruction

Melbourne - DAY FIVE

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August 14th 2008
14th August 2008 - Penguin Parade! On Philip Island everyday without fail about 500 Little Penguins come ashore at approx 6pm each night and burrow into the sand dunes for the night....and each day approx 500 hundred visitors come and sit quietly to watch them..... This was the main highlight of our tour today - to watch the penguin parade as it is known! It was very good to watc ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more