Kangaroos

Philip Island and the penguin parade

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February 6th 2009
Yesterday I did a day trip out to Philip Island - this is were they have the world's littlest penguins (only about 8 inches I think). They swim all day looking for food - then wait until dark to come up the beach, and scamper across to find their burrows. Some of them little are chickens, and run back into the ocean a few times before they will go across the beach. They are cute little things, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Philip Island

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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