Blogs from Philip Island, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Apparently this is the second most visited tourist attraction in Australia, after the Great Barrier Reef. The penguins are very cute and the drama they go through every night, is, well, dramatic, but it's not amazing. But who am I to disagree with the masses? They don't make their move until it's dark, so our tour took us around differnent areas of Philip Island, including an obligotory trip to a mini zoo. Suppose it's been a couple of months since I seen a 'roo! Couldn't take any photos at the pengiun parade, but saw a penguin in it's burrow at the Nobbies. ... read more

As I think I mentioned in my last blog, the plan for the next few weeks is to do a Melbourne tourist attraction each week. This week saw Chris and myself take a trip to Phillip Island a small island off the south coast of Victoria (Victoria is the state in-which Melbourne lies). Matt wasn’t really very interested in this particular adventure so and worked the previous night so we left him back at the ranch. In true Aussie tour style Chris and I went to see Matt at work the previous night (Sunday night) at Q-Bar, where funnily enough the whole Australian Big Brother house were hanging out after it’s recent final, drinking and being that kind of famous for being normal, nobodies that Big Brother is famous for. It’s nothing like in the UK ... read more

hey all.. so much 2 say about yesterday had one of the best days of my life i thnk..hopefully i can get pics up 4 u 2 see. as u know was up early with little sleep- 2 excited about my day trip-anyway eventuallllllyyy 11 came around n i got on bus with loadsa freindly people- one of them was emma forsyths twin i promise u!!she looked like she was from the family!! anyway got to this wildlife park- forget its name- but saw loadsa cool ozzie animals. firstly this girl showed us the wombat molly- which i think is possible one of the cuddiest animals in the world- their like a big floppy teddy bears- and the girl looking after her clearly adored her!! apparetly its fine 2 cuddle n handle wombats until they reach ... read more

Arrival was fast and easy. Took the shuttle into town. Found my hotel ok but reservation didn't work out so I found a map and wandered downtown to tourist info and booked a REALLY great place, a historical hotel right in the heart of all the action. Sigh...it's great! So far I've wandered around town lots. Took the free circle tram around town a couple of times. Strolled down the many (really cool!) alley ways and arcades the city if famous for and stopped along the way for an espresso or two (which they are also famous for). Yesterday I joined a tour to Philip Island. This was fun! First we went to a sanctuary where I got to tickle a wombat (their feet are ticklish!), pet a wallaby, feed a kangaroo, and (no moleste but) ... read more

I was very excited to get up for 11am to be taken to Philip Island on my last full day in Australia. Lee, our tour guide was lovely and very chatty. It took him over an hour to collect him then we were on our way. On the way we stopped at Mura Wildlife Park, a center for injured, stray etc animals. We went straight to the wombats, fat brown badgers but very cute! We patted Molly when all she wanted to do was sleep! Me and Skinny had our photo taken with a koala but as Victoria have the biggest in Australia it is illegal to touch them. We had already had our photo taken with one in Australia zoo. We saw a rat being fed to a Tazmanian Devil and fed Wallabies, now i ... read more