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Published: August 9th 2017
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Phillip Island makes for a good little day trip from Melbourne and if you have a car, it makes it a little easier to explore most of the island. There are quite a few things to do there that will keep any sort of person busy.
Anna and I drove to Phillip Island on a quite cloudy morning with the aim of doing some walks and finishing the day off by seeing the Penguin Parade. Our first point of call was Cape Woolami, sticking out like a sore thumb on the South Eastern side of the island. It offers some nice walks that start along the beach with the fishermen and on top of the cliffs with the snails.
Phillip Island is also known as a good surfing spot and there were a few out in the sea, braving the cold water. As we took the stairs up to the walking track on the cliffs, the jet skis came out and offered to out show the surfers, but it was short lived.
The track was nice and easy with great views. We got to the end point and enjoyed some lunch while the clouds burn't off by the midday sun.
The rugged
coast gave a hint of how wild the seas could be and has turned the rocks into odd shapes and cracks.
Upon the return to the car, most of the cloud had dispersed and we were in good spirits as we continued towards the main town of Phillip Island called Cowes. It was a short stop over in Cowes where I stocked up on some post Easter egg sales and took a few photos of the fantastic trees that line the main street.
We then drove to the other corner of the island to the nature park, where there were a few more tourists about. It offered a nice walk along boardwalks blanketed by a nice green soft moss. We soaked up the views before heading towards the infamous penguin parade, stopping off to see a succession of waves filter in.
We had hoped to take a walk along one of the lakes nearby but we didn't have enough time and chose to get in early and get front row seats to see the penguins waddle in from the beach.
We had to wait a bit over an hour as the temperature dropped and the sun dipped in to the horizon. Then the
first group arrived after their daily fishing round, waiting for each other to form a little huddle and then surveyed the surroundings, followed by a quick scurry, scurry, scurry, as cutely as possible up the beach and towards their awaiting burrows.
Unfortunately people are not allowed to take photos of these little penguins, but they are cute as. After the penguins run for their lives across the beach, they head to their burrows, but hang outside, this is also a good time to see them closer up.
After about 15 minutes people start heading to the boardwalks to view the penguins chilling out and chatting away.
At one point there was even a kangaroo which popped out of the bushes and hopped under the board walk, quite random.
As we walked back towards the center we were literally walking alongside the penguins. A perfect end to a superb day.
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