Chad & the penguins! The excitement is building!
The Nobbies
They don't exactly encourage you to swim.
Today we went to see penguins. First, we got on a bus and picked up other people. Then we transferred to a big bus. Our first stop, I got a pizza. Turns out it was pineapple and ham. We gave the bus driver my pizza. After that we drove to a winery. I sat outside with the dog. Then we drove to other stops then the PENGUINS!! We watched them come in and they were so small and cute. After that we drove home. I got a PSP. Penguins are better than PSPs!
Weather: Sunny in Melbourne, cooler as we headed south.
Mom/Pam says:
Chad & I set out in the morning to find opals for his grandmothers. They were back in the states doing all the hard work taking care of Colby & Jack, so we could have this great experience. After a few missteps, we finally found Lightning Ridge Opals. It's named after the town where they mine opals. The owner actually used to mine the opals. He gave us a short lesson on opal cutting & quality. He left me to shop, while he showed Chad his backroom of venomous spiders, scorpions & blue tongued lizard. The owner was quite complimentary of how Chad handled himself. It was nice to hear. After some successful shopping, we headed out for our longest trip yet. Chad choose to sit outside in the warm sunshine with the dog and some beautiful rosellas (birds) and not listen to the boring wine tasting. He also stopped at a little zoo. The poor keeper dropped a baby wallaby in front of our group & was quite frazzled after that. I thought we discovered a new animal here "an albeeno," but they were actually talking about the albino wallabies. Quite funny. The we headed to a town for an early dinner, a beach and then the Nobbies. Alas, we only saw 1 seal & 1 penguin there. The place was overrun by seagulls & their babies & their poop, but it was very scenic albeit smelly. On our way to the Parade, we saw our 1st wild wallabies! Finally, we were off to see the fairy penguins, now called little penguins b/c little is more correct b/c they are the littlest penguins. Their biggest threat is foxes and 2 men have the job of making sure no foxes get out to Phillips Island. They are just so darn adorable. No pictures are allowed, so it's all in our heads. You can YouTube them. They come in from the ocean every night at dusk and nest in the hills. They're barely a foot tall & noisy & just adorable as they waddle about - you can't help, but want to pet 1. We were that close. Seeing the penguins was truly a highlight of the trip. Then it was 1 long trip back to Melbourne.
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