Phillip Island

So Laura has started a research project with some folks at Phillip Island studying wing sizes of different penguins around the world.  One of the perks is that she can get some backstage passes to the famous "Penguin Parade" at Phillip Island.  From the website:

Each night at sunset, the world’s smallest penguins, the Little Penguins, emerge from the sea and waddle ashore to their sand dune burrows.
This is a truly memorable natural wildlife experience.

Experience the wonder of Little Penguins coming ashore after a day’s fishing at sea.
http://www.penguins.org.au


And everything you've ever wanted to know about Little Penguins
http://www.penguins.org.au/images/stories/pdf/penguin-calendar-final.dat.pdf


As it turns out they don't let you take photos of the Little Penguins for fear of damaging their eyes.  But here's one from the Adelaide Zoo, just try to imagine hundreds of these little guys ambling up the beach at dusk, it was incredibly cute:

Anyway here are some of our pictures from the day:

A wild wallaby!

Laura loving the display of sharks eating penguins!

The sign by the parking lot as we were leaving.