melbourne - day 4

since today's day trip started from the afternoon, i followed my parents around to shop for some souvenirs to bring home. i didnt really wanna buy anything much, cos i dunno what to buy and who to give. my dad pestered me to buy though. heh. so i bought some keychains back lo, what else to buy. if give those small koala keychains also very normal...bought those aboriginal keychains and some leather keychains.

we went to see penguins! going to philip island where penguin (the highlight of today) burrows are and we can see the penguins coming home from the sea!

on the way. blow up the picture and you see a swan

luna park - their amusement park
i think this is something like a chalet
this is a weird building. look at the red roof part
the cam focused on the wrong thing. supposed to see the white peacock
a lamb nibbling the grass
i think its dying
cocky peacock
goat
turkey. all prepped up for xmas
so cute eh? so small~!
erina and a wombat
erina and a kangaroo
erina and a lamb. see the lamb behind my left arm? it was licking me
kangaroo scrotum - used to make pouches (see day 1)
the kangaroo scratching itself. must be the flies
reminds me of ferdinand from the movie babe
a nice kind of duck
lazing under a tree
the white horse is not white enough
goat again
had scones at the cafe there. the scones dammmmmmmmmmm nice. its afternoon tea
this is the farm

next stop: the koala conservation centre

my parents
see the koala? so cute! but all the koalas were sleeping


it doesnt like me
so nice right?? heh.
rock a bye baby on the tree top
saw this kookaburra
went this restaurant at cowes for dinner after we left the conservatory centre
bass coast - a nice beach with enough greenery to make you feel like sitting
seagulls
similar to the jetty at east coast park

i realised sth about their car plates. they have all those slogans like this and below

more seagulls



we're going off to seal rocks!
see the big specks of white? those are seagulls. imagine how many there are
see this lump of rocks? blow up the picture and you can see tiny black protusions - those are seals

i find this small pond very nice

we're at the penguin parade!

let me explain more about this penguin parade thing. i dunno what species of penguins that we're going to see, all i know is that at nightfall these penguins come up to shore from the sea to their burrows on land. this is a natural phenomenon, no man tricks involved. you can get to see the penguins up close. not allowed to take pictures there, i think the flash may scare the penguins. the officials will even turn off the lamps so it will be really dark, but bright enough for you to see the penguins coming up to shore. oh and we sit on risers on the shore facing the sea.

this is how things were like

the penguins were really adorable! you can see them coming up from the sea and they line up in a single file. if they think anything is amiss they will go back to sea one...very cute..but there were inconsiderate people who scare the penguins by making weird noises, like howling and barking all that. however its a nice and natural sight, you guys should go see it one day.

the penguins come up like that

dont think its too wasted that you dont get to take photos, but there are exhibitions that you can take photos. got real penguins, and fake models too.

falling asleep

after the whole thing, it was like going 10pm liao. and i was soooo tired! after taking the long coach ride back to the hotel, its like past midnight liao. zzz. going home tomorrow.