The March of the Penguins

Well, I mentioned in the last posting that I went to koala conservation in Phillip Island, but the main reason that we went to the Island was to see the penguins march back to their homes from a day of fishing. I will say that I don't have pictures from the actual march because we were not allowed to take pictures because the flash would scare the penguins.

The penguin march happens at dusk/evening since it is safer for the penguins. The penguins go out to fish in the cover of darkness and come home in the cover of darkness. When they come home they come up to the shore in groups (for protection). They come out of the water and check to see if the way is clear, if they see something that scares them the whole group jumps back into the water and waits. But once the penguins decide to move across the beach, they all waddle together up the sand into their burrows. It was a very fun night, I sat on the beach watching as these little penguins would pop up out of the water and then get scared and run away. Then once I saw enough penguins come up out of the water, I was able to walk along to boardwalk and see the penguins walking to their homes. As I walked up the boardwalk, I also heard the penguins squawk at each other (male penguins talking to their wives about their day haha).

Phillip Island is DEFINITELY somewhere you need to go when you visit Melbourne.

The picture of the penguins was taken at the Toddies (another location on Phillip Island), here you were able to take photos of the penguins under the boardwalk.