After settling in at Cowes Tourist Park I enjoyed a walk to lovely Cowes - fantastic path in! :), while Pete relaxed and contemplated the new backyard!
Late afternoon we headed to the Summerland Peninsula and viewed The Nobbies from Point Grant - a breeding ground for seabirds and a home to seals. The highlight of the day would have to be the Penguin Parade - at sunset (every day!) a 1,000+ of the world's smallest penguins - the Little Penguin - emerge from the ocean and cross the beach to their dune burrows. We watched them come in and cross the beach transfixed for 50 minutes! Hard going for these tiny penguins - full of fish and very tired! Afterwards we wandered around the board walks amongst the dunes watching them head back to their burrows and meet up with their mate. It was fascinating! They had us enchanted! A very special evening! Awesome! A natural experience everyone should witness!
The film and displays that they have at the National Parks Centre are interesting and informative and are great to hear and see before experiencing the Penguin Parade - really helps you appreciate these amazing Little Penguins!
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| The jetty at San Remo, on the mainland, looks across to the bridge to Phillip Is |
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| The pelicans and seagulls waiting for their midday feed from the San Remo Fisherman's Co-Op. A popular daily occurrence, or performance! |
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| The back beach at Cowes and the seal viewing boat leaving the Jetty The point is called Mussel Rocks by the locals French Island across Western Port in the background |
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| Our backyard! Hard to take! :) |
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| The walking path into Cowes was very nice - the beach! |
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| The Cowes Yacht Club |
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| Cowes Main Beach and Jetty |
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| Main Beach and Mussel Rocks |
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| Lovely spot for a cafe |
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| Cowes Park and Esplanade overlooking its third beach! |
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| Main Beach viewed from the Jetty The seaweed looked like a shadow through the clear green water Richardson Point can be seen in the background |
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| Lovely restaurants and cafes - interesting names! |
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| ......and they were!.....fat! Good fishing here! |
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| The Summerland Peninsula on the south-western tip of the Island |
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| The Nobbies |
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| The Mornington Peninsula on the mainland |
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| The Nobbies and the rock platform - it was closed due to the nesting seabrds |
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| Glorious day! Sunny and not a cloud in the sky! |
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| Looking along the spectacular coastline from Point Grant |
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| The mainland in the background |
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| A nice looking goose fossicking on the side of the road - A Cape Baron goose |
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| The beach and Point Sambell |
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| Shelley Beach looking towards Point Sambell |
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| Sealer's Cove at Shelley Beach |
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| Shelley Beach followed by Cat Bay and Flynn's Beach |
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| Just fantastic! |
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| Fascinating and amazing! |
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| This Little Penguin is waiting outside the burrow for his/her mate to return You should hear the noise they make and see the fussing that goes on when they are reunited! |
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