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| Walking to the Cowes' shops - best footpath from the Tourist Park! |
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| Little Penguins? |
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| Our beautiful backyard - Cowes Beach (West) |
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| Cowes foreshore backdropped by French Island |
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| Cowes Jetty |
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| Lovely foreshore park at Cowes Beach on Western Port |
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| Cowes Jetty - a popular fishing spot and embarking/disembarking point for ferry commuters to the mainland |
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| Got one! or was he just snagged!? Looked impressive! |
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| Phillip Island's famous Tiny Penguins have their own brew! ;) |
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| Cowes main street - Cypress Tree lined Thompson Street |
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| The Street art and sculpture in Cowes catches the eye! |
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| Tiny Penguins info board at The Tourist Information Centre |
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| Coffee break before we walk back home up the beach |
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| The passenger ferry heads over to Stony Point, Mornington Peninsula |
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| Heading home |
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| A beautiful clear day - the Mornington Peninsula across Western Bay from Cowes |
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| Home! |
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| Comida before heading off to walk the boardwalks at The Nobbies and go to the Penguin Parade |
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| Flynns Reef - a popular surfing spot and designated National Reserve |
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| Tiny Penguin homes/breeding boxes on The Nobbies headland |
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| The Nobbies |
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| The sun begins to set casting its silver path across Western port |
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| Waiting to greet his/her mate when they come in after sunset from their fishing adventure! One guards the burrow/nest while the other goes to sea to fish - they take turns. Quite a fuss and a lot of noise when they reunite - very special to witness! |
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| Massive waves from Bass Strait crash onto the rocks at The Nobbies - spectacular sights and sounds! |
Looking along the south coast of Phillip Island from the lookout at The Nobbies
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| And the massive waves continue to roll in! |
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| Still waiting for his/her mate! |
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| Driving along the cliff top in the Phillip Island Nature Reserve on our way to the Penguin Parade. The late afternoon saw the wallabies and the Cape Baron geese out for a dinnertime feast! and some more Little Penguins ever vigilant outside their burrows. |
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| Waiting! Waiting! So cute! |
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| Cape Baron Geese |
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| Dining together |
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| The Penguin Parade. A very special experience to witness Nature with her Little Penguins doing their "thing" Little Penguin - Wikipedia, the free |
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| Summerland Bay Beach and the viewing platforms |
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| Phelans Bluff, Summerland Bay - another surfing reserve |
The amazingly cute Little Penguins - only found in Australia and New Zealand ( though some have been found in Chile).........
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| 33 cms |
Fascinating!
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