Monday, October 26, 2009

Melbourne - Day Trip to Phillip Island - Animals

This was the best bit of the trip - all the animals! In their environment, us sneeking around trying to find them. It was great!

hm. mattes says this fish is very poisonous when it's alive. hm.

spikey spikey super ant inhaler.

wild cat - it was so long!

big black parrot-like birds - in the end there were 10 circling over us


the seagulls' babys are hatching right now and they just COVERED nobbie's point. they were very proctive and it was cute to watch the little ones of all sizes trying to fly and falling down after a few centimetres



penguins! now these are the reason most people come to phillip island. at dusk they waddle across the beaches in packs and they are so tiiiiny it's adordable. to watch that waddle you must pay money though and sit on stands... we didn't like that idea, so we were lucky that they showed themselves to us anyway, sitting under the walks in nobbies' point or hiding in the different borrows buddled between the seagulls

hiding wallabies - during the first walk

walabies all over during the late afternoon walk mattes and i did - can you spot them on the track ahead of me? they were all over the reserve we alked through - jumping all over the place!


one funny thing about them is they jump away a few meters, and them they turn and look at you. just stare and stare and stare. at times you can find ourself surrounded by numerous wallabies in the woods, all looking right at you. very curious creatures!

wallaby baby in pouch!

the coolest thing on the finalwalk were definately the wild koalas. they are just so cute! and cuddly! and comfortable - just sitting there hugging their trees... we looked allllll over - but only managed to spot two. this one we called ed, he was sitting on a tree right at the path.

and this is carla, she was hiding rrriiiiight up in a tree at a lighting we reached towards the end of the walk

spot the koala!

bird 1

bird 2 ;-)

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